Literally THE BEST description of chronic pain patients without identifiable lab, imaging, or neurological illness that I have watched.

Wow! This was totally worth watching!! I’ve had years of pain!!! All the time and money spent for years when here you are on KZread giving a probable diagnosis! Thank you!! 🙏🏼

@Piccolo_Sun

2 жыл бұрын

yes it is indeed but i dont think you really know the real reason why. This video contains some key spiritual information that not many people will be able to identify or understand funny enough the female talking in the video dose not even know she is disseminating spiritual information lol

Wow, how awesome are you? Great information and you are responding to comments months and years after you posted this! I've been having Rhomboid pain and painful spasms down my arm and I think you are right, weak muscle. Really happy to find this video!

@LoriDuncanPT

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thank you for the explanation. I just came back from seeing a doctor (I'm in Mexico city). His diagnose was very similar to what you explain. In my case the atrophy is so bad even laying on bed sleeping is painful. Every inch of my body hurts from heels to head with close emphasis on lower and upper back. He touched the area today. Gosh!!! The stiffness, the hurt...!!! And I explained this burning sensation all over the back of my body. In my case I had an injury 6 months ago. It was being treated but this doctor asked me to quit all exercises. So I went from running and HIIT training to just walking. This new doc said I should have progressively go back to muscle strength activities. But I did not. I'm glad and so blessed I found this doc. Now let's see how my body takes it.

@LoriDuncanPT

3 жыл бұрын

Yes...just progress slow and your body should love it!

Thank you for this amazing explanation. I have found part of the answer I have so desperately seeked. Now I just need to know how to fix it.

Excellent information. I hv so many friends that hv issues but dont hv insightful info as you explained here. awesome.

@LoriDuncanPT

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad it's helpful.

Hi Lori! Thank you so so so sooo much for this video! My mom is suffering with excruciating unexplained pain throughout her back and legs….more numbness than pain in her legs but she groups it’s all together when trying to explain it. She is 4months post liver transplant and still suffering with this pain that has evolved from a direct pressure point sort of pain to now just overall pain and soreness throughout her back and sides…she’s extremely atrophied and only gets any sort of relief when I massage and rub her frail back and legs… after watching this I’m thinking everything you mentioned is spot on with her experience and can explain what’s going on with her!! She’s been cleared of every scan, imaging, test, nerve exam, rehab assessments etc etc …she was recently approved for medical marijuana to help manage the pain but this video has made us all the more confident that it’s an issue of the fascia/connective tissue . Do you suggest then just getting active and improving her muscle tone development through weight training?? (Like I’ve been telling her for the last 10yrs?! haha) She watched this video and literally screamed for joy for the hope your video and explanation has given her. Do you ever travel to the East coast we would love to have the opportunity to meet you!!

@bridgitndinda1356

2 жыл бұрын

Hello,any medication that helped?

@LoriDuncanPT

Жыл бұрын

Hi! I'm glad it felt hopeful. I don't travel much to the East coast but I hope she is feeling better.

You’re very entertaining to watch

@LoriDuncanPT

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

👍👍👍. Thank you for your educational video... Please inform how to solve these problems in your next video...

Thank you I was waiting for "a buy this pill and take 10 a day "

@LoriDuncanPT

6 ай бұрын

Oh geez! No....get those muscles to activate.

This describes 100% of my “fibromyalgia “ patients , AND I cannot get them to do ANY EXERCISE. EVER.

thank you for this. God bless.

@LoriDuncanPT

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it is helpful.

Unless one has experienced it, the pain is horrible.

@LoriDuncanPT

3 жыл бұрын

It really is.

What an amazing video! Do you know anyone in the chicago land area educated like you?

Very enlightening video. I havent exercised in a couple of years cause I had scoliosis surgery and depression, and now I am very skinny and have very weak muscles. I recently started exercising daily and ive been noticing weird pains (usually in/around areas that I have no muscle), in the little muscles around the ribs and sternum, in the wrists/fingers, elbow/triceps etc... I was starting to get a bit anxious about it but thanks to you now I know that it may be just the connective tissue and the underuse of my muscles. Thanks so much for your video! Ill keep trying to exercise daily and gain weight. Greeting from the Canary Islands!

@LoriDuncanPT

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad it is helpful!

@LoriDuncanPT

3 жыл бұрын

Hi! I'm glad it was helpful. As you start to use muscles they will be sore (good sore) but it should slowly decrease.

@joaquinamador3421

3 жыл бұрын

@@LoriDuncanPT thanks so much for the feedback !

I'm so glad I found this video! Can you tell me more? I'm looking through the playlist...I have CRPS and just started using my left foot 2 months ago after being completely non weight bearing for over 5 years and using a knee scooter! I quit p.t because I don't trust that they know what they're doing so I'm trying to rehab myself. I have a good friend who used to be a massage therapist and she said my fascia needs work.

@LoriDuncanPT

3 жыл бұрын

Hi. Wow, 5 years? That is a long time to be non weight bearing. Start working on ankle and feet muscle stabilizer activation. I have a video on here about that! Move that foot and ankle and it will get better. Massage therapy work will help too.

i’m 17 but since 14-16 i decided to be vegan + no exercise and after about 6 months i slowly started getting horrible debilitating pain every single day all over my body i was in bed 24/7 except for hospital visits, i had so so so many tests and no help, only a number for a suicide hotline everyone told me it was chronic and would last for ever so i rlly just thought my last option was death however i decided myself i’d start going on walks and eating meat again and it was genuinely so so painful and i had no idea if any of my pain would even be worth it in the end. but after finally a year of doing all this i’m pain free. i genuinely can’t believe after all that time and all the doctor visits the only thing that was wrong was muscle atrophy from poor nutrition and exercise i really really wish i found this video sooner!!!

@LoriDuncanPT

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story! It's important for everyone to hear. Movement really is the best medicine to heal our body...especially atrophy

@yasminister2011

Жыл бұрын

I think this has happened to me. I was injured and have been pretty much on the couch for a year. My surgeries kept getting cancelled and after a year and two foot surgeries I started to walk and the pain is out of control and my left leg muscle is almost non existent. You have given me hope. Even if it takes a year there is still hope because like you… I have started to contemplate death. Thank you for sharing this.

Wow. That music volume!!

I wish I could see u for an opinion… I have “swollen’ in inner part of my lower legs and my legs hurt especially when I walk too much. I’ve done x rays and mri and vein and artery test and came back good BUT I’m not. I don’t know what to do.

Years in pain. Muscle spasms weekly from right side of neck to almost shoulder and little down the back. What do I do? Seeing chiropractor but find deep massage works best but it comes back non stop.

Oh my. I have been losing a lot of muscle, increased pain. I have hEDS that took years to dx. Now I’m not sure how to rebuild without causing damage.

I had scarred intercostal muscles. I did a lot of work on the scarring but it is still tight there and the muscles spasm when I over do it. Should I be focusing still on lacrosse balls and fascia? Or should I do daily heavy breathing exercises? I do find the muscles get sore after these isolation exercises but I also feel like I should use the muscles everyday to restore strength. Or sometimes I feel like It’s a waste of time to train the muscles with tight fascia on them

thaaaaaaaaaannkss a loooootttt. 3 month im in pain. and nobody knew whyyy. and this is whyy. tried to talk to a doc about this went to a kine seance and 200% it was fascia. i still got pain. but 2 or 3 more time seeing him and voila. thaaanksss.

@LoriDuncanPT

3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!!

So the muscle that hurts I should exercise it more?

So grateful for this. Wondering if you could make a video for advice around recovery per Covid immobility to normalize it for people. I keep crying because initially fear (and a herniated disc) had me stop leaving the apt. Now when I try to leave for a walk even a small one I cry because I can barely walk? And I am shocked and feel so bad about myself. I think a lot of people are in my situation and need help knowing what normal is when moving again. Please consider speaking to this or if you could write back advice I would be so grateful

@LoriDuncanPT

3 жыл бұрын

Hello! Please email at lori@duncansportspt.com about your experience (in summary please) and I will try and make a video for you and others. Thanks for reaching out.

@heartofhope77

3 жыл бұрын

@@LoriDuncanPT I did please check work so filter etc I wrote a few days ago

Does kinesio taping work in case of fascia?

Is slipping and hitting the butt hard on a hard cement floor can cause muscular atrophy? My muscle in legs and thighs are loosen. Can't even eat by my self because I don't have grip on anything, I can't get up properly and can't even walk on my own. I've been like this since 2022.

Your video has been so insightful!!!!! My dad has been in chronic leg hip and back pain for over a year now,he has lost loads of muscle mass and can hardly walk,the doctor say it some kind of wear and tear arthritis and gave him morphine which knocks him out and he has no quality of life, the pain is worse at night,seeing your video makes me think they have not diagonesd him properly, its heartbreaking seeing him in so much pain all the time and i dont know how to help him...i hope this video has do e what the doctors cant amd would be in debt to u if u can advise how to help remedy my dads condition and get him better..i cant watch him fade away hes all i have and i love him so so much..please help!!!🙏🙏🙏

@LoriDuncanPT

2 ай бұрын

I wonder if he has something in his spine and hip with that much muscle loss and pain. If you think he hasn't been diagnosed correctly, take him in for another opinion!

How do I break up the fascia?

She’s right about pain management doctors. Mine have saved my life from the Hell of constant pain

So how to fix it

I suspect I have muscular atrophy pain and I googled and found your video. I had a bursitis on my right shoulder earlier this year (a little over three months ago). After taking some prednisone and saw an orthopedic doctor and a physical therapist doctor, I had to leave home to take care of my parents in another state. My therapy exercise was limiting during that time. I did try to increase my range of motion and for a while it has worked, however, a month or two later, my muscle started to ache and I thought I injured myself more. In retrospect, this could be the beginning of muscle atrophy. Anyways, when that happened, I stopped doing my range of motion exercise, and concentrated on using heat therapy and massage. I’m back to doing physiotherapy again recently. How can one diagnose this fascia issue? And what can I ask my physical therapist to do? TIA 🙏

Can muscle atrophy cause a feeling of shriveling inside the body? And sometimes make it hard to walk straight at times because you feel so weak and inflamed internally? I feel so tight and tense inside and it feels at times I cannot get it to feel relaxed.

@LoriDuncanPT

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Atrophy is something the body does not want.

Okay so my problem is fascia pain from non use. Now what?

This is prob the answer to why both my bottom glutes are not firing

@LoriDuncanPT

9 ай бұрын

Hi. Likely. Find those glutes!

Are there any stretches or exercises that we can do at home for those who can't find a reliable physical therapist? I fractured my elbow when I was 7 and now at 21 my right upper body is completely atrophied, visited a lot of physical therapists but as you said it's hard to find someone who actually care about their patients. Thanks for the video.

@LoriDuncanPT

3 жыл бұрын

Hi! You likely need a combo of stability and mobility. Honestly, I would look into some Pilates movements, videos. There are a TON of exercises you can do at home with a few soup cans for resistance!

Hi I have been dealing with an sternum injury last year. It has distorted the ways my muscles look and has atrophied my whole upper right shoulder. Today I woke up seeing that this same pain wants to affect my left shoulder muscles. The atrophy occurred during the course of my physiotherapy session. It’s been 4 months and it’s not getting better. I get a cracking near my spine and feel like my muscles disappeared. I have done EKG, x rays and I don’t know what the problem is. Is there something you recommend?

@LoriDuncanPT

3 жыл бұрын

I recommend a different physical therapist to get a new look. Sounds like your pec major muscle atrophy may be giving you some strange sensations.

I have same problem , my body feels ache or pain back of my thighs , my wrist my upper back its like shooting pain. I think it's because of my poor posture?i guess. And whenever i eat or after i eat my lower left stomach hurts when i sleep and lying down it's hard to breath cuz my body aches. What should i dl i can't go outside because it's lockdown Ty for your videos btw it helps alot

@LoriDuncanPT

3 жыл бұрын

Do bodyweight exercises. Just moving our body a little makes a HUGE difference.

I have a very strong stinging pain above and beneath the clavicles radiating into my anterior shoulders on both sides when a stretch my shoulders back, along with cracking on my front chest. When i shrug my shoulders my whole front shoulder girdle cracks, not always bit when I do every 2-3 hours. Its like I am wearing a 100 pounds rucksack all the time, even when I am lying on my bed "relaxing"

@LoriDuncanPT

7 ай бұрын

Wow. Have you been to PT to have them help you? Anytime our body "cracks" it is a high sign of instability and sounds like you may need some back and chest exercises to help with your pain and symptoms.

This is what i have been suspecting

@LoriDuncanPT

6 ай бұрын

I'm glad you have some information on it now.

@LoriDuncanPT

6 ай бұрын

I'm glad you have some information on it now.

I've got a torn menscius. Making all my muscles in my right leg take a longtime to get strength back, been doing physio for 1 year been going to the gym, dropped 28kgs eatting well, had injections, taken pain meds that do nothing, had acupuncture, massages, hot and cold therapy. I swear I'm flipping over it, I do all my exercises to, function of the knee is good at physio its when im doing basic chores the catching starts. Damage tissue in knees don't help my option is tkr but I'm to young, i have to work thru a knee thats Fucked, even if I strengthen all my muscles I won't be able to stop my bone from smashing on each other😭😭😭

i always had pain and back issues, physios said i had no muscles or strength in them also dr said i have fybro, during lockdown i started working out lost some weight, went too far i guessed and now had a feeling of pulling on my ribs and my muscles now feel all lumpy like bubble wrap freaking me out all over my body, is this fasica? and how do i reverse this damage ive done to myself, my drs just stick me on painkillers since my 20s im 36 now, and 150g a day amitriptyline for the fibro doesnt really help but has probably caused my anxiety and panic attacks to get worse not better, i just wanna feel normal and not my whole body throbbing after i do anything physical such as walking

@LoriDuncanPT

3 жыл бұрын

You need to find a GOOD physio or Pilates Instructor who will help you find the right muscles. Bubble wrap? Possibly fascia. If you have access to the pool or water it can be a game changer. Move in all the planes!

I am having trouble getting out of bed

@LoriDuncanPT

3 жыл бұрын

Try. Move! Find someone in your area that will help you in a kind way. There are wonderful PT's everywhere.

So if I went to a planet with twice the gravity of Earth I would less likally ge tmuscle atrophy because of all that pressure do u think?

@LoriDuncanPT

3 жыл бұрын

Funny. But no.

Please Dr. I have unexplained RLQ pain for over 4 years. Every test/scans confirms I'm okay but I know I'm not okay. I'm in chronic pain every month for years now and I really don't know what to do

@AnimeFreakish78

2 жыл бұрын

Strengthen hips, glutes, lower back and abs

Have you worked with any Ehlers Danlos people?

@LoriDuncanPT

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

Mam duncan i had gluteus medius repair in my right hip because it was torn and it is almost 3 months post surgery and i am in pain the biopsy result shows it was muscle strophy with fibrosis hope u can help me..

@LoriDuncanPT

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Edgar. Do you live in CO or are you interested in setting up an online consult? You can email me at lori@duncansportspt.com if so. I'm sorry to hear you are in pain. But, the good news, is that you don't have to be. :)

@worldstoptens5181

5 жыл бұрын

@@LoriDuncanPT mam duncan lori i am from philippines..and i am just an ordinary person

@worldstoptens5181

5 жыл бұрын

@@LoriDuncanPT help me mam

@LoriDuncanPT

5 жыл бұрын

@@worldstoptens5181 You need to work on your glutes. I have made Pilates Videos with a glute emphasis found here: vimeo.com/ondemand/duncansportspt. I also talk about various glute exercises during Piriformis Syndrome Blog Talk and Hamstring Strains.

i have exquisite glutes too ;) Question, I have calf pain,excruciating pain. More in my right calf than left. I was a cyclist and drummer about 20 years ago and had massive calves. 3 years ago, i had surgery on my right knee to repair acl.mcl tears. Is it possible that my calf pain is atrophy of the muscle? I am on 1600 mg of ibuprofen a day, just to function....it's miserable. Thanks

@LoriDuncanPT

4 жыл бұрын

Hi. Yes. I'm sure that is the case. I would work to restore your calf muscle endurance/neuro connection with easy calf raises to moderate fatigue. Then, you should be able to start loading them for strength more after 4-6 weeks. Make sure you are using your calf muscle and not your achilles tendon.

@Augfordpdoggie

4 жыл бұрын

@@LoriDuncanPT thanks for replying. Doctor diagnosed me with restless leg syndrome, but ever since i got back behind the drums, it is has been less painful. Are there any good aritcles, or vids that explain the science behind atrophy pain?

@yasminister2011

Жыл бұрын

I am in exactly the same situation. The pain is terrible!!! It stops me sleeping, walking… I’ve even thought I should go to emergency. Knowing it might get better as I use it is encouraging ❤

How does one find a PT that is even knowledgeable about this? I spent every cent I had a few years ago on PT and no one would even tell me specifically what it was that was hurting out why. Just had me do exercises that were a waste of time and didn't touch my pain for 12 weeks. What kind of questions would one all to be sure they're knowledgeable? I've been sedentary for years due to mental health issues and every time I've tried to get fit, I'm in pain. Started trying to rehab my posture and my back has been twisted up, inflamed, and spasming for a year.

@loriduncandptmtccpt2831

2 жыл бұрын

Hi. That is a great question. There are great PT's everywhere but you need to find the thinkers. In general, atrophy pain is still a form of myofascial pain. Finding a PT who understands that concept will be huge. I hope that helps and thanks for reaching out.

@fyrespryte

2 жыл бұрын

@@loriduncandptmtccpt2831 unfortunately, it's not that helpful. When we, as patients, have to do massive amounts of research to even figure out what our pain is related to, and then walk into random medical professionals offices, we get treated like absolute crap because we've gone to "Dr. Google". Telling people what their pain is related to without giving them the specific information they need to walk into a medical professionals office and advocate for themselves, isn't just not helpful, it creates despair. I spent all day yesterday watching videos from fantastically educated PT's on KZread, and ended up on my floor in tears because I should not have to earn a masters degree in physical therapy from KZread to fix my pain. But I have no other option because I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY VETT A PT TO KNOW IF THEY CAN HANDLE MY ISSUES... because I don't have the first idea what, specifically, to ask them. Are there specific modalities that might ensure they are familiar with this kind of issue? If YOU were advocating for a friend out of state, calling PT's to vett they're knowledge base so that your friend wouldn't have to waste their money, or needlessly put themselves at risk during a pandemic with someone who will just waste their time and take more of their money... What questions would you ask? I can't even tell you how much money I've wasted over the last two years just to not be in pain every day, while ALSO trying to heal PTSD. I'm just over it.

@LoriDuncanPT

2 жыл бұрын

@@fyrespryte Whoa. Please remember I am a PT/medical professional that actually cares about my patients. I understand you are frustrated but I'm not sure your emotions are directed at the right person. That said, look for someone who specializes in Pilates, manual therapy and the importance of muscle patterning. Ask them about the course of action they would take to help heal your pain and dysfunction. If it feels aggressive (squats, lunges, push-ups) to start then that is not a great fit. The first role of any good PT is to calm your system and pain. That last sentence I wrote is key. 😀

@fyrespryte

2 жыл бұрын

@@LoriDuncanPT I didn't mean to insinuated that you don't care about your patients. Clearly you care, you're here, answering questions. But you said you hoped your response was helpful, and it wasn't, so I told you why it wasn't. My frustration was in receiving a very generic answer to a specific question. You provided much more helpful info in your second comment and I appreciate that. Thank you. There are your patients, who clearly have access to a knowledgeable therapist and then there are your viewers...some of which are watching your videos in massive amounts of pain, through tears because we live in medical wastelands with terrible access to care. To be told what the issue might be, but not how to find a knowledgeable provider that could help, because we live nowhere near you, is heartbreaking and I'm sorry if that feels like an attack but it's still a perspective that perhaps you should consider for all of your viewers, not just your patients, if you want to educate on KZread.

I have experience now unexplainable body aches like in stomach lower right lower back back ribs neck spasms i dont know what to do and whats going on in my body and feeling like your going to die and panic PLEASE HELP MEE

@nantyfields3226

3 жыл бұрын

Hello. I'm on the very same page. I just went to see a trauma orthopedic doctor. He gave me this kind of diagnosis on the video. I feel pain even at night when sleeping and laying on bed. The explanation was my muscles are weak. My prescription was exercise and special stretches to recover muscle. Please go see a doctor and explain everything. May God allow healing...

@sunshinesmith2353

3 жыл бұрын

@@nantyfields3226 what are the special stretches, if I may ask? I'm have chronic pain & muscle atrophy. Thank you

@tjgrafiks

3 жыл бұрын

@@nantyfields3226 my issue is that exercise makes me hurt even more. whatever muscle i use or work starts to hurt even more and sometimes even lock up by the nights end or next morning. I've lost 25 lbs in the last 4 months and this is scaring me. down to 135 from 160 all muscle lost. pain throughout my entire body. they're saying it looks like an autoimmune disease, but didn't know they just start out of the blue like this. was fine one day, went home and BAM pains on outside of joints started and kept spreading til i was also having pain internally, organs, heart head etc. then muscles now even my spine. EVERYTHING HURTS! I'm eating, but not as much as i used to bcuz it seems certain foods cause more pain now. especially now in the liver/gallbladder area. 10-15 mins after i eat pain! now the last 3 days pains started in my hands and wrists and becoming harder and harder to hold things. this is sooo frustrating and scary! it's as if my body just suddenly started breaking down and cells are not repairing/replenishing. my platelet count suddenly started dropping. my body seems to have stopped absorbing nutrients. docs aren't being very helpful in trying to figure this out. I'm only able to work half days now. first bcuz of the pandemic now bcuz it's hard for me to get up early bcuz half the night i'm up in pain :((

@nantyfields3226

3 жыл бұрын

@@tjgrafiks my heart aches for you. I was diagnosed with dysautonomia just weeks later after that post. It was terrific. But God healed me through awesome doctors, medicine, treatment and exercise. Please consider seeing a neurologist or cardiologist to discard dysautonomia. I don't know your location I'm in Mexico City but I hope there's professionals who can help I experienced some similar symptoms. Lost lots of weight. Etc. If you feel like talking about it here's my email nantyux@gmail.com 💜

@nantyfields3226

3 жыл бұрын

@@sunshinesmith2353 here's the link kzread.info/dash/bejne/a52gzNSYlKi7gLw.html

You just told me exactly what's wrong with me. Muscle atrophy and I have the same disc's at the bottom of the spine. I was already aware of Dasha so everything fit perfect. This confirms my decision to not use pain mgnt. After two doctors, including an ER doc refused to prescribe a single thing for pain. Except my family doc I don't trust all other docs across the nation. Insurance companies are telling them how they want them to control pain. The hypocritical oath is now obsolete due to a harmful policy of treating everyone the same. The ER doc never made eye contact and continued to ignore me. Sent me for x-rays. I was moved 3 x screaming so loud my lungs, chest and throat were sore 3 days later. If someone slapped a gun in my hand I would have blown my brains out right there and then. Beware ER's if you are in extreme pain. I did and they made it worse!

I am edgar 32 years old male

I have this exact thing going on right now no one can help me no one even knows what is going on but this is what it sounds like and all they wanna do is shoot me up with cortisone I am in so much pain

@LoriDuncanPT

2 жыл бұрын

The body wants to move. Get in water, try gentle movements to get those muscles working.

Explains a lot. I feel like shit.

@LoriDuncanPT

6 ай бұрын

Dang. I'm sorry to hear that. Get a PT in your area to help you!