thank you @johnbishop I am new to this. I have had trigger point neck pain for 7 years,along with some herniated discs and bone spurs. I have seen several kinds of docs, has been difficult to find one who is versed in trigger points vs. anything else. I have some herniation but have been told it is not bad enough for intervention, and have done a lot of physical therapy, dry needling, yoga, acupuncture, etc. I do the exercises at home and use a TENS unit, tennis balls to relieve the pain.

The worst part, for me, is that I have had to give up hobbies that aggravate the pain. I love gardening but am trying to cut back and see if that helps.

Most recently I had a medial branch block, which the doc said was not impressive (the words he used) bc the pain was alleviated for only a short while. He wants to try a different anesthetic. I asked if ablation will help with trigger point pain and he said no. My plan is to try the other anesthetic and see what happens. If it does not work, I really do not know what to do.