Trigger point injections

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I got some trigger point injections on Wednesday. I got three in the

Thoracic Region and two in my lower back on each side. I was really

sore all over Wed. night. Then Thursday mid-morning I started having

severe nerve type pain in the right lower back region, down my

buttocks and leg. Feels sort of like Sciatica pain but more

burning/stinging.

I called the Dr's office and they told me to massage that area because

the medicine isn't absorbing (or something to that affect). So when my

husband started massaging the area it felt like he was massaging nerve

endings, I could feel it to my toes and cried like a baby.

I was up all night on a heating pad and it is killing me to sit at

today. I'm waiting for the Dr's office to call. I'm really scared that

he might have done some real damage.

Has anyone else had this kind of reaction from Trigger point

injections? It hurts so badly.

Thanks,

Caitlin

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Caitlin

Yes I have had the same trouble you are having. My Dr hit a nerve/bone spur so

the injection did not work for me. I stayed in horrible pain for 4 days with

weak legs.

That shot was #9 and the last one I ever had because they really never worked

the way they should have. After my first injection tingling/numbness started in

both legs down to my feet and I still have trouble with it as of today.

I also stopped the shots because when I went for an eye exam they found that the

medicine used in the injections injured my retina permanently. Now I'm watch to

make sure the problem does not get any bigger because it can cause me to go

blind in that eye.

So your not alone with the reactions from these shots. Try icing your back, that

is what I used. Well take care try laying on your side it helped me.

Toni

I got some trigger point injections on Wednesday. I got three in the

Thoracic Region and two in my lower back on each side. I was really

sore all over Wed. night. Then Thursday mid-morning I started having

severe nerve type pain in the right lower back region, down my

buttocks and leg. Feels sort of like Sciatica pain but more

burning/stinging.

[Guest guest]

Caitlin,

Yes, I had a know it all pain management specialist that was so confident in his

messianic abilities. When I got home that night, the pain increased 10x more

than it had ever hurt before. It radiated throughout my right lower lumbar,

buttocks, and leg a numbing pain that lasted a couple of weeks.

A couple of years later, I got another round of shots from another superstar of

pain management prior to my finally getting surgery, this time on both sides

with the same result. The pain lasts about 2 weeks.

So, hopefully, you only have 2 weeks or less to endure it. The good news is,

your gonna be ok but keep an eye on it. If any redness, intense intolerable

pain, or any other side effects, contact your dr immediately.

Hope, Healing, and Peace

Tim

To: chronic_pain@...: caitlink69@...:

I got some trigger point injections on Wednesday. I got three in theT horacic

Region and two in my lower back on each side. I was really sore all over Wed.

night. Then Thursday mid-morning I started having severe nerve type pain in the

right lower back region, down my buttocks and leg. Feels sort of like Sciatica

pain but moreburning/stinging.

[Guest guest]

Caitlin wrote:

Has anyone else had this kind of reaction from Trigger point

injections? It hurts so badly.

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Yes, several times. Do not rub it ! If it hurts, why rub it and make

it hurt more. You have had some inflammation from the injections

which happens more often than not.

They want you to rub it to disperse the medication, but you are

have inflammation more and it is like rubbing a place that

is already sore, it is going to make it sorer.

In your permission slip to do the procedure, it talks about inflammation at the

injection site. You have had it. It will take awhile to heal as does any site

that has an invasive procedure.

Then if you are sensitive to the injection fluid, realize it's a

nuerotoxin that will inflame the nerves and surrounding tissues, nerves, and

whatever is in that area.

You might want to try ice and benadryl, I took the benadryl to stop the

inflammatory response as I think I am allergic to the stuff they inject.

I just can't do these things and they were causing me more problems

than what they are worth.

Yes, I understand that trigger points are different than epidurals.

The injection material (steroids) are the same. I had to go

to the hospital once and get IV's and Benadryl through them.

Good Luck, Caitlin. With the next ones, you might ask if you

can take Benadryl and an inflammatory before hand. It might

help. Couldn't hurt.

Bennie

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I agree that heat will likely make things worse. My paperwork said

ice for the first two days, then heat if I wanted.

I only had facet and occipital nerve injections once and don't plan

to go back. The anesthetic in the occipital did help my chronic

headache for about 24 hours, but during those 24 hours after I got

home every part of my body that ever hurts was exacerbated. Shooting,

awful pains all over my body while I was supposed to be taking it

easy. No thanks!

Tim mentioned " a know it all pain management specialist that was so

confident in his messianic abilities " . I laughed out loud! My trouble

is mainly from C4-5 to C6-7 but this guy, looking a a two year old

MRI report that was done right before neck surgery, said " I know why

you've had headaches for years, and it's not what they've been

saying. Trust me; I do this every day. " So, I presented with 10

years' neck pain and chronic headache and he flew off on his own

tangent. Almost funny.

I did also get a rather sore inflammed spot at the C2-3 injection

site that was like a huge spider bite in shape. It hurt worse than

the shots did! Took about a week to go away, in spite of the ice. I

just looked at it as a bonus.

Best health to all,

in Oregon