has anyone had success in treating this muscle trgr pts and tightness??

i didnt even know about it

So strange, I get a Trigger Point there EVERY day in the serratus posterior INFERIOR when I wake up. No matter how much. I've been laying on it with a tennis ball religiously and it seems to help some. But man is it painful.

that is weird that they come back during the night?

hmm, I just was pressing around in that area and found some definite spots....didn't realize I had any sore spots there.
But I was cutting, splitting & stacking firewood a good part of the last 2 days.
So that might be where they came from.

Tomorrow is my rest day ...
I'll work on those spots, there might be more by then anyway...

I'm also seeing how long I can go before needing to make a chiro appt, it's been since August, if I can do OK with as needed adjustments only, then I'm going to try some acupuncture for overall health balancing.

I think it's the way I sleep or breathe while sleeping maybe? I believe those muscles attach to ribs. Just my best guess. But I feel it especially if I hunch my back or end over aggressively. Once I work the area with a ball and stretch it's okay. Until the next day.

It's very tiresome to keep going over the same process day after day. Getting up from bed after an unrefreshing sleep just to discover that certain muscles have been caught up, pulled or tightened through the night.
I'm having real probs with sleep and breathing. Two days ago I did a 10 minute session focussing on belly breathing and a 15 minute beginners session of Tai Chi ( youtube) and pain in the arms/neck seemed to get worse!!!!! What's that all about? Whether it was the extra oxygen or a different set of muscle groups being used I don't know.... but I'm not a happy bunny.
OMG.... I'm 38 and feeling the effects of a pensioners workout: DEPRESSING.

I gave alittle press to the Serratus Posterior Superior muscle to see if there was any reaction and got a burning sensation on the inside of my thumb. Not sure if it was from the actual muscle or from the c-spine as I felt it when I pressed nearer to the spine.

Tai Chi has a lot of arm movements and combined with everything else, engages a lot of the torso. For a healthy person or someone with different types of health problems, this is fine. But for TOS, this can be problematic.

I had to start with 10 mins of seated Tai Chi for seniors and cripples, and build up from there. I used the Dr. Lam DVD that someone on here recommended. Found it on Amazon.

As much as I like Chinese martial arts, I would point a TOS person to focus on a "Fixing You" book and/or an Egoscue book. You can add the Tai Chi in after making progress with those.

HTH

Jus out of curiosity how long have u been suffering with TOS for?

Thanks Chroma
I thought that the Tai Chi would be a good reintroduction to some form of exercise but you are right that the movements are too arm involved
I will certainly look into your suggestions of the Egoscue book etc
Wishing you well by the way.

Hi hellothere,
It seems like forever now, but my neck has never been the greatest and as a child -about 8 or 9??? I did crack it ( whiplash ) quite bad while jumping off a very high wall ( I was abit of a livewire!!!!!). Whether it was youth or what but I seemed to recover from it?????
I suppose I can honestly say that I noticed serious issues some 6 years back which progressed from Raynauds, then Carpal tunnel, shoulders etc..... you know the pattern.
LLLLLLLOOOOOOONNNNNNNGGGGGGG time. And I only received my TOS diagnoses this time last year, so I had 5 years of running backwards and forwards to my GP...... Very frustrating!