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@multifidus13 It seems we can identify with each other's issues, hopefully we can also find out our diagnoses out, as this is not a lot of fun.
I've heard from the beginning of this journey about the opposite symptom imaging, either CT or MRI scans. The first chiropractor I saw said there are people with my spine walking around without a symptom in the world, and then there are people with what is considered normal scans in intense pain. So, an image will not always tell the story.
My wife bought me a red-light device, and it has an automatic timer so it shuts off after 20 minutes. I used it on the lowest setting for the 20 minutes, and within a couple of hours, my right side muscles started locking up. And they have never been back to where they were before I tried the red-light therapy, leaving me in more pain once again.
I also have a strange history with headaches. Back in 1993 I started having migraines. They called it an Ophthalmological Migraine because the first indication I would get is like a sun spot right in the middle of my right eye about 15 minutes before the headache itself started. This ended up giving me a heads-up when I was about to have a migraine, and the prescription Imitrex back then was brand new and only in syringe form. They gave me a spring-loaded device to insert a syringe into, then press the device against my thigh, push a button, and it injected into my leg. I would then lay down for a couple of hours, and I'd be groggy, but the head ache would be gone, when I got back up.
And the migraines stopped on their own in 1996, so I was very fortunate to not have them continue. My boss at the time had monthly migraines his entire adult life. I can't imagine that, it would make me nuts, and that's where I'm getting with my current situation, feeling like I'm going to lose my mind sometimes.
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@marcd2k - The upper back sprains that I would get when I was in my teens and twenties wrapped around my ribs (obliques) on one side and made it hard to for me to take a deep breath. It would last up to a week, sometimes longer. I was bedridden a few times from this, if I recall. I think it was in the latissimus muscle or something, but I'm not really sure. It doesn't bear any relationship to my multifidus tear, anyway, since the lat muscles are higher up.. However, there is an indirect relationship to the lower back pain (L5/S1) I experienced when I was younger because of the way I was lifting heavy objects with a side-to-side motion to compensate for that lower lumbar pain. (Lifting in that manner probably ended up causing microtears in my multifidus which led to the more severe tearing later on). In retrospect, I should've taken the time off, avoided lifting heavy objects, and allowed my lower back to fully heal.
Maybe there is a relationship between your current condition and your migraines (??)
Also, have you ever tried using a step-on vibration plate? I use one daily and think it helps, although they can be very intense depending on where your feet are positioned and the selected speed (sometimes the lower speeds can actually be more jarring). From what you have described though, it might make your condition worse -at any speed. I usually tighten my lumbar back belt pretty good before going on it.