Hi Jo,
The last time at the pain management the PA was working on trigger points to inject marcain etc, to calm down....
He was shocked at the amount of spasms and said a trigger is the "one" start of the spasm, he could not locate one...

DUH, with TOS, there is no "one" I gave him the ones that are the butcher knife by the wings to work on and it helped. Some of the cycle was broken.

He did trigger pressure up my spine too, and that assisted.

I remember Dr. Annest once took the time to tell my why I had the tightness up the side of my spine. It all clicked when he told me he muscles were making a splint around the injured flared nerves and protecting them, by the splint.

A lot of work on trigger points, but well worth it when they let loose. Try everything, and then keep trying for the ones that work.
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