Will the pain in my neck and shoulder ever go away? What can I do to tolerate the pain?
I’m over 40 now, but ever since I was in my early 20’s I’ve had major pain in my shoulder/neck area.
I’m an anxious-type person, and though I usually wake up relaxed my muscles are usually tense all over by about 4PM.
The concentration of the muscle tension is in my left neck/shoulder and causes headaches and a general feeling of blah. When the pain gets really bad all I can think of is going to sleep so I can wake up relaxed.
I’ve been to many doctors. Each says its nothing physical. I’ve had x-rays, MRI, trigger-point injections, massage therapy, chiropractic, physical therapy & various drugs. The only drug I’ve been able to use that helped was Soma, because it doesn’t make me loopy but does reduce the feeling of pain significantly.
I’ve been taking Soma about a year and a half. Now the Dr says I’m taking too much (350mg 4x day) The label says take 1 every 6-8 hrs as needed. Why is Soma not an acceptable drug for longterm pain management if it works for managing my pain?
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So… your muscles are tensed every day around 4? Imagine lifting too many weights every day. Working the same muscle groups every day, tearing muscle fibers in the process. You are not giving your muscles time to heal because you tense them up again the very next day. Even weight lifters give a muscle group at least a day to heal before working them again. Have you ever taken a vacation, by yourself, to someplace relaxing. Without your laptop, cell phone, or anything but maybe a book and a camera? I bet if you did this for a few days, without taking any medications with you, you’d find the source of your pain.
If I’ve misunderstood your description, you could look at it holistically: What weight have you been, or are you, carrying on your shoulders? Do you have something to tell someone? Perhaps a deep, dark secret? Think back to your early 20’s… is there anything you are holding onto? Like anger, resentment, or some other repressed emotion. Maybe it’s time to explore that route. Repression manifests pain and no doctor in the world will be able to spot that in you.
Iam 40 something and I am type a person always tense But I have had a lot of horse accidents, and have back problems but my muscles tense up so bad that I just have to go to bed so they will relax takes hours.I was put on muscle relaxers they do help and they do make me sleepy,But I have found that if I take them and knock the pain off it will help for about 3 or 4 days I also use the heat raps at night and the cold andhot raps. Doctor told me to drink alot of vitamin c said it will help heal the tense muscles. I hope some of this might help cause i know what you are living in. PAIN.