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[opabinia]

There's an angry marble near the inferior margin of my left Rhomboideus major insertion. It grew steadily for a week or two, and went supernova yesterday morning. It was nasty enough to reduce my tidal volume. Ow.

I left work early and saw goat for a beating. She did a bang-up job, as always, and I felt much relieved... for about fifteen minutes. Then the little fucker came back! I tried laying in all sorts of awkward positions last night, to see if one of them would dull the pain. No luck. Ow.

This morning, I said yes to drugs. Let's see if Ibuprofen does anything. Ow.

No Soo Bahk Do for me this evening. Any sudden movement in the scapular sling is currently inadvisable. Ow.

Comments

[goat.livejournal.com]

Well crap, I'm sorry the pain returned so quickly! I think ibu is a fine idea.

[lepidosiren.livejournal.com]

Seriously, I was in heaven for the duration of the massage, and for some time afterwards. This thing is just fierce!

[goat.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I gave you that relief! Heaven sounds like a nice place, even for just a little while. :)

I second letting sookyoja stick needles in you. If he's who I think he is, I think highly of his treatments.

[halo.livejournal.com]

mmm, acupuncture.

[sookyoja.livejournal.com]

how about i stick a needle in the little jerk?

[lepidosiren.livejournal.com]

I email you now.

[julishka.livejournal.com]

i think that's the same muscle where i have had a knot for a while now. i've attributed it to my poor sleeping posture/lack of pilates. today it seems to be ok, but bleh, it's been a pain this summer. (the part of the muscle lowest and closest to the spine is where my knot resides. not sure if that'sthe origin or ending as i know not anatomy.)

got a massage and same thing happened. was good for a few hours and then it totally creeped back. need to schedule another one & this time for longer (that one was only 1/2 hour).

hope you feel better!

[silas7.livejournal.com]

I thought I had a shoulder problem too, and it ended up being a herniated disc. I'd talk to your doctor and get it looked at.

[bottleimp.livejournal.com]

OKay, I know the answer but I have to ask: this is under the skin, right? No skin involvement/anger?

I'll go ahead and plug Foam Roll and Davie's "Trigger Point Therapy Workbook" again. Truly, it is the magic manna.

[lepidosiren.livejournal.com]

No skin involvement

Correct. Question: Is Foam Roll self-administered, or does it require a partner?

[bottleimp.livejournal.com]

Yes. They have them at Target, with a DVD included. Hurts like a motherfucker, though.

Also you can try rolling on tight points with a hard-ish ball (like a lacrosse ball or similar) against a wall. Hang the ball over your shoulder in a sock so you can hang on/ position it.

[ayun.livejournal.com]

I'm in pain just reading this.

[magg1es.livejournal.com]

I second the "seeing a doctor" idea.