Why the pain?

hello Lightlife

sorry to hear of your suffering

regarding is it "Lyme or something else?" - you have been here for many years now so, i would hazard a guess that you have some good reasons to think you have Lyme.

symptoms can be highly variable - and i think even non-existent - given that we think there are quite a lot of people who are infected but do not realise it.
we do seem to have quite a number of members who report neck pain - i had it myself so extreme i could hardly walk as every step sent knife like stabbing pains down my spine
and we have quite a few reporting Craniocervical Instability (CCI)

sometimes people have extreme pain in one area which makes all their other symptoms pale into insignificance, making it seem like there is only one symptom - but i think this would be relatively rare.
there are usually other signs - even if minor
skin issues
gut issues
mood issues
neurological issues like tingling / numbness etc
headaches of some form or another

if you would like some input on your dilemma of whether it is likely Lyme of not - there are lots of people with knowledge and experience on the forum who i am sure would be happy to help

perhaps list the history /tests / signs/ symptoms etc that make you think it is lyme
and then those that make you think it isn't -

things like what you have tried in terms of treatment - and what e response was

also - what seems to make it worse and what makes it slightly better are also often helpful clues

i am sure you will get some input

all the best!

Pain-wise, I understand what you’re going through. I had the same thing, but I was not taking care of kids on top of it.

So I tried many different muscle tension release techniques from various types of clinicians, yes, all of it, which is too much to list here without making this post to long.

It helped, but didn’t do a whole lot until after my long antibiotic use. After that those techniques work much better.

So what I’m getting at is it seems like in my case and possibly your case in other peoples cases work this pain relief is just temporary early because of the nervous system is basically stuck. That’s what controls her muscles and even your fascia.

The last phone that I tried and just started experimenting with the spring was acupuncture. I’ve done everything else. I wish I hadn’t waited so long.

I waited so long because the nomenclature used in traditional Chinese acupuncture sounds kind of bogus. But it isn’t. They use the term ying/yang , energy and blocked energy all over the place ,…in my translation that is equal to tension.

You might try googling acupuncture in your area. I am lucky enough to have health insurance and it is now covered under my co-pay.

It doesn’t hurt the needles are only put in very shallow. Actually some of the things I read about online about how deep the needles go is actually incorrect. The hardest thing to do for your first session is to just try to relax while they put these tiny needles in you, once they’re in there you can’t tell them you just lay there for about 20 minutes they come by and touch them halfway in between the re-energize or something like that.

The first session did not do much for me. The second and third sessions did as my body loosened up the following weeks after those sessions.

So instead of doing the same thing which is not working good for you, you might want to try this . In my case, cost was the same.