HiEEO3. Thanks.
I am with a new pain doc, who examined my neck and found a lot of very tight and sore muscles, so he sent me to a clinical physiologist.
Saw him and was quite impressed by his interpretation of the effects chronic pain have on the body and the mind. He is writing up an exercise/ stretching routine that I will learn and do at home. These may help with the pain-I do get a lot of tense muscle pain, and my muscles are wasting away from not doing anything, so I am sure that it will be of lasting benefit.
Not sure if it will help with the ON, as muscle relaxants didn't make any difference this time.
I think now that most of my neck pain is in fact ON, and that the shoulder muscle pain is related, a side effect.
It's funny how you just can't put 2 and 2 together and get 4 when you aren't able to think properly.
Also, this new pain dr is the first one to actually examine me. The others just asked me to describe my pain, and then started to prescribe treatment.
If I can't wait 3-4 weeks to get into the exercise thing, I may have to get a nerve block or ablation.
Can anyone give me some advice on which to suggest to the DR?