myofascial pain syndrome
Hello, my name is Lori,I was in a car accident 14 yrs ago,developed myofascial pain syndrome.diffuse.i was 33 yrs than.I have been doing different therapies,over the yrs.I have been getting trigger point therapy from a chiropractor,I orginally went there just for that,few months down the road he tells me a have cervical whiplash injury from the x-rays he took.My other main doctors took mri x-rays,they said over the years ther are no structual abnormalities,this ia under a auto accident case.there are 2 different opinions,could you please tell me how I would find out the truth,as to who is correct?the chiropractor said I have loss of curavuture in my neck,mialiament of the spine,hypolordosis,he does not know how long it will be to correct the neck,he claims because it was not discovered for 14 yrs.Any suggestions,on how I know he is telling me the truth,the trigger point therapy helps tempoarily,helps keep meds down.I take flexeril. Please answer,thank-you,Lori
Hi Lori,
I can sympathize with your dilemma because I've been there. I wish I could tell you why traditional medical doctors and chiropractors so often disagree about spinal injuries. It seems like traditional doctors often don't accept that some spinal variations are a problem. Of course, I can't tell you which is correct in your case. You might consider getting a second opinion from a different chiropractor to see if they agree on the diagnosis.
Personally, I chose to believe the chiropractor because I was in pain and he gave me the most logical explanation for my pain. As it turned out, he was right and helped me a great deal. (I should note that I grew up being told that chiropractors were quacks, so I was very skeptical. But I couldn't argue with the results.)
You didn't ask a question about the myofascial pain syndrome, but I would like to share a treatment option with you that can be very helpful for MPS. It's Myofascial Release Therapy. I've had it for fibromyalgia and it really made a big difference for me, but it was originally developed for MPS. Here's more info on it in case you're interested: Myfosacial Release Therapy
I hope you'll let us know what you decide to do and keep me posted on how you're doing. – Karen
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