I have had fibromyalgia & myofascial pain syndrome for over 10 years.  In July 2008 I saw a doctor who was finally able to read MRI's and he said that I needed a disc fusion & had a bone spur on  the right side of  my neck.  He operated on me on July 23, 2008 and ended up fixing two discs that had ruptured and removed a lot of smaller bones spurs as well as the one which showed up on the MRI.  He said it was a mess in there.

For a week after surgery, I had normal pain associated with this kind of surgery.  I guess my brain was confused, because I didn't have any fibro pain for that one week.  The fibro pain started coming back the 2nd week after surgery & I started having sharp pain in my

left shoulder which radiated across my shoulders to the right side.  The pain was always there and felt like something inside was tearing.  It was further aggravated if I reached out to pick something up (even just a glass) or if I lifted or used my right arm. When I went back to the surgeon for post op visit, he did trigger point injections.  They didn't help. 

It's now been 2 weeks since surgery. I have been seeing a chiropractor and a massage therapist.  The pain no longer radiates to my right shoulder, but does radiate a little bit down my left arm.

I have always had problems with knots, but not like this.  How do I get rid of it.  My primary care doctor changed my medications (I primarily take a combination of antidepressants & a muscle relaxer & am now using Flector patches), but it doesn't help the pain from the knot.

I am doing a home stretching program (mostly upper body), use a pedal bike with my hands and use my treadmill.

What can I do to get rid of the knots.

Thanks,

Karen