Best way to get knots out of back (multiple massages have failed)?

It is difficult to speculate what may cause the condition without an assessment and inquiries about your medical and exercise history.

All the answers above may be possible ways to address your problem. My personal suggestion would be MELT (Myofascial Energetic Length Technique) which works on the fascia. I have seen encouraging results with upper back pain. I must confess, though, I am biased, since I am a MELT instructor.

What I recently did when I had pain that just wasn't budging was a self-assessment. I did with myself what I would do with my clients: take pictures of static and dynamic posture and a video of the gait. As soon as I looked at all of it, I immediately got closer to the possible source. A very few exercises sufficed to determine the possible source of the imbalance, and I am now working on it.

Maybe that would be a way for you to make your own determination.

Shawn, seems that you are at wits end with your condition. Have you had it properly diagnosed? How do you know for sure it is truly trigger points.

No offense intended, however, after looking at your profile and reading many of your responses, I've learned that you are knowledgeable. Might it be time to go see a doctor?

Trigger point injections may be all that works. I had been hit by a car and suffered from the same types of knots in my back. Like you, massage did not work.

Scott

I have found the Theracane http://www.theracane.com to be most effective for me. It comes with instructions, including a diagram showing common trigger points. For me, my trigger points develop after the muscle is fatigued and/otr overworked.

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