Recent content by Fortunecat

Thanks for your swift reply. Yes for bunions it is structural and ganglia it seems to grow bigger every time I tried to exercise without restrictions and hurt too. I suppose these are indeed structural, but tbh they don't bother me as much as my neck and shoulder. Even when I was young...

Thanks for your reply. I can see your point here, which is also what I've tried to tell myself. Though, for the cracking sound, my husband rarely has it - or do you think it has something to do with me being tight all the time? Also, I had ganglia and got an aspiration and steroid injection...

Hi there, I have been on this forum for some time now, it has helped me many times, and I sincerely wish everyone on this forum to get better and better. I have started my upper back / neck / shoulder pain since 8 years ago when I moved to the UK. I don't have it bad every day, but...

Also, debating with myself whether it is TMS so that I should stop taking of my posture, or it is not TMS so that I have to pay attention to my posture and do stretching exercise gives me a lot of conflicts...

Thanks for your reply. I do feel that the pain may have multiple sources but what can I do? I do pilates and swimming, and they help a bit but never eliminate the pain. I did X-ray and everything shows normal (except for the curve). I tried massage and acupuncture which helps only a few days and...

I know that at least part of it is TMS, but I still can do nothing about it - that's why I start to have doubts. If it is TMS, shouldn't I be able to stop the pain altogether? Also, I think bad posture/straightened neck curve really can cause muscle strain, and denying it is unreasonable?

I always have some tension. The tension usually gets worse if I have nothing to do - I would get bored and start worrying about the future. Sometimes I find unexpected things would divert my attention and help take my mind off from my pain. For example, if I walk on the street and saw some...

Thank you for the reply. Movements cause pain as well - but it is the normal sore muscle pain that I always have around that area. When I said I wake up with pain I meant a spasm-like pain together with knots and extreme tightness, and it aggregates when I move my neck / upper back / shoulder...

Hi all, I am a computer worker who spends over 10 hours a day working on a computer. I have neck pain, upper back pain and shoulder pain, which on some day (about 2 out of a week) can be really debilitating. The pain always starts from the morning, and may or may not last for a full day...