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@artscaping what is mfr release exactly if you n don't mind me asking ive been dealing with this pain in my hip ive only been dealing with the pain for a little over a year now from physical assault so im starting at beginning with all this. Any and all advice from someone whose been dealing this for awhile im all ears please. I understand it's life long but I just wanna ease this pain as much as possible naturally without a bunch of medication and dr appts running a million test with a bunch of different random suggestions of what clearly isn't gonna work. I thought about joing a gym for stretches. Heat feels amazing on it and my dad who has R.A. found this stuff online called magic wizard its like an icy hot on steroids only thing ive found slightly close that touched my pain. The pian is spiking my blood pressure to stroke out point if that helps describe my pain level. Never had problems till the physical assault sad part is I just turned 39 when all this happened
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@grapeape04 myofascial release is a therapy that glues muscles and sheets, which are glued together. There’s also fascia on your nerves which could be irritated. You didn’t tell us anything about what is hurting you so it’s impossible to give you any direction. You also haven’t said how far out you are from the assault. It can take a year or two for your body to heal. You also didn’t say what condition you were in (good health or inactive) when you were assaulted and if you have other health problems. So if you are concerned about privacy and don’t want to reveal these things, then I suggest that you keep going to all the different doctors that you can at this time. I remember when I was in an accident at your same age I got an attorney who kept sending me to a gazillion doctors for tests. I absolutely hated going to the doctors three times a week and not doing my work. But she was right and I was wrong because the answer isn’t with one doctor it was what many of them who all seemed unrelated. It took a couple years to get to court and then all of the doctors for the accident stopped, but my body started deteriorating with arthritis and inflammation and it brought a whole new set of doctors that ended up eventually bringing me to joint replacement surgeries about 12 years late. So you didn’t really provide enough information to help you much except that you have to keep advocating for yourself. Nobody else will do it. For me, at 68 it ended up that my tailbone and SI joints are in daily pain. So I take a low-dose daily narcotic. It doesn’t bother me and it doesn’t inhibit me. I started with a small dose. Eventually, I was diagnosed with degenerative disc condition and my joints aren’t the greatest. So being that I can’t have surgeries all the time I just take the narcotic when I need to and move on because living my life is the most important thing. It was a really complicated journey And at 68. I am in much better condition than I was at 38. That’s all I can tell you. At the same time I had this accident. I also started acquiring arthritis, pain, and inflammatory pain. And it just really all confounded the doctors so it had to be my own journey. You might have a different path. You can read books about pain management, which are helpful. I had also inherited the family gout and so 20 years after the fact, I was put on medicine and all my inflammatory pain which I was told was arthritis disappeared. Oh I have arthritis, but I don’t have the pain from it anymore. You just have to keep pushing.
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Hello @grapeape04, Welcome to Connect. I thought I would jump in and respond for our friend @artscaping who is no longer able to follow Connect. There is a great video that explains Myofascial Release Therapy (MFR) in another discussion that you may want to join in and learn what others have shared:
-- Myofascial Release Therapy (MFR) for treating compression and pain:
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/myofascial-release-therapy-mfr-for-treating-compression-and-pain/
I know you mentioned you want some pain relief naturally without a lot of testing done but have you thought about seeing a doctor to check for injuries related to the trauma you experience?