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Old 11-30-2014, 07:25 PM #21
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What the... let me be upfront and state i never quite understood and hence was skeptical of the triggerpoint stuff. Now, i had a standard referred pain pattern as in the book link above and did a self massage in the general area with a pain relieving gel, and whoosh, my symptoms disappear. This is no placebo effect.
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What the... let me be upfront and state i never quite understood and hence was skeptical of the triggerpoint stuff. Now, i had a standard referred pain pattern as in the book link above and did a self massage in the general area with a pain relieving gel, and whoosh, my symptoms disappear. This is no placebo effect.
Ps I had a headache behind my eyes, orbital headache and self message of the back of the neck helped and took my headache away.
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Ps I had a headache behind my eyes, orbital headache and self message of the back of the neck helped and took my headache away.
For me it is the other way. I usually get headache when I try to massage the back of the neck.
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For me it is the other way. I usually get headache when I try to massage the back of the neck.
My neck is sensitive too. I try to work on my ASM which is one big trigger point, but over half the time it just makes things worse.
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Chroma, looks like you were working on your scalene trigger points for about a year now. Did this make any difference for you?

My anterior scalenes are very tender and painful to massage. They indeed feel like one big trigger point referring pain to my arms and pec minor area. I try to massage them gently a couple times a day. Pressing hard usually flares me up in one way or the other.
Hoping to see some improvement eventually.
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Chroma, looks like you were working on your scalene trigger points for about a year now. Did this make any difference for you?

My anterior scalenes are very tender and painful to massage. They indeed feel like one big trigger point referring pain to my arms and pec minor area. I try to massage them gently a couple times a day. Pressing hard usually flares me up in one way or the other.
Hoping to see some improvement eventually.
One time I got great relief. Sometimes, no change. Several times, pain and increased symptoms.

Most of the time, I do not work on them. But I tried again just this week and gave myself a flare up that made me miss work the next day.

I wish I had better news.
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I see. Thanks for the update Chroma.
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For me it is the other way. I usually get headache when I try to massage the back of the neck.
http://www.triggerpoints.net/symptom...d-eyebrow-pain

I massaged my traps, the SCM and sub occipital group. Last really worked. SCM is also another issue. For us TOSers it and the levator tend to pick up a lot of the cervical stability work and go nuts..
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Chroma, looks like you were working on your scalene trigger points for about a year now. Did this make any difference for you?

My anterior scalenes are very tender and painful to massage. They indeed feel like one big trigger point referring pain to my arms and pec minor area. I try to massage them gently a couple times a day. Pressing hard usually flares me up in one way or the other.
Hoping to see some improvement eventually.
Try massaging them with a pain relieving gel. That might help. Pressing tender points alone might not help. You need to reduce the spasm.
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Try massaging them with a pain relieving gel. That might help. Pressing tender points alone might not help. You need to reduce the spasm.
Can you give some specific examples of pain relieving gel that you had in mind? Are these OTC or prescription?

Pressing tender points on other muscles works great for reducing spasms. But so far, not on my scalenes.
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