Myofascial Pain Syndrome anyone?

This affects your muscle tissue. It has several causes but the most common is due to overuse. Yea,you are right about the trigger point which can be felt with your thumb or ball of your palm. when you move your thumb or palm across the area of pain, and you feel a bump, like a solid round ball underneath your muscles. That is actually the one that causes the pain. Its a group of muscles, contracting non stop. Most often you find them in areas that are continually stressed like the shoulders, the upper back, near the shoulder blade, midback. Relaxation plus physical therapy can relieve the pain. If you are lucky to come across a physical therapist who has great hand skills in doing "stretch and spray" technique, you are lucky! In severe cases, doctors prescribe injection to that trigger point. BUt this will continually come back if you continue to stress the muscle. I should say, treating yourself a nice massage and back stretch after a stressful day, or giving your back a break from continuous activity will prevent MPS from coming back soon. If untreated, they actually get bigger as the number of muscles continually contract non stop. I hope this little information helps..

I have been researching about this "disease" for quite sometime now. Well hopefully it is not yet categorized as disease. But anyway, I have MPS and I have been suffering from it since May so it would be my third month now It is really painful and very distracting. I cannot concentrate very well in my work and most times I have to stop because the pain is unbearable! Meds like muscle relaxants and anti-inflammatory help me a lot! I avoid coffee as it dries my muscles out making them more stiff! Hope you are well now. I hope to hear from you!