had them since my accident (2000).

both therapist worked on them and wore their thumbs out. mine are painful. tirgger point injections was a joke, at that time. Those bumps/knots was why my PT wanted to do the ASTM (augmented soft tissue manipulation). Well, just slap someone if they want to do that to you.

They grease you up with lotion and scrap you down like a hog that's being slaughtered. Talk about bruising, boy, I had it. Can't think of one good thing came out of that session, other than the therapist referred me to another therapist/facility.

The Kinesio tape helped them be less painful and helped me with ADLs.

I do trigger point therapy myself and use knob-type things, Theracane to work on them myself. Seems like if I help one a little, I find two more to deal with. Kind of like fibrocystic disease, of my tnedons.

Ice or cold don't seem to help them, at all. Makes them harder and painful.

The LED/infrared light therapy pads help my arms termendously.

Keeping them fleece warm helps my pain level tremendously. Arm socks, ummmm.

Of course doctors have examined and felt them, but didn't do much about them. Most have gone away. I still have a lot but they don't seem to be so quickie or painful.

Hope you find a diagnosis. I never did.

Keyboarding makes them hard and painful...