Botox injections

48F here - got Botox injections for chronic neck pain/tension at Celeste Medical Cork. Physio didn't help but this did. Two sessions, 15-20 min each, relief within a week, lasted 3-4 months. Minor soreness/bruising. Would do it again. Recommend consultation first to assess if it's suitable for you.

@marcoye939 I’m scheduled to see a non-sugical orthopedic Dr in January to discuss Botox injections for my neck arthritis. I have tried everything else & nothing works longer than a couple of days. If Botox doesn’t work, I guess I just have to live with the chronic pain! I’ve had the pain since February & I’m just frustrated & tired of hurting! Thank you for your Botox input.

Botox injections have really worked for my neck and jaw pain.

I’ve had periodic Botox for chronic pain since 2013. Everyone should understand how it works. It’s really great for muscle spasm groups, which no longer respond to physical therapy. I’ve had it for spinal muscular problems from my neck to my shoulders to my lumbar to my sacral area. The doctors are sometimes confused as to whether it’s your bones or arthritis, causing the pain or the tugging of your muscles onto other areas like your neck or sacral joints. So it’s a great tool in the toolbox! There is a downside, however. If you get it done too often, it weekends the muscles. So you have to take a longer-term approach that after the muscle paralysis wears off, you have to make it a point to strengthen the muscle and attend to the muscle group area. An alternative to Botox, or in conjunction before or after is seeing an MFR therapist. An MFR therapist breaks down the muscle fascia that has glued together to make the muscles move as a group which tugs on other areas and causes pain. Unfortunately orthopedic surgeons don’t necessarily look at your muscle groups. A kinesiology doctor might and pain management doctor should. It is a fantastic tool. And if you have one doctor, who won’t consider it, you should find another who will. It used to be tricky to find a Doctor Who would do it and also write the prior authorizations to get it covered under insurance. I think now it’s becoming easier to manage this. A good pain and Neurology Center should be helpful.
Consider doctors who are skilled and have experience delivering Botox. Sometimes I would have the doctors deliver a little less because I’m always so sensitive. Eventually, I needed surgery anyway. Cervical spine surgery is a lot more complicated than lumbar spine surgery so having Botox done for my neck and shoulders was super helpful while it was my weakening shoulder neck muscles That was more of a problem than the deteriorating bones in my cervical spine. It was also super helpful on the little para, spinal muscles that squeeze tight on my lumbar spine to bring pain relief. A lot of people use it for migraines very successfully.

I get Botox injections for Migraines and have for the past 10 years and she does inject my neck and shoulders but my neurologist does not do Botox for pain management for thoracic pain.
I have had 3 cervical surgeries and 3 lumbar surgeries but for the past 6 years have had severe pain in my thoracic spine however nothing shows on the MRI's so surgery is not an option. I am now trying to find a pain management doctor who will try something other than epidurals, ablations and spinal nerve blocks as none of those procedures helped in any way. I have been seen and treated by numerous pain specialists over the past 6 years for this pain and they have tried all they know which is what I stated earlier. How did you find a MFR therapist, did you just make phone calls until you found one? Sometimes I feel it might be severe muscle pain rather than pain coming directly from my spine since nothing definitive shows on x-rays or MRI's.