[quote=Uptown]Not managing the fibrosis will cause you years of suffering as the muscles just glide. Find someone who understands scale ex in the neck. Those muscle groups can cause referred pain even in your feet. They need to be massaged out or disentangled if you will or you will have numbness and tingling somewhere. [/quote]

I apologize because I was using an iPad to access the Forum and it outsmarted me. What the above should say:

...muscles must glide. Find someone who understands scalenes in the neck.

I hope this makes more sense. The scalenes are a group of muscles in the neck that involve lots of nerves and can cause referred pain throughout the body and are usually the cause of your pain in the neck but can create pain or numbness or tingling in just about any limbs. Someone that understands them will understand how to minimize issues with them. The neck where we all get radiated is the nerve highway and you would be amazed at what other issues you can chase for no reason. I traveled the path ahead of you so you don't have to!

-Ed


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