fibromyalgia causing shoulder and neck pain Posted: 01-28-08 05:50am
hello. i have these pains in my shoulders,
shoulder blades and neck. my doctor told
me that i have fibromyalgia. he sent me to
a masseuse, physiotherapist and even gym
works. he gave me some meds for it like
mersyndol forte, but none helped. most
nights i would have headaches starting
from my right frontal section and will
spread all throughout my head. i wonder if
my headaches and shoulder pains are
connected. i'm suffering from these for 7
months now. i went to a pain specialist
and suggested that i have an ultrasound.
they found out that i have bursitis so
they injected me with cortisone. this
helped for a while but after a week the
pain came back. i really don't know what's
wrong. i am stressed out about my
condition because i can't function
normally. it's a bit depressing because
after working, i'd be really sore that i
can't do chores at home. i can't even play
with my daughter because the pain stops
me. i've been to three specialists but
none of them can't put a name on it or
explain to me what's happening.
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designlady
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Posted: 01-29-08 22:17pm
Get an MRI. You may have a herniated disc
in your cervical spine. I have one in my
C4-C5 with the same symptoms. I also have
fibromyalgia, but the symptoms you
describe are the ones I have that are
disc-related. The treatment, if it's not
completely herniated, is a shot of
cortisone into the spine. Supposed to help
a lot. I wouldn't know, though; I can't
have cortisone or any type of steroid.
With fibromyalgia, the pain doctor I went
to said he could do nothing for me and
sent me on to a rheumatologist. If you
have fibromyalgia, this is the type of
doctor you should be seeing. I saw a spine
specialist about my back; he's the one
that ordered the MRI.
I can't work out like normal at a gym, but
I do get in as much swim time as I can at
our city's therapeutic center in their
huge, heated pool. I do a lot of
stretching and also daily heat and cold
therapy. Also, get plenty of sleep if you
have fibro--your body needs a chance to
heal every night.
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shazzafibro
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neck and back pain Posted: 03-19-08 18:06pm
i have terrible pain in the right side of
my back shoulders and neck,i also get very
loud cracking and popping from my breast
bone it gets very tight and painfull and
most days i cant even brush my own hair i
have fibro and get terrible pain pretty
much everywhere my hips got very bad and i
had x-rays on them only to show nothing! i
also get very cold hands and toes followed
by tingaling and numbing prickley pain in
the tips of my toes and hands.
my doctor doesnt really know what to do
and neither do i,i feel very tired to the
point where even my speech gets slury
where i wont to sleep,it even happens if i
have had 6-7 hours sleep i just feel
shattered.
does anyone else get pains in there colar
bones neck and shoulder followed by loud
cracking and aching
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 03-19-08 18:16pm
i agree with design lady. i would get in
as soon as you can. the sooner you feel
better the sooner you get the rest that
you need. do keep us updated
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