Pain/irritation on a specific point on my back

[ConfusedPixie]

I have had a point on my back, roughly where the right bra strap meets the bra, which has been irritable for a while. Nothing too bad, I would just move my bra strap to the side as it just didn't feel 'right' being over that point.

Last week on the Monday (15th) I had a short massage as I usually do and after that it became painful and more irritable. More achy than anything, sensitive to the touch and a bit annoying.

On the Monday just gone I asked my massage guy to spend some time on it, thinking that maybe the massage had made something twinge a bit funny and triggered it. If anything, the irritation has gotten worse since then. I am quite funny about feelings and textures and to me this feels like when I'm touching something that makes me feel queasy.

Is it worth seeing a doctor about it? There are no marks, massage guy is confused as whilst it was a bit tight on Monday but he can't feel anything different otherwise, there's nothing visible at all so I'm wondering what a doctor will do about it. I have other, long term health issues which I'm only just starting to get mapped out by the doctor which are far more important in the grand scheme of things, but this seems more annoying right now.

To be more specific about irritation, I experienced a very similar feeling the one time I tried acupuncture. A vague nausea with low level pain and twinging/feeling like moving around the area.

And I am trying to get a diagnosis for fibromyalgia so I wonder if this is linked to that too but until now I haven't had this sort of tender point.

One of the ways of diagnosing Fibromyalgia is the location of a number of specific 'Tender points' over the body (although fibro' causes me to hurt absolutely everywhere).

If you type in 'diagram of fibro' tender points' into your search engine, you should get some images come up, and then you can see if they relate to the area you're referring to.

FWIW - my bras - particularly the underwired ones - hurt like hell after an hour or so of being worn, so what you say may be valid.

Also with fibro, not all the symptoms manifest their selves immediately. I've had this 12 years, and I'm still waking up to new problems on a fairly regular basis.

For me, I tend to hurt everywhere too, which is one of the reasons I'm going to push for a fibro diagnosis, because at least then they'll test everything! Bad knees, bad joints in general, bad chest, bad hands, generic achiness everywhere coupled with not being able to sleep but being hugely fatigued by four hours work.

I can't wear bras for long either. I bought some lovely, correctly sized underwires back in January, spent nearly £100 on them and I can't wear them. I have soft crop tops I wear 90% of the time but they're dying now :(

I've had fibro symptoms for fourteen years (started when I was 10 with bad knees, probably the gut symptoms started around then too, then the incontinence a few years after that, etc etc), it was only five years ago that somebody pointed out fibromyalgia to me but even then it's only now that I'm starting to go for a diagnosis as it's deteriorated a lot over the past two years or so, loads of new problems have sprung up and it's forcing me to get diagnosed. I put it off before due to every doctor I'd seen telling me it was all in my head. I actually started back in January but had a nightmare with being moved around and eventually having to move house in May/June so I've only just sorted out a change of address and the bills to show as proof of address to a new bloody doctor (again). I'm glad I've moved doctors though as at the last practice they made it clear that I should be exercising daily and were sceptical when I said I couldn't due to pain

So is it worth going to the doc specifically for my back, or should I add it to my 'List' that I'm going to give them but nearer the top as a "this needs looking into asap" type thing?

Rather than a massage 'person' I'd book a session with a physio. Could very easily be a trigger point. This is where the facia which is the tissue that connects and surrounds the muscles becomes inflamed. A physio will find this.

Could indeed be linked with fibro.

I am going to ask the doctor to put me forward for physio on the NHS, and my parents have offered to help pay for that and other health-related stuff but are skint at the moment so can't right now :( It's good to have an idea of what it might be though, I wouldn't have even thought to mention it to a physio so I will make sure that I do when I eventually get one. I'm hoping to see one by Sept/Oct, is that realistic wrt NHS physios?