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Hypersensitive Senses
*Touch
*Sight
*Hearing
*Smell
*Taste

Hypersensitive Organs, Tissues, Joints Etc.
*Skin
**External Skin
**Internal Skin
**Oral Skin or Tissues
*Eyes
**Hypersensitivity to Light
**Eyewear
**Visual Distortions
**Pain – Headaches
*Heart
*Digestive System
**Irritable Bladder
**Irritable Bowel
**Liver
**Stomach
*Joint & Bone Pain
**Knees
**Ankles
**Hands
**Hips
**Teeth
**Coccyx/Tailbone
**Spinal

Muscular Hypersensitivity
*Head - Headaches
*Neck
*Jaw
*Cranial – Eyes & Face
*Gums
*Shoulders
*Upper Back
*Middle Back
*Lower Back
*Endometriosis
*Hands
*Forearms
*Fingers
*Buttocks
*Calves
*Feet

Nervous Hypersensitivity

Temperature Hypersensitivity
*Cold
*Hot
*Humidity, Precipitation & Barometric Pressure Changes
**Barometric Pressure
**Humidity
**Precipitation

Chronic Fatigue

That in Which Drives My CSS
*Sleep Disorder
*Food
*Medications
*Stress

The Assumed Cause of My Central Sensitivity Syndrome

Therapies to Consider
*Myofascial Release Therapy
*Exercise
*Weight Loss
*Heating Pads
*Stretching
*Alpha Stim
*TENS Unit
*Cold Packs
*Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide
*Guaifenesin
*Remove Caffeine & Artificial Sweeteners
*Flexeril
*Klonopin
*Vitamin B Deficiency
*Energized Water
*Multiple Chemical Sensitivity - Allergist 
*Photoreactivation Therapy
*Psychological Counseling
*My Mental Cure Alls
*Endorphins
*Aleve
*Acupressure & Acupuncture

Past Articles
*Fibromyalgia & CFS Health
*Health & Wellness
*Permeability of the Osmotic Blood-Brain-Barrier
*Emerging Concepts in the Neurobiology of Chronic Pain
*Biofeedback/relaxation training and exercise interventions for Fibromyalgia
*Compilation of links regarding CSS, FMS, MSS, and CFS

Minnesota Chronic Pain Resources
*Chronic Pain Specialists I Advocate
*Chronic Pain Programs & Clinics I Advocate
*Physical Therapists I Advocate

Related Links

Muscular Hypersensitivity

Muscular Hypersensitivity | Head - Headaches | Neck | Jaw | Cranial – Eyes & Face | Gums | Shoulders | Upper Back | Middle Back | Lower Back | Endometriosis | Hands | Forearms | Fingers | Buttocks | Calves | Feet |

Muscular Hypersensitivity: My muscular sensitivity is very severe. Just a poke or a bump and I’m marked (bruised) for a good two weeks. Everything in my how to lay or sit on is foam, every article of clothing loose and every pair of shoos comfortable with an insert.

Head - Headaches: See Pain – Headaches above.

Solution & Methods

  • Avoid caffeine and artificial sweeteners at all costs.

Neck: My neck is the first to hurt more then the rest of my body in any occasion. This is where the debilitating tension headaches begin.

Solution & Methods

  • See Spine.
  • While watching TV or at the movies make sure you have proper neck, spinal and head support.
  • If you are on a computer allot give your neck a rest and a good stretch every now and again especially if you look down at the keys.
  • If you read a book hold or set it at eye level.
  • See a Physical Therapist, Orthopedic Specialist or Chiropractor.
  • Do stretching exercises every morning when you wake up after resting it on a warm heating pad to relax the muscles.
  • Be careful when you pick things up or exercise to not strain your neck.
  • If you notice your neck tenses up frequently keep a conscious mind on it and catch yourself.
  • Use a contour pillow at night.

Jaw: With grinding my teeth at night, clenching and general stress my jaw is very locked up in the morning. While the joint does click and snap it’s the muscles that are to tight for me to open my mouth in the mornings.

Solution & Methods

  • See a Physical Therapist for Myofascial Massage.
  • Get a mouth guard if you grind your teeth. See Teeth. This can eventually reduce grinding frequency.
  • Rest your tongue on the top of your mouth and let your jaw hang. If that makes it worse than rest your tongue on the bottom of your mouth. Do this during the day and try to keep doing it at night, it can become habit.
  • Use a heating pad in the morning and place it on both side of the jaw.
  • Massage your jaw in the morning after placing a heating pad on it and them try slowly stretching it.
  • See a TMJ (Temporomandibular Joint) Specialist. They may direct you to the option of Oral Surgery if the joint is to blame.

Cranial – Eyes & Face: Even the small muscles in my face experience pain at a regular consistency. It’s like a migraine for the entire face.

Solution & Methods

  • See a Physical Therapist for Myofascial or Cranial Massage.
  • See Eyes.
  • See Headaches.
  • Massage the temples, a form of acupressure.
  • Massage the top/bridge of the nose, another form of acupressure.

Gums: They hurt when I eat, they hurt when I brush and they even hurt when I drink.

Solution & Methods

  • See Teeth for more methods.
  • See Oral Skin.
  • Talk to your Dentist about options and other possible causes for gum pain.

Shoulders: I connection with the neck and back muscles this area painfully is the lesser. The pain jumps in severity (meaning there is pain in the shoulders, but more so in the neck and back) from the neck to the upper back/shoulder blades. Again, the top of the shoulders are in minimal pain, but the muscles around the blades are very severe. This pain primarily worsens sitting at a computer or while reading a book.

Solution & Methods

  • See Neck for more methods.
  • See Spine.
  • If you tend to lean forward in your chair when at the computer and despite your best efforts can not stay leaning back because you naturally seem to gravitate in the that direction then you may want to try “strapping yourself to the back of the chair”. This really does work and the best straps to use are not stretchy. The stretchier the strap the more pressure applied the chest area. Place the strap around the back of the chair and connect it right above the chest/breast area. Make sure the strap does not push up into the underarms.
  • If you have no problem sitting back, but do have trouble keeping correct posture consider getting a chair back pad/brace and or a chair seat pad in which keeps you in a correct posture.

Upper Back: See Shoulders.

Middle Back: See Shoulders.

Lower Back: See Shoulders and Cocyx/Tailbone.

Endometriosis:

Definition: Endometriosis is a common health problem in women. It gets its name from the word endometrium, the tissue that lines the uterus (womb). In women with this problem, tissue that looks and acts like the lining of the uterus grows outside of the uterus in other areas. These areas can be called growths, tumors, implants, lesions, or nodules.

Solution & Methods

  • The only method that has ever worked for my endometriosis is the birth control shot Depo-Provera. Ask your doctor about the side effects and risks of Depo and if Depo is right for you. With all of my problems and limits on medications Depo-Provera appears to be symptom free for me so far. I have been on it for 3 years under the observation and care of an OBGYN.

Hands: See Hands under Joint Pain.

Forearms: Like and IV going in all day long. While I do not have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome I do have comparable symptoms. The only thing that helps this area of the body is staying off of the computer (mouse and keyboard).

Fingers: Muscular cramping and painful joints are my major complaints here. This was also where I took out my pain, especially my nerve pain from age three to twenty-three. Before the nerve pain it was the mental frustration in which came from not getting restful sleep. I bit my fingernails to the point of bleeding all day and the skin around it. Not only the skin in the front, but also the skin in the back all the way down to the first line and sometimes a little past it. What I didn’t know is this is a desperate form of acupressure/acupuncture. The tips of your fingers in acupressure are “The Nerves”. One day at age twenty-three I stopped biting, primarily because I finally knew why I did it. Now I just apply pressure, different levels, to the tips and I get the same affect.

Solution & Methods

  • See Hands.
  • Try acupressure on the tips of your fingers. Simply apply different levels of pressure to the tips of your fingers until you find the right pressure for you. This relives nerve pain.

Buttocks: I sit on at least nine hours a day. I keeps me from any car ride longer than fifteen minute and it keeps me from really traveling at all.

Solution & Methods

  • See Spine.
  • See Coccyx/Tailbone.
  • Purchase a foam pad to place on uncomfortable chairs and car seats.
  • Never sit longer than you can, know your limits. Sitting to long can cause muscle cramping.
  • If you only sit for a short time and still have muscle cramping you can try taking Potassium Supplements because muscle cramping is a side effect of a potassium deficiency. This did work for me very well.

Calves: Walking and standing are what leads to severe pain hear.

Solution & Methods

  • Do not stand for to long or walk for to long, know your limits.
  • Stick to low impact exercises.
  • Wear ach supports.
  • Wear supportive shoes.

Feet: Standing or walking for to long leads to the pads of my feet actually being bruised. When this happens I can not walk for days. They can also cramp up at night on rare occasions. The cramping was solved by taking potassium supplements. Adding bananas to your daily diet and other food high in potassium can also do the trick.

Solution & Methods

  • See Calves.

 

 

 

 

 

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