I have quite a bit of experience with body pain, and I've fixed a lot on my own, by learning tid-bits here and there. It was my WHOLE body. Yes, it sucked, and took years to figure out. Muscle and nerve pain can be very complicated or very simple to correct - its part timing, luck, and investigation.
Obviously the infection is playing a role, but you can certainly help the pain healing while the infection is still there, at least partially.
Its really hard for a Dr to figure out the direct or indirect cause of pain. Nerve pain can even be from (common actually) spasm-ed, or chronically tight muscles pinching the nerves. These infections can seem to affect muscle chemistry, which in turn can cause chronic tension. Since nerves can interweave through muscles is some areas, pinched nerves are a high possibility.
The more tools used to solve this puzzle the better. And you need to look at the body as a whole- know, and recognize where your structure has flaws. Gravity is our friend and foe. One foot that is functionaly sub-par can cause one shoulder to drop, drooped hip, crooked spine to the neck, even migraines. If working on the area of pain has no results, look to adjacent areas for tightness. And speaking of tightness, muscle that was tight for a long time changes and might not feel tight anymore UNTIL you work on it aggressively "waking it up".
The tools:
Find a chiropractor who also is ALSO an Active Release Technique practitioner., its for muscles and tendons. Regular chiro is for joints, it has limitations. A chiro will NEVER admit this true fact. But If they know chiro and ART, they can do it all. Its WAY better than just conventional chiropractic, if done correctly. Dont be afraid of trying several to find one thats works for you.
www.activerelease.com/find-a-provider.aspSome still take insurance for this too. I learned it and can do modified variations of this myself now. I love it.
Vertical, slightly declined "chair" massages seem to work for upper back/shoulder better than massage tables. Its the natural position your in when you feel your pain- easier to find problem areas then too. If you do this, remember where the Lumpy, ropy areas are.
Learn about
how (you-tube) to do trigger point release with a golf ball and Theracane. Theracanes are awesome for spine and upper back. Larger muscles can be melted away with myofacisial release using a lacross ball, baseball, and softball, this takes longer and is not as deep, fascia is over all muscle. Doing both (all) is best.
Stretch AFTER specific muscle release, this gets new blood in the tissue. Trying to stretch tight muscles can result in injury, and its impossible to stretch an adhesion or knot. Stretching cold is not a good idea either. Thats what warm morning showers are for.
Lastly, one of those foam rollers works pretty good on the whole body, increases circulation (detox), I do this as a warm up before the other stuff. So I have about
$125 invested in muscle release tools that I can use my whole life - its a great investment that continually pays back in the form of less pain and less overpriced 10-15 min appointments.
Oh- I just tried a new natural muscle pain cream, Penetrex, walmart even has it, thumbs up.
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Post Edited (astroman) : 10/11/2016 9:07:15 PM (GMT-6)