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In reply to the discussion: Chronic Pain Sufferers are being screwed by the.. [View all]Ms. Toad
(33,992 posts)And a well-rounded gym workout including aerobics is not a solution.
I have been to at least 5 physical therapists - they all believe they can help me. All they do is make it temporarily worse, until I refuse medical treatment (and occasionally fire them) and go back to the pain management that makes my pain level tolerable. One PT session typically takes me a month of management to reduce to the background level that existed before they decided they needed to play (even though I was seeing more than half of them for completely unrelated medical issues).
I have done weight training - all I got for that was an aggravation of a different condition, for which I needed removal of my top rib on my right side.
I have engaged in regular aerobic activity - of two varieties - regularly for multiple periods of more than a year. (Swimming 1+ miles 3x a week, and bike riding for 2-4 hours at a time twice a week.)
It may have worked for you, but suggesting even that it will work (generally) for muscle pain is an unreasonable stretch from your personal experience.
(I do not use opioids, or other medication, for pain management - that is not a solution I find tolerable. But I would not suggest upsetting the apple cart of someone who has spent years achieving equilibrium, whether pharmaceutically - or by other means. It costs me too much every time the medical providers I encounter do that to me.)