Advice on annular tear and mri results

[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.

[Magrego]

Thanks for the advice. I am going to keep doing myofascial release and try together an ultrasound Of my abdominals. I have had irritable bowl syndrome for months that has slowly diminished a bit since seeing the therapist.

I have triggapoints goin nuts. In psoas , hips ,diaphragm, thighs , neck back hands, shoulders,

I'm very anxious sometimes. Mood swings ,depression, the worst is the feeling in my stomach, the upper back muscles, and lower back muscles , abdominals, especially rectus abdominous , prevent me from sitting, when I try to sit and work I get a big ball of pressure in different areas mainly my psoas I think. And back area. It's friggn cruel to not b able to sit I'm over it after 8 months and I'm 28 . It's not cool if u can't drink alcohol or even soda. I've drank water for months I look fit and strong. I still have strenghth but I buckle to some degree. My muscles were extremely tight and I found tender spots in most of my body when I do the release points. I must admit this is unbelievably hard to stay calm all the time but meditating can help if I'm not too anxious. I think my mental state can't handle the pain without getting other problems like depression. I'm just fed up sometimes trying to keep positive when it just keeps doin random pains

It is totally amazing how much I understand now about my pain . I am in tune with my pain with no pain killers now. I stoped taking endep 10 mg 3 days ago. I hope it was a good idea but they were making me crazy. I am having irrational thoughts which I am a little worried but I would think anyone who lost their passions would be .

I have muscular problems all over and If I use my body repetedly say even using my iPhone is killing my shoulder arms and hands.

Anyway il keep trying , ima try triggapoints with my tennis ball and eliminate the nasty mysterious triggerpoints

Are there more sinister underlying conditions that could be causing my problems? I assume cmp or fibro is up there because no body else is too worried lol It at times feels like I'm dying but I don't show signs of blood. My therapist recommended to have my organs ultrasound . I'm going tommorrow to see a doc again. Atleast this new one listens but has only heard of fibro. I think I have chronic myofascial pain but frequently question fibro. I can't sleep in any position comfortably it's crazy. God knows what I have and I just hope he can shed some light on me cos I have learnt my lesson now to look after my body and hope I can get that second chance. If i end up employing people I will make sure they are comfortable on ergo chairs lol

I need to go back and finish 9 units to get my degree. I wonder if I can do university if I can't sit down but if I don't get better soon I'm going to die trying lol I need that degree

Cheers Magrego

[Maria]

I don't know about where you're at tho here in the states universities have Disabled Student Resources dept.

At the age of 28 when I was injured and then starting my MSN (masters of science in nursing) at around 30 I didn't want to go there as in associating myself w/"disabled" but I ran into some resistance re my not being able to "sit" at a desk for a class or two so I pulled out that stop and went there.

Had the backing of this dept and nursing dept provided a beanbag chair which at the time I could sit in off the side to the front of class and semi recline as i could not sit on my tailbone for anything for years at least not for any amount of time.

In grad statistics class the instructor was really understanding and allowed me to lay across one table. Yeah it was sorta uncomfortable and yeah people would say stuff but I really didn't care as I was going to get that Masters degree and remain employed since I couldn't work as a staff nurse any longer re hours/work/various things. The MSN clinicals were Ok and I didn't put them back to back like most people did rather had 4 hour clinicals 3 x/week and took a bit longer to finish program. Didn't care, finished it, got my Masters, got several jobs and prolonged my career until 2000 w/work that was much easier for me as it involved no lifting only seeing patients/administrative work.

You do what ya gotta do. re the symptoms you have it does sound like might be fibromyalgia then again could be a mix of things. Seeing the right specialist is the best answer. Finding that one or the ones might be like finding a needle in the haystack tho I'm sure over time you will.

Re emotions I think anyone cut down in their prime is going to be thinking some pretty mean stuff. I know I did. Not to mention it took me years to keep from reinjuring myself because I was young when I got injured and I was energetic, worked out, hiked, was very fit and did all the things a young person who loves to be active does!

Being older and needing downtime is much easier. Friends are way more understanding and even seem to have their own stuff that might slow them down as well.

hang in there and try what you're trying. You seem to have a very good grip on everything esp. for your age and what you're going thru.