hi jen,
myofacial pain is inflamation of the facia in your body. facia, pronounced like fashion, is a slimey coating of tissue that surrounds every fiber of your body. down to the smallest cell. have you ever removed the skin from chicken and had to wash off that slimey clear stuff between the skin and the meat? well, that's facia. i know, yuck!
cmp is when the facia becomes inflamed, swells and causes pain. alot of pain. as you have facia thruout your body it can flare up any place. i have had it flare up in my eyes causing temporary blindness until the swelling went down. for no reason a place on my body will swell up with a lump that causes pain, especially when touched. but touch it i do. i gently massage the swelling, sometimes it takes days, until the tissue relaxes and the swelling goes down. it affects my entire body. one day my bladder, another my armpit, another my eyes, another, well, you get the idea. often the pain lasts for weeks without easing.
check it out online in your search engine. there are quite a few good sites. so far i do not use steroids or injections. those scare me. i do warm water therapy and myofacial release therapy. i swim laps and tread water for strength.
peace,
bluelakelady