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Has anyone had trigger injections. Are they any good plese replie. I HAVE GOT TO HAVE THEM AT THE PAIN CLINIC. FROM DOROTHY.
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I am getting some kind of injections from a rheumatologist. He is giving me about 25 injections of marcaine .50 into either my shoulder area or my lower back, which ever hurts the most at the time. I was going 1 time per week until I was put off of work. I am now going 1 time per month. I have told my doctor that they are doing nothing for me besides hurting. The 25 injections only take the doc about 1 minute to do. Maybe I am seeing a quake doctor. Everytime I mention that they are not helping he just says keep coming back they may help eventually. I have been doing this for 6 months now.
The last time I went the rhuematologist rubbed my lower back where he did the injections. He hit something as it made me jump out of my skin from the pain. For the next 4 mornings I woke up with a migraine headache, and have been dizzy & lightheaded ever since then.
Does anyone out there think I am seeing a quake, I am beginning to think so but don't know how to tell my doc with out making him mad.
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Thank you very much.That has helped me a lot. AtTHE MOMENT I AM GOING MAD WITH FACIAL NUMBNESS.iHAVE READ Y FILE DOROTHY.
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Hello, I have had trigger-point injections, and they have helped me a great deal.

Trigger points are like knots in your muscles, and they prevent your body parts from relaxing properly. In order to relieve trigger point tenderness, special injections containing anesthetics or corticosteroids are put directly into each trigger point. These injections "shut down" the trigger points, providing quick or immediate relief from pain.

There are two main types of trigger point injections:

Injection by Manual Palpation: This type of trigger point therapy involves the physician manually locating the trigger point by massaging the skin. A trained physician can usually tell where a trigger point is located, how big it is, and how deep it is lying within the muscle. However, sometimes it is difficult to estimate the exact location of a trigger point.

Needle EMG-Guided Injection: This type of injection uses both manual palpation and guided imagery to locate the trigger point. First, the physician will feel around for the trigger point. Then, a needle is inserted into the area. This needle relays information back to a monitor, which the doctor can then look at to guide the needle directly into the trigger point. This method is much more accurate.


Trigger point injections, though designed to relieve myofascial pain syndrome, can provide great benefits to those with fibromyalgia. Because so many fibromyalgia sufferers also have myofascial pain syndrome, trigger point injections are becoming more and more effective at treating fibromyalgia pain. Trigger point injections provide a variety of benefits to the patient:

    * Trigger point injections provide quick, long-lasting relief from trigger point pain
    * Injections reduce the amount of referred pain
    * Injections help to minimize the effects of other symptoms, including fatigue, stiffness, and disability
    * Injections can be done quickly and conveniently in your physician’s office or at a pain clinic
    * There is minimal recovery time involved in trigger point injection therapy
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