Trigger Points. Are they real or just nonsense? - Fibromyalgia Message Board

builder · 12-02-2007, 08:17 AM

I had a neuroligist tell me the trigger points are a bunch of nonsense. Some doctor did biopsies on the tissue from several trigger points on a patient who had a Fibro flareup and found nothing. No evidence of inflammation or any other abnormalities. He also said what if you get a doctor who presses harder on these pressure points than another doctor? Press hard enough on any part of the body and it will hurt. I have severe Fibro and I never have found my so called pressure points to be any indicator of any kind or do they hurt more or less when I get a flare up.

1sunny1 · 12-02-2007, 09:26 AM

Hi RSTARRE, I believe you are right. I have fibromyalgia pretty bad and I don't have most of the so called trigger points, I have a couple in my shoulders and neck. Mostly I just have overall pain, the worst is my neck and shoulders that cause headaches. Lately I am getting pain in my right knee. I was getting the burning sensation in my feet, but since taking Lyrica and Cymbalta, that has gone away. I can barely walk when I get up in the mornings, can hardly make it down the stairs, but that goes away after about an hour. Anyway, before I go on about my problems, let me get back to the original topic, I think we are all different and some may have trigger points, and yes, if you press very hard on some it will hurt, but not all of us have trigger points and have fibro pretty bad.

Sunny