Myofascial pain syndrome (Muscle Pain)

Hi Everyone,

I also had an appointment with my orthopedic doctor recently and he mentioned that some doctors are thinking fibromyalgia and myofascial pain syndrome are related. He said my overall pain could be from the many small nerves being irritated in my fascia.

Our fascia covers everything from our bones to our organs. It's been described to me like this:

It's like the fat on a chicken breast between the meat and the skin. Strange but true.

Here's a link:

http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/guide/myofascial-pain-syndrome

I have had myofascial therapy in the past and it was helpful, but it was only short term.

Post Edited (almost medfree) : 6/26/2015 9:47:17 AM (GMT-6)

The critical factor here is that their diagnosis of myofascial pain involved inflammation which fibro does not.

What I have is myofascial tension syndrome which is caused by the central nervous system stuck on sympathetic mode or a stuck stress response

Thanks for the input. I don't completely disagree with my orthopedic doctor. Here's a link regarding the fascia and fibro:

http://www.bodyworkmovementtherapies.com/article/S1360-8592(09)00094-1/abstract

I'd be interested to know what you think.