Accupuncture & Muscle Spasms

[kurphany]

Does anyone have any experience dealing with a muscle spasm?  I've had a muscle spasm in my trapezius for going on 8 wks now.  It's managed to form a bunch of knots, so even when it starts to feel better it ends up "respasming".  I've been in physical therapy for about a month and while it is certainly helping, I feel like I might need something

Comments

[irish_dragon]

You should also look into Trigger Point Therapy.

The Trap has a lot of them. Depending on where you hold your stress, then you have the deep muscles to the Trap. Your problem may not be just the Trap.

You may want to talk to your PT about working massage into your routine, it may help. With massage if you can find some one who is also certified with Trigger Point that would also be good.

[wait]

I see a chiropractor for the muscle spasms in my neck/head/shoulders. After many years, I discovered this is what was causing my chronic headaches. (Which, BTW, had been diagnosed as everything else, including migraines.)

The chiro works to get everything in alignment, taking the stress off of where it hurts and also keeping me from over-correcting and causing other problems.

Hands down, I would recommend seeing a chiropractor.

[sioneva]

I second this recommendation.

[dying_in_stereo]

check into acupressure which you can preform on yourself or have someone preform on you if you have a friend or boyfriend who would be so kind. Its acupuncture without the needles and although will be uncomfortable I find it really relaxing and helpful.

http://www.acupressureonline.org/

I also found this information:

**Ice and Heat: Within the first 72 hours of the injury use ice to decrease inflammation. After 72 hours of the injury you can use heat, ice or a combination of both to help decrease pain, discomfort and spasm. Hot baths or sitting in a jacuzzi can also be very therapeutic. Try putting some Epsom salts in your water to help decrease inflammation obviously, past the 72 hour mark and you might have already thought of that plenty of times. **Himalayan Sea Salt: To help decrease spasms of muscles, you can ingest one teaspoon of Himalayan salt (it is pink and white in coloration) to help your muscles cope with imbalances caused due to injury. The salt can be

[burntbuffalo]

Directly related to your question: Yes. I had a chronic muscle spasm in my left elbow area, technically tennis and golfer elbow (I play neither sport) and had one treatment in the area and have not had trouble with it since. It was good times.

Second: I agree with the chiropractor deal. Were the issue in my shoulder/back/neck, I would want to see both a chiro and an acupuncturist, or else just a chiro. For that kind of issue, a chiro can realign and help to prevent it from recurring. For such an injury, an acupuncturist can help in the short term, but fixing any alignment issues + developing better muscle tone (strength training work, possibly stuff you are doing currently at PT) will help prevent reinjury.

[mooie_ziel]

[ladymiao]

This is what I was going to suggest.