Botox injections reduce chronic neck and cervical muscle pain

Traditional therapies for the treatment of myofascial pain syndrome include medications such as anti-inflammatory drugs (such as ibuprofen or naproxen), steroids and muscle relaxants, physical therapy and behavioral modification.

“At best, long-term benefit with traditional therapies is transient and unpredictable,” said Andrea L. Nicol, M.D., M.S., Director of Research — UCLA Pain Management Center, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Anesthesiology — Division of Pain Management, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. “Even with these treatments, some people with myofascial pain syndrome get an incomplete benefit or no benefit at all.”