I can totally relate. I sustained a wrist injury about 10 years ago from physical trauma which requires me to wear wrist braces constantly to this day so help manage the pain, weakness, and shaking. I’ve seen more doctors than I can count about it and I’ve yet to even receive a diagnosis. They just all assume I have carpal tunnel despite numerous tests which say otherwise just because I’m a programmer. When their carpal tunnel theory doesn’t pan out they just give up yet somehow every single one of them won’t admit they don’t know what’s wrong. I’ve researched as much medical material regarding my issue as I can and take notes to present to them since I’m not educated enough in the medical domain to go beyond potential causes so I present those notes along with diagrams of the pain locations and locked muscles as well as photographs of related skin conditions. And even then when I do research and present my findings to help guide them along the way I still have to fight them to even attempt further diagnostic techniques. It’s a frustrating issue and it’s something I’ve been wracking my brain with on how to help address it in anyway I can.
I think that many MDs see physical issues as only physical, but in my experience an injury from physical trauma may have an impact on the mind as well.
I suffered chronic headaches for years after I broke my maxilla. All exams and imaging were negative. Physical therapy helped, but the problem would always come back. This is when I decided to stop visiting MDs (neurologists, psychiatrists, traumatologists). I also tried alternative therapies (i.e. acupuncture), but the effect lasted hours or days at most.
I completely relate to you about trying to find any possible solution. In my case, not finding solutions added layers of frustration and other negative emotions to the problem that didn't help.
I started looking at the psychological aspects of pain after a HN post with this article [1]. That triggered a lot of reading in psychology, and I also started practicing yoga and meditation. This path led me to many discoveries about myself, since it taught me to pay attention to my mind and body in a different way. Being able to recognize triggers was crucial to find a solution. I can say that I never have headaches now.
Feel free to shoot me an email if you're interested in more references and or other details of my experience.
Since were on a thread of medical advice with minimal scientific double blind controlled studies costing millions of dollars, check out acupuncture and get a grounding mat to sleep on. 120$ not much to lose and it’s helped many people I know. And ofc mandatory no brained eat healthy and lift weights be able to do 50 push-ups , do yoga etc. work towards doing the splits over 3 year period of practice each week
