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Myofacial Pain Syndrome

Chronic Pain | Last Active: Dec 12, 2025 | Replies (17)

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@mrhappy, Yes, this "anyone" suffers immeasurably from myofascial pain syndrome. This condition preceded the SFN diagnosis and so I have been on a search for comfort for about 6 years. Because the fascia is everywhere and covers everything, it is tough to be totally pain-free at any time. It does appear that the fascia in areas around former surgeries, e.g. knee replacement, shoulder replacement, is the first to speak up and say "notice me". MFR or myofascial release is the only treatment modality that helps at all. There are layers of fascia throughout our bodies and those layers require time to become unrestricted. MFR therapists can find restrictions and apply the appropriate gentle hands-on treatment. I go faithfully every week and after time an area becomes unrestricted. My ribcage was a mess and movement was extremely painful. After several months, I now rarely notice any discomfort in that area and I feel that relief is more than temporary. It is best to make sure the MFR therapist has an "Expert" level certification to ensure the best outcome. Pain control is another challenge and I have chosen medical cannabis to avoid addictive medications. Hope this feedback helps. I have great empathy for your suffering. May you be safe and free from discomfort.

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Thank you for your response! I will seek out an MFR therapist in my area and will hopefully have some success. Unfortunately my state does not yet allow medical cannabis to be prescribed. I wish you continued success in your treatment!

I checked out fascial therapy on YouTube thanks for pointing that out 😁

@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