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Originally Posted by Brewmaniac
OK, now I'm a little different a c4 quad with severe shoulder pain. My right scapula throbs most of the time and so does the front of my arm(upper) and chest wall around and into my armpit. The doctor says it's a skeletal muscle issue from lack of movement.
I have had massages and it feel wonderful at the time but sometimes the next day I hurt worse.
Any suggestions?
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I don't know what 'c4 quad' means, so I'm probably going to give an incomplete answer.
If it's lack of movement resulting in the pain, get some stretches and activity on that muscle.
If you are having day-after pain following a massage, there are a few general reasons:
- You didn't drink enough water after the massage. They tell us in school that massage can "release built-up toxins into the blood stream, which is collected by the lymph system; if you don't get enough water to flush that out, you can have pain the next day". But, they never said what those toxins were, and I can't figure that out. Nonetheless, there seems to be a causal relationship between insufficient water and day-following pain, whatever the underlying reasons may be.
- Your therapist is going in too deeply.
- You have some 'splinting' going on, where one set of muscles is hypertonic in order to protect a damaged muscle. When those splints are released, it can reveal other pains that you weren't aware of.