Thanks for the advice. I was spending my time with PC too much as a teen and I was tall skinny-fat (high body fat %, little muscle, many trigger points). At 18 I had change of personality and went to the gym 3-4 times per week. I ended up getting pretty darn fit but, but weight lifting was just...OMFG..super-painful, but I did it because I thought I had weak muscles and strengthening them will solve the pain. Some physician told me to contract and relax muscle that hurts all day...it made things so much worse. I had a lot of bad advice and gym that actually made things worse. I just worked 1 week on neck trigger points which are amazingly painful, but they are nearly deactivated and my headache/TMJ is gone!

So, I kind of quit gym 1 month ago because it made pain worse, it was sore longer, I couldn't do therapy like that. I go once a week to maintain. What works is to deactivate trigger point and then strengthen it. So, since I made it a habit to lift weights and do cardio I think I can keep trigger points from coming back. I also spend all day focusing on keeping shoulders relaxed and be stress-free. It needs to be like this for several months until its a habit. But dang I am happy I found a solution that works.

Also, my physician gave me Darvocet...which is worthless for this. I want to take some opiates to use infrequently and do this therapy without being in super-pain. I don't intend to get addicted, but I want oxy or hydrocodone. Is there one that helps with this type of pain specifically? I know ibuprofen removes soreness from therapy, but not radiating pain from trigger points.