Gary Is It just under the rib cage? Right side is Liver which could be damaged from drinking and the left side would be the spleen. I had both when I was a truck driver and it was so severe I could hardly shift the gears. That was before I found out I had Lyme disease, once I stopped the Lyme with CS the problem very slowly went away. Dave
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Gary Hilt <sobertogod1n...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Lena > sorry your having the discomfort you mentioned. i have been aware of > trigger point for years but many > of my cramps are a knotting around my rib cage and the diaphragm are > so herd to facilitate there. > Hope that your continued therapy works. > > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Lena Guyot <drumr...@stny.rr.com> wrote: > >> I'm just getting through shingles, and there's a thing called >> post-herpetic neuralgia which is gnawing muscle spasm that feels like rats >> are eating their way into my back. Nasty stuff. >> Years ago, I read Pain Erasure, (Bonnie Prudden was involved in its >> publication. It posited the issue of trigger points: areas of 'dead', >> damaged muscle, surrounded by other muscles working overtime to compensate. >> >> I think, no matter what the initial cause for the original muscle >> problem, this could contribute to the other issues later on. They mentioned >> finding the trigger-points (easy: when you hit a knot of excruciating pain, >> that's one!) Then press with an elbow into that knot (awful, simply awful) >> gathering pressure for a few minutes until it's completely unbearable and >> then, just as gradually, easing up on the pressure. This allows blood flow >> to reawaken the 'dead' spot and help it begin to restore itself. >> >> I tried this this weekend and though it was the last thing I wanted to >> do, I could feel warmth and energy and an nasty itchiness return to what >> had been a nightmarish pain. Now the scale of pain is ramping down, slowly. >> >> This is not to say that mag. and pot. and whatever else you do isn't VERY >> important, but just to suggest that a mechanical help might be in order too. >> >> I wish anyone with this sort of pain the very best of recovery as it's >> truly wretched and makes life very difficult. Just sitting here, writing >> this, is making it all attempt a comeback! >> >> Be well, >> Léna >> On Nov 12, 2012, at 11:35 AM, Gary Hilt wrote: >> >> Hey Dave >> appreciate your help. There seems to be a consensus about the magnesium. >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Dave Darrin <davedar...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Gary >>> I was never addicted but after I quit drinking I had the same problem, >>> It takes not less than 500mg of magnesium, morning and again at night to >>> alleviate. >>> If I skip just one dose I get cramps. >>> Dave >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Gary Hilt <sobertogod1n...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Hey yall >>>> i have been experiencing muscle spasms all over for over 7 years since >>>> recovering from alcohol addiction. The doctors have no clue. its >>>> not potassium depletion. We eat and drink lots of veggies etc. >>>> i wondered if any of yall have any ideas??? >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Eph 1:2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the >>>> Lord Jesus Christ. >>>> Gary & Lennie >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Eph 1:2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the >> Lord Jesus Christ. >> Gary & Lennie >> >> >> > > > -- > Eph 1:2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the > Lord Jesus Christ. > Gary & Lennie > >
