Advice on annular tear and mri results

[Magrego]

ok so it is normal practice. it seemed to make my neck feel like it was cut open 2 days later. i guess this technique was useless on me.

Im glad your feeling more stable these days, having back issues is such a pain the butt. Im actually quite pleased to see you put in a lot of effort to keep yourself going and an inspiration for myself. Im 28 and havnt workd for 3/5 months and need to just get the pain to a level I can sit again. I was lookn at this website Trigger Point Charts

mine seem to be everywhere but especially in middle of back stabbing pain which seems to be preventing me from sitting. anybody else had trouble sitting from trigerpoints. I think if I can focus on releasing that one first might be able to get me back to work faster

I cant wait to be able to work. Im starting to get excessive twitching now. even in my muscle so I ate a bannana and drank water. Is this caused from the massages or that i need to drink more water or is this just a part of getting better. im guessing toxins are goin nuts probably.

Is difficult to bring your central nervous system under control after its been triggered for too long? I dont think my therapist was impressed with my chiro cos I was seeing him for 2 months and all he treated me for was hip alignment.

thanks for the good answers It just helps me evaluate what has happened in the last 5 months or mabe even 10 years. I think this is much more of a mental thing than I thought and seem to be getting closer.

I bought the aeron chair for $1300 . has anybody else had experience on this chair cause its a lot to pay for a chair if it doesnt work for myofascial pain . im guessing the lumbar should help and the tension. I might buy a swiss ball also

thanks magrego

[Magrego]

DS I think your right. I think this could also help my design never thought of meditation only yoga

[Magrego]

Seems the meditation has helped my pain relief. I have finally found a massage therapist that understands my condition ,It has been such a relief to be told it looks like I have chronic myofascial pain. Not sure if I have fibromyalgia. My Psoas and abdominal muscles even pubic area. AlsO my neck muscles seem to be in pain from upper back to lower back.

Myofascial release that made me realize I had chest pain also . Felt like a heart attack when I had it 3 years ago and it went away after 4 days when I use to live in london. It triggered a emotional release where tears came out of my eyes when he released my diaphragm as I had breathing problems due to chronic tightness. I thought it was my heart. Now I relised what I had been dealing with. I believe head on car accident and years of whiplash from other car accidents will bite you even years later.Years of working at a computer and cricket bowling used the same muscles that were used in the car accidents. My therapist believes the twisting action involved in my car accident was very similar to the years of cricket I played after the accident.

My therapist believes my body has stored a lot of trauma and is being released which I felt. This was amazing and have been experiencing better days but I relapsed into what they call a healing crisis. I have been experiencing some radiating and random fleeting pain throughout my body. I started taking muscle relaxers mainly due to muscle twitching.

I can finally see the light as some days I can sit without pain which is very exciting. I walk 45 mins a day although sometimes less depending on the pain. Pain in right foot and knee. Also hip pain also. I stop a have a warm shower that reduced the pain.

I have also stopes eating gluten, sugars, wheat and dairy. Seems to me it was the sugar and possibly wheat but I am not sure at this stage. I also have been focusing on walking with my core even with my eyes closed to be more aware of my body.

I realized life is about balance and being aware of your body. My mind and lifestyle was too fast for my body . I had neglected the pain and continued doing these habits that my job requires. We are still adapting to the evolution of sitting all day. I now use my iphone to do emails or research lying back in a recliner now which helps me reduce the amount of straining when sitting vertically.

I was wondering if the were any doctors in Sydney that know about chronic myofascial pain:/ I just want to have a gp that can help me and manage my condition as I feel I am disabled now and I am 28 who feels my medical system can't help me. The doctors keep neglecting me and saying it's in my head lol. I know I have cmp and no one can tell me except a therapist. In this day and age you really need a gp who understands as well.

Anyway the survival manual is the key to my success so anyone with cmp or fibromyalgia should have one. Also myofascial release is defiantly the best thing I have tried and it's only been 3 or 4 weeks and have noticed my body reversing through the cycle I got the pain. Human body is one amazingly painful and complexity has just astonished my earlier ideas on the human body. Pain moves in diagonals and spirals very hard to track.

Cheers magrego

[Maria]

Magrego,
The doctors I've seen that seem to know the most about myofascial pain have been Osteopathic doctors. Their training is a little different than the MD (they have DO after their name for doctor of osteopathic medicine). They learn to do releases and manipulations in their medical school training. Some don't practice this once out of school and it can be a challenge to find one that really works well w/the individual. Don't know if you have this type of doctor where you're at or if it's only in the US.

Glad to hear you're making some progress. Myofasical pain is a real thing which I think we often ignore and want to go for more drastic measures and sometimes it's difficult to tell what's caused what in terms of findings as the body seems to have it's own way of adapting or adjusting to whatever trauma it's endured. I just know releases have been a good adjunct therapy for me.

Sounds like your lifestyle adaptations are helping as well and that's good. Do you have a stability ball to work w/re core exercises? It's also a great thing to bounce across the room gently of course!

[Magrego]

Yeh I worked out that the disc mobilization totally screwed my central nervous system. I am really not happy that I was told by my myofascial therapist he damaged my nerves and triggered my triggerpoints and central nervous system to go hay wire. Pretty much the therapist is making some progress but seems my mental state is finding it hard to accept this physo ruined my life.

I know I have chronic myofascial pain and possibly more as my organs were being squeezed. I wonder if I have fibro from the trauma as I am mentally struggling at times. I found I'm worst at night or first thing in the morning but I am never tired. Insomnia like

It's impossible to see my pain from a outsider but my girlfriend says it's in my eyes. I really hope I get better cos the pain is everywhere even in my eyes when reading. Any part of my body hurrts now. It goes away at random times and u start to think your getting better but it returns . I never thought you could get an invisible disease. I wish I could sit down cos people think I am anxious but I just can't sit for 1- 5 mins at a time.

I am determined to beat this disease but geese it's hard when most people won't believe you. I don't receive any medical help because they don't know about my illness in new south wales.

Thanks to the support on the forum as it has really helped. If anyone has questions about widespread pain. Firstly myofascial release really does help. I think it heals in an unpredictable way or mabe it's just a disease playing mind games with me at the moment. If I do get better I will post what helped me.

If anyone was cured from fibromyalgia or chronic myofascial pain please post up I want my life back

[dshobbies]

Perhaps it's time to consider alternative therapies like acupuncture, bio-feedback, etc. Might help -

[Hooch]

If your major problem is severe chronic lower back pain that prevents you from sitting and working and you are in NSW, go see Diwan at the Spine Service at St George Private.

They will hook you up with physio and injections and surgery if it is indicated/desired.

If you mentally collapse under the burden of constant debilitating pain (and everyone does, eventually), all sorts of wierd things keep happening.

I wouldn't be in a rush to give yourself a non-diagnosis like fibro or cmp.