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Myofascial Pain
Myofascial Pain SyndromeMPS is the short terminology used to stand for this dreaded diagnosis. The term myofascial stands for pain which occurs in the muscle and fascia. Although most MPS sufferers do complain of muscular aches and pains, some also clearly have neurological involvement, which typically is ignored during the diagnostic process. MPS is a diagnosis of exclusion, since there is no known cause and no known cure. In recent years, most people who might have suffered a diagnosis of MPS have now been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, since that particular condition is far more in vogue and offers more treatment options. Generally, fibromyalgia is pronounced when pain is widespread and MPS is uttered when the pain is more localized to a regional area. However, there are many exceptions to this rule…Myofascial Pain TreatmentTherapy options for MPS span the gamut from traditional medical to barely logical. There are numerous (often contrasting and conflicting) thoughts as to what exactly causes MPS and just as many varying opinions circulating about how to cope with it. Typically, treatment revolves around drug therapy to control symptoms. Many of the prescription drugs used are mind numbing and subject the user to a host of physical and psychological side effects, which may be worse to live with than the pain syndrome itself…Dietary alteration is also a wildly popular therapy, but there is no standard applicable for every patient. Eliminating or adding any particular food item might help one suffering individual, while the same dietary change will escalate another’s symptoms. There seems to be little standardization or logic involved in most of these treatments. Myofascial Pain AdviceIn my own experience working with countless fibromyalgia patients, I have seen knowledge therapy succeed far more often than any other treatment choice. The fact that the therapy has no inherent risks and does not cost any money makes it far more palatable for most people than the expensive and unhealthy medical treatment modalities. MPS can be very difficult to overcome, since the underlying psycho-emotional reasons for the pain are typically well hidden and deeply repressed. However, just like all psychologically induced pain syndromes, MPS can be cured, once the patient gives up on pursuing a mistakenly identified anatomical source for their symptoms and accepts the possibility that their pain is the result of a psychosomatic process. If you have tried everything to cure your MPS without success, consider knowledge therapy. You have nothing at all to lose… except your chronic pain!
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