Lyrica for myofascial pain
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knew How to treat this Myofascial Pain Disorder. - It was caused by my husband beating me for 3 yrs.- I then in 2005 I had a Horrible Car Wreck, I rolled 8 times into thick woods going 65 mph, knocking down trees. my body was thrown around like a rag doll.- That increased the Pain and moved it from lower back to, now up to the base of my skull. I went thru Many DR'.S who didn't understand WHat this was. As mentioned, in 2003, I found a Physician who diagnosed it,and knew alot about it !
” One of the main characteristics of myofascial pain syndrome is that the pain is regional, or confined to a limited area of the body. Generally, myofascial pain will be found in the shoulders, neck, arms, face, low back and/or legs. It is quite often a result of misaligned posture." End Quote
Trauma seems to be the main cause of MPS and doesn't usually include surgery. Indeed I can find no literate that lists surgery as a causation of MPS....
From what I've heard, and from people I have talked to, if they work at all, they are only a short term fix. I am taking Lyrica, and that has been the best thing I have found for the pain. I'm almost pain free. I still have spinal issues, so get pain from that, but my fibro all-over body pain has improved about 80% with the Lyrica. You might ask your rheumie about some samples of it to try.
Ever since I have been diagnosed with Myofascial pain, migraines w/aura, reversal of cervical curve and a broad based atypical herniation of C5-C6 discs. I am on Perocet and Flexeril for chronic pain and Protriptylene for migraine preventative. I have tried physical therapy, Accupuncture, TENS unit without much relief. Has anyone had a similar injury? I am 43 and had no previous back, neck pain or migraines!!! I have been told I have stenosis too.
I have been on Lyrica for 5 years now for nerve pain in my lower legs and hands. It helps a little but not much, to me the WD symptoms got to severe (and I have gone through some bad WD from reel drugs, never expected it from this) when I tried to quit so I decided to just lower the dose and add Topamax. The Topamax quickly helped reduce my added weight gain but still gave me little nerve pain relief.
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Recently I found a new Dr.
Along with fibro you may have myofascial spasm syndrome. That is where the muscles knot up. Usually the way to unknot them is thru physical therapy, where the therapist actually strips the knots and breaks them up. Very painful, in my case they were in my upper chest and legs. It left me black and blue. I have the ribcage pain all the time too, and I just ignore it and go with the pain. But if you haven't experienced this before, it can't hurt to run it by your doctor. Good luck.
5 months ago I was diagnosed with Myofascial Pain Syndrome. The anti-inflammatory and muscle relaxant were effective for the pain and so after a week I started feeling okay. 3months later, I started having the same pain again. But I was having tingling sensations through my hands and feet, so I had an MRI.
FINDINGS & IMPRESSION:
There is straightening of the normal cervical lordosis likely due to musclular spasm.
It does not progress. Some medications that can help with the pain are Lyrica (PreGablin) and Neurontin (Gabapentin). Both of these are helpful and which one is better depend on the person. So if you have fibro you could ask your doctor about these. I hope that this answers your question a bit. If you have more questions feel free to ask.
Also just so you know there is a forum on MedHelp for Fibromyalgia, they might be able to answer questions as well.
I have a physically demanding job. I have neck, shoulder, arm, and upper back pain. I have been on pain meds for years. How bad do I have to get before I can get put on disablity. I've been told I have artritis and bone spurs.
There is also a similar condition called Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS). This is a fancy way to describe muscle pain. It refers to pain and inflammation in the body's soft tissues.
Myofascial pain is a chronic condition that affects the fascia (connective tissue that covers the muscles). Myofascial pain syndrome may involve either a single muscle or a muscle group. In some cases, the area where a person experiences the pain may not be where the myofascial pain generator is located.
I HAVE HAD HEADACHES AND UPPER SHOULDER PAIN FOR YEARS. HE SAID THAT THE MYOFASCIAL PAIN GRADUALLY MOVES, AND WAS NOW IN MY JAW/FACE AREA. HE DOES A SERIES OF MANY TRIGGER POINT INJECTIONS. I STARTED OFF GOING ONCE A WEEK AND THEN UP TO EVERY 2 WEEKS. I AM GIVEN ABOUT 30 SMALL INJECTIONS EACH TIME IN MY UPPER BACK, SHOULDER AND JAW AREA - ON BOTH SIDES - RIGHT (WHERE THE PAIN IS), AND LEFT. I AM STILL BEING SEEN BY THIS DOCTOR.
I endured it for 3 days until I finally went to an orthopedic doctor and he diagnosed me with Myofascial Pain Syndrome. The anti-inflammatory and muscle relaxant he gave me was effective for the pain and so after a week I started feeling okay.
3months later after that incident, I started having the same pain again. This time, I was having tingling sensations through my hands and feet, so the orthopedic doctor referred me to a rehab doctor.
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