Losing hope in treating Trigger points

 

I have been suffering from extremely painful trigger points in my chest for many months.  It was not until these last 3 months I have really been going hard in finding treatment.

 

 

 

A little backstory in how they developed.  I began doing intensive meditation many months ago.  A lot as in 6-8 hours a day.  I also went on 10 day retreats where we would meditate for 11 hours a day.  This really started occurring during this period which makes me fairly certain it is coordinated with something I was doing.  Since then, I have only been meditating in the morning and evening for around an hour each session.  The way I usually watch my breath is feeling the touch sensations at the nostrils.  During the 10 day retreat it got so bad, I thought something was gonna burst out of the right side of my chest.  I already got xrays and ultrasound done to make sure it wasn’t anything serious.  It took some time to even figure out what trigger points are.  So the retreat focusing on the breath at the nostrils made it much worse.  Why?

 

 

 

These last 3 months, I have been doing trigger point injections, myofascial massage, and dry needling each once a week.  I also have just recently wondered if it was the posture of my meditation such as slouching so I have begun to meditate having my back firm against a wall to make sure it is straight.  These treatments did seem to help a little and I was feeling hopeful and happy.  Then suddenly this week another one formed and it seems worse then after causing quite a bit of depression and hopelessness.  Nothing really changed.  Maybe I was doing more of my meditation focusing on the nostrils instead of switching half way in to a more expansive panoramic awareness.  Could breathing with an awareness of the natural breath touching the nostrils really be the cause here?  I just can’t understand.  I feel very calm and relaxed during it.  I can’t determine the cause of this and it does not seem to be going away with the treatments and I have basically run out of options.  If anybody has any advice or ideas, it would be wonderful to hear them.  I feel as if I am doomed with this forever. Thank you.