Rhomboid pain

[Tanre]

Here is my story.  20 years ago, I flipped a car over and damaged L4/L5.  Short story: mentally shut the pain off and would have a damaged spine.  Worked fine.  Every few years, I would have a flare up that would immobilize me for a few weeks, but it wasn’t that bad.  This year I got into a sport that took a toll on my body.  I was lofted and fell from 40 feet to the surface of a lake.  Internally bruised my ribs, but nothing broken.  I have a grade 2-3 AC tear, and Labral superior and posterior tear and tennis ad golfers elbows.  Started rehab.  At same time, I continued some construction work.  I threw my back out for the first time.  Couldn’t move for 10 days.  Mt PT manipulated my back and I felt a snap.  Within the same day or two, back pain subdued and then I fell on ice.  
So for the first time, my rhomboid was in pain.  This has been constant for 2 weeks.  Went to acupuncturist. I now have pectoral spasm, lat spasms, and back spasms.  My tricep, forearm and fingers feel pain . I sleep maybe 3 hours a night and take pain meds….I hate pain meds, but it so hard to deal with.  I have read all these posts and have just bought, but yet to have delivered, wheat grass, all the recommended books, neck door traction unit, magnesium and potassium.  I have pretty much stayed I bed the last 10 days and am sick of it.   My question:  Has anyone said “the hell with this!”…And just pretended it didn’t exist and start an active life again?  I look in the mirror and my muscles have gotten smaller, less defined.  This cant be good fro healing.  I have stretched my pecs the last 3 days.  Still wake up in agonizing pain.  As I write, my pec is spasming with no relief.  I put an ice pack on 3 times a day and rub ketamine and some anti-inflammatory lotion on as well.  
For me, I think I can narrow it down to back manipulation.  I was in pain, but didn’t feel this pinched nerve stuff until my back was manipulated.  I will go get more x-rays, MRI’s and ultrasounds and see if I have a herniated disk, or if a rib was misplaced from my fall.  My guess is that is I cant get a disk fusion, I will have to find other alternatives, but I am at my breaking point and am about to just try to get into a workout routine ad try my best to ignore that pain.  Anyone take this route?




This discussion is related to Rhomboid muscle pain - 10 years with little relief.

[CP3kids]

By continuing to ignore your warning signs that your body is sending you, you can in fact cause further damage to what is already damaged or even cause new damage to occur.  I would never recommend anyone ignore those warning signals.  Yes, taking pain medicine chronically is not good for some aspects of our system, but when it's needed...it's needed.  I assume that you have an orthopedist?  If not, I'd recommend getting one for the best possible advice on whether surgical intervention would be of assistance?  In my opinion...I don't think it can hurt you more than you are already hurting.  The prognosis for your body healing itself is slim, and therefore surgery would be your best option!  Good Luck to you and I hope there is something that will help relieve your pain and get you back on track!

[loopianker]

Once u hurt yourself it never goes away but only gets worse.. try not to have surgery please... it will only mess up your disks more above it and below it.. I have titanium and screws in l4l5 and my back has gotten way worse.. I have disks that are going to be gone completely from below and above the titanium. I am 50.  Everything just gets worse.. you will lose muscle more and more.. there is a term for it.. I have always weighed 110 and my weight went up and that very well makes me more depressed.. I'd hate to say this but it never gets any better. I'm scared to death that I won't be walking soon.. just keep going to the doctors.. pain is so hard to live with..