I had a PT session two days ago and when the PT began to gently rub on the scalenes on the TOS side I thought I would jump off the table. She took it easy but every time she tried to gently work on a trigger point, I thought I was going to faint. I even broke out in a sweat.

So my question is this, should I be trying to stretch that side, even though it seems to trigger a flare? My PT does not know and said if it hurts, do not do it. I also have head forward posture and I am so tired of trying to correct it. I keep trying to gently pull my head back, but then when I catch myself in a mirror, I am always back to head forward.

Does anyone have a recommendation as to how the calmed the scalenes and also how to deal with this head forward problem? I can calm it by laying on my back in a corpse position, but I can't live my life like this and I think my neck muscles are getting weaker. Any suggestions are so appreciated.