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Constant Post-Op Pain After Lumbar Fusion Surgery
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Feb 17 9:59pm | Replies (15)Comment receiving replies
@marcd2k send me a message after you go. Also - try botox too. Insurance covers it. (mine did). Gotta go through a pain management or neurology dept who knows to do this. They commonly do trigger points but are reluctant to request botox. Botox paralyzes muscles and you will need to exercise them when the botox wears off in six months but it brings GREAT relief to muscles which refuse to relax. I've done that for cervical area, shoulder blade and lumbar butt muscles.
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@loriesco I will send a message afterwards. As for the Botox, that is one area I found about a year ago, treating locked muscles with Botox. My insurance denied the Botox treatment (what a surprise), but they recommended Dysport. It is basically the same type of drug as Botox, and is used to paralyzes the muscles.
Unfortunately, after getting the shots, there was no change at all in my muscles, they have remained locked for 2 1/2 years, and nothing is changing that. I have also had trigger point injections (at least 20 injections directly into the locked area), and they did absolutely nothing as well.
Thanks again, I'm going to keep looking, because no one is doing this on their own. Everything I've found and had done is because of my research and getting appointments set up myself.