[TraceyW]

Hi everyone!.

Just trying to find out some positive and negatives about botox. I saw a pain cons yesterday who is considering this as an option for me (may send me back into PT first, but botox is looking like a real possibility).

He is talking about injecting it into areas of my scalenes which are tender to pressure and reproduce my symptoms when pressed.

Wishing everyone a happy (and relatively painfree!) christmas

[(Broken Wings)]

I had good results with Botox. I have a few threads related to my Botox experience.

Originally Posted by TraceyW

Hi everyone!.

Just trying to find out some positive and negatives about botox. I saw a pain cons yesterday who is considering this as an option for me (may send me back into PT first, but botox is looking like a real possibility).

He is talking about injecting it into areas of my scalenes which are tender to pressure and reproduce my symptoms when pressed.

Wishing everyone a happy (and relatively painfree!) christmas

[MJA - TOS]

I didn't notice any difference between botox and trigger point injections. That may mean it hurt less or it did nothing. Not sure.

Good luck.

[TraceyW]

thanks for your replies, im just worried as dont know very much about it and struggling to find much info from google searches - what i do find doesnt really describe the after effects very well.

Im concerned that it may make my symptoms worse - has that happened to anyone on here i wonder?. Also, turns out the pain cons im seeing isnt all that experienced in tos as what i first thought. He said there arent many dr's in the uk who are hugely experienced as given its a fairly uncommon condition and the UK being so small there are no experts as such!. He is very helpful and listens, he understands the symptoms of tos and wants to help me - however, im just not sure if i should be letting someone not experienced in tos inject me with botox......

couple of more questions....

Did any of you struggle to get back to normal activities afterwards?

Did your dr use any imaging equipment when admisitering the botox - or did they do it blind, as such?

[dabbo]

Tracey- my doc and I have been doing botox injections for about a year and a half or so now. He doesn't use imaging (like a picture) but the needle is hooked up to a radio-looking thing. I think that this turns the electrical impulses your muscles create into sound, so when it gets real static-y, that is a very tight muscle. i for one have been please with the results.
- one tip... I have found that a massage a day or 2 after botox injections helps.

Do you know if it is Botox A or Botox B? not that i'm sure of the differences

[TraceyW]

oh i see what i read has mentioned imaging equipment. A week or so on and im not sure what to think about botox - i have read some scary stuff about scalene injections, where the botox has spread to the esophagus and killed them! I know this sort of thing is extremely unlikely to happen but im a big worrier and this is sticking in my mind!