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Well, I've had some sort of problem for about 7 years now, starting when I was ~18 yrs old. It started out as severe muscle tension, mostly the trapezius muscle, but also around my neck, the base of my skull, above my ears, and the tips of my eyebrows. I've maybe always been a tense, anxious person, but I don't remember being in pain until this point. The most troublesome spot is my left trapezius, at my shoulder. The muscles are knotted up constantly, I absolutely cannot relax them. I beg people for massages (and have them practically punching on it, it's so tense), and it feels good while it's happening, but no long-term relief. The first doctors I saw said "it's just stress" and gave me antidepressants.
So, after several years of this, I started having pain in my spine. It constantly feels like it needs to pop, at numerous places in between my shoulder blades and up, and I'm constantly twisting around trying to get it to pop, which is a relief until I notice the next spot, all day long. Also some of the vertebrae feel like they're rubbing each other, a sharp pain. My original thoughts were that since my left muscles were so much tighter, it was pulling my spine out of alignment. However, I've seen 3 chiropractors who said it's spinal problems causing muscle problems (even though I told them it was muscle 1st spine 2nd). So, I payed lots of money to all these chiropractors, and none of them helped me, so I've given up that route. I saw an orthopedist, who just told me to use a pillow and do yoga (I can't use a pillow b/c of the pain and I do some of the yoga that helps my back). I saw a neurologist who did several tests on me and told me he can't help me. My new doctor (or PA actually) thought it might be magnesium deficiency, but just got the results and they're normal. Also, my x-rays showed that my spine curves to the right in the lumbar region, there is no cervical curve where there's supposed to be one, and there are several subluxations.
So, I don't know if anyone will take the time to read this, or if they have any advice for me if they do...but I thought maybe it'd be nice to talk to someone else who has something wrong w/ them but can't find out what it is.
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