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- From: nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: Injections of a tender point with anesthetic.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.171329.2977@cnsvax.uwec.edu>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 17:13:29 -0600
- Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
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- [reply to mrl@nerus.pfc.mit.edu,]
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:14:49 GMT
-
- >My mother had back surgery to relieve pressure on nerves. It worked,
- >but soon after she developed a very painful area in one of the muscles
- >in her back. The doctors are not sure, but believe it to be either
- >fibrotitis or an irritated nerve. The only treatment that she found
- >helped once was by a therapist who injected an anesthetic into the area
- >before she manipulated her. However, that therapist was in a different
- >state, and show has not found one in her area that does that sort of
- >treatment. I have heard that sometimes such injection tender points
- >will help for a long period. Anyone know of such treatment? Any reason
- >why she is having a hard time finding people that do that?
-
- Sounds like trigger point injections. Whether a physical therapist is
- allowed to do this probably varies from state to state. A physiatrist
- (physical medicine-rehabilitation specialist) can do these and is
- probably the best person to see for this kind of problem.
-
- David Nye
- nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu
-