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I was reading some of the history of this chat and someone mentioned myofascial release. Don't know if there was any follow-up on that might be worth trying. I learned to teach Yin Yoga. It is a methodology that allows the body's fascia to slowly open up by first supporting the active range of motion and then allowing it to increase by removing supporting structures. It is practiced from anywhere from two to 30 minutes for each pose. You start out with supports and slowly remove them as the body opens up (fascia release). It is very gentle but does demand mental discipline.

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I’ve been doing my facial release twice a month for 3/4 of a year and pay for it out of my own pocket. I do that in conjunction with many other modalities. Part of the journey is finding people who can really help you, medicines that can really help you, sustained activities, which really help you whether it be physical therapy, yoga or walking and a lot of patience. I’ve had many joint replacements over the last 13 years and continued healing occurs in different parts of my body. Try different doctors, watch out for scammers of which there are many taking advantage of people‘s ailments, do the research or have someone do it for you about things that work and things that don’t and keep a positive attitude. Stop hitting your head against the wall if something‘s not working and give yourself a break. A lot of times we deplete our self in our search/ Searches. Try to have some things in your life that distract you. I’ve been at this for 30 years. I’m 67 years old. And I can tell you at 25 years of searching the source and remedies for my arthritis painI found a miracle. It was through this online forum. It was a recommendation of Art cherry capsules (I ordered ZAZZEE brand online for from Amazon that cost of $20.) and I learned I had gout arthritis. My body is riddled with osteoarthritis so the lazy doctors always stopped with that and when I complain too much, they test for RA and tell me I don’t have it. God only knows why they didn’t look for gout arthritis and asked me if I had a family history of that. After taking the ZAZZEE for a few months I asked to be put on the medicine allopurinol like my dad was on. That helped me even more. I had tested in range but high on the supplement but this weekend I did a new test on the allopurinol medicine and I was entirely normal on the blood test for the uric acid. Normal! After 25 years of inflammatory pain in my hands and elsewhere, being entirely stopped in my tracks I am now freed from that kind of inflammatory pain. Of course I got other pains to deal with from disc degeneration along my spine and other joint replacements, but life is a little bit More manageable because I identified one major issue. Life is a struggle, but it’s how we deal with it. I’m a big believer that everyone has something to deal with in this life. Maybe for us it’s our pain or physical pain. Keep on trying new doctors. Keep on researching new treatments. Keep on looking for sources, but don’t forget to live your life, however is important to you and remember you have a gift of life and struggles. Just gonna be part of the gift.

My massage therapist does myofascial, released and cupping during our massage sessions. Can’t say it improved anything long term, but good to get the blood flowing through those muscles, which helps lessen the pain some. Also, use a rolling pin, roller ball or racquetball to massage several times a day on your own for 3-5 minutes. It all helps!