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Myofascial Release Therapy (MFR) for treating compression and pain

Neuropathy | Last Active: Apr 6 3:26pm | Replies (315)
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@bude

No, that is part of the issue. I fell against a railing over a year ago. I have degeneration in the back and have for years but did not start getting the spasms until after the fall. I have done PT, trigger points, nerve blocks, prednisone, ablation, Chiro, massage, acupuncture, etc. Only the nerve blocks seem to help for the very short time that they are serving the purpose - to do the ablation. I stumbled onto a discussion here regarding intercostal nerve issues and the symptoms were almost identical to what I had been experiencing so the last nerve block was with a steroid in that area to hopefully make it last longer but not a lot of improvement with that either. Nobody can seem to tell me what is causing it. Is there somehow that I can find that out so we are treating the correct issue?

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Jennifer, Volunteer Mentor | @jenniferhunter | Aug 19, 2023

@bude Do you have a recent MRI of your spine? That is a first step to determine if you have nerve compression in your spine from an injury or arthtritis. Injuries also affect muscles and form fascial scar tissue. MFR could address that, and you could try it and see even without knowing the cause. I do hope the Chiropractor had imaging done before working on your spine. I won't let a Chiro touch me because I know how easy it was to rupture a bulging disc. All I had to do was turn my head and it popped, then it caused bone spur growth and I was on a path to later surgery as I came to discover. If you have ruptured disc, MFR won't fix that, but it could help posture and movement which can decrease pain by keeping things ergonomic and where they belong. If you have vertebrae slipping and sliding past each other because of deteriorating discs, that is probably a job for a spine surgeon.

Would you consider a consult with a spine specialist to assess your current status?

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