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I have been suffering from mid back pain ( under the left scapula) for decades, but every year it got worse, became more frequent, , until now I am in agonizing pain every day. I have undergone numerous/ different treatments at Johns Hopkins Pain Management Clinic, to no avail. The thought is that muscle spasm touches nerves and causes this excruciating pain, but not certain. I am desperate.
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@spenjen did you have any radiography done on your back? I have similar pain that is due to my scoliosis. Most scoliosis is not only curving left and/or right the spine also twists. My Xiphoid bone at the bottom of my sternum points to the right instead of straight down. If your spine twists so do your attached ribs. This may be your issue?
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@spenjen Have you tried gabapentin? I began in tiny doses and the change was amazing. Because of multiple injuries I now take 1200x2. Luckily I can tolerate it n. I know it works well for some but not all. Some prefer Lyrica (I don’t).
A warm therapy pool can help (if one is available)
I go to a pain clinic but none of the injections have helped. I gather that I am not alone in this. But it is relatively recent that fibro was diagnosed which means that treatments are guesswork