Pain/soreness in muscle above eye?
August 10, 2016 10:02 PM Subscribe
Ideas re pain/soreness in muscle above eye?
I have persistent soreness or "tenderness" in the muscle immediately above one eye, along the ridge where my eyebrow is. When I push on the muscle (which sometimes makes it feel better), there is a "crunching" sound kind of like with muscle knots when you roll your neck around. Lately the eye on the same side seems to be slower/harder to focus. I wind up closing the eye if I need to read something small or focus. Perhaps the muscle issue is a form of eye strain? Anyway, YNMD and all that, but has anyone experienced something similar? I will likely see an opthamalogist at some point soon. I don't think this is an ER type situation - been having this issue for at least a year, though the focusing seems worse in last few months. Thanks.
I have persistent soreness or "tenderness" in the muscle immediately above one eye, along the ridge where my eyebrow is. When I push on the muscle (which sometimes makes it feel better), there is a "crunching" sound kind of like with muscle knots when you roll your neck around. Lately the eye on the same side seems to be slower/harder to focus. I wind up closing the eye if I need to read something small or focus. Perhaps the muscle issue is a form of eye strain? Anyway, YNMD and all that, but has anyone experienced something similar? I will likely see an opthamalogist at some point soon. I don't think this is an ER type situation - been having this issue for at least a year, though the focusing seems worse in last few months. Thanks.
It sounds like sinus issues.
This was my immediate thought. Rather than sinus spray, I would suggest an old fashioned Sudafed. You will know within 20 minutes if this resolves it.
posted by DarlingBri at 10:20 PM on August 10, 2016
This was my immediate thought. Rather than sinus spray, I would suggest an old fashioned Sudafed. You will know within 20 minutes if this resolves it.
posted by DarlingBri at 10:20 PM on August 10, 2016
The favoring one eye and trouble focusing leads me think it might be your vision.
I literally just got glasses. Turns out my left eye has been fucked - possibly for a long while. Eye strain and favoring one eye was something I contributed to something else (along with lots of other issues including balance problems.) I had always had really good vision. My good eye just tricked me into thinking things were fine without realizing how bad it was.
Get your eyes checked as soon as you can. Print out one of the tests online and stand and do a test yourself and see if it's less than 20/20. This is the one I used. If you're super sharp hawkeye then it's probably something else. If it's less than 20/20 and especially if one eye is worse than the other then you'll want to get seen soon.
(Turns out my right eye - while has an astigmatism and has been slightly corrected - is 20/20 and my left eye was 20/40 with all sorts of distortion from astigmatism. If you would have asked me a month ago I would have laughed and told you that my vision was perfect because it used to be and one eye was okay I just didn't fully notice.)
posted by Crystalinne at 1:11 AM on August 11, 2016
I literally just got glasses. Turns out my left eye has been fucked - possibly for a long while. Eye strain and favoring one eye was something I contributed to something else (along with lots of other issues including balance problems.) I had always had really good vision. My good eye just tricked me into thinking things were fine without realizing how bad it was.
Get your eyes checked as soon as you can. Print out one of the tests online and stand and do a test yourself and see if it's less than 20/20. This is the one I used. If you're super sharp hawkeye then it's probably something else. If it's less than 20/20 and especially if one eye is worse than the other then you'll want to get seen soon.
(Turns out my right eye - while has an astigmatism and has been slightly corrected - is 20/20 and my left eye was 20/40 with all sorts of distortion from astigmatism. If you would have asked me a month ago I would have laughed and told you that my vision was perfect because it used to be and one eye was okay I just didn't fully notice.)
posted by Crystalinne at 1:11 AM on August 11, 2016
I had this my whole life --to the point I didn't realize it wasn't normal - until I had my deviated septum corrected. So I'm Nthing sinus issues.
posted by Green Eyed Monster at 5:10 AM on August 11, 2016
posted by Green Eyed Monster at 5:10 AM on August 11, 2016
Massaging the sinuses will also help, do each for at least a couple minutes:
-Put your thumb in the depression beside above your eye, below the brow and massage that.
-Then massage in the hollow on either side of the nose below the bridge area
I can often get by with that alone, but sometimes need an allergy tablet as well (sudafed)
posted by IpsoFacto at 2:46 PM on August 11, 2016
-Put your thumb in the depression beside above your eye, below the brow and massage that.
-Then massage in the hollow on either side of the nose below the bridge area
I can often get by with that alone, but sometimes need an allergy tablet as well (sudafed)
posted by IpsoFacto at 2:46 PM on August 11, 2016
It could be a trigger point, a sort of "muscle knot" that won't release which refers pain elsewhere. They can sometimes be caused/perpetuated by things like sinus problems or eyestrain, and then become an issue in their own right. You can massage them out over time. Try looking at the frontalis or orbicularis oculi trigger points? (In that image, the T is the location of the point to massage, and the red areas are the referral pattern.)
posted by stellarc at 7:48 PM on August 11, 2016
posted by stellarc at 7:48 PM on August 11, 2016
Maybe migraine-ish?
posted by bookworm4125 at 7:36 PM on August 12, 2016
posted by bookworm4125 at 7:36 PM on August 12, 2016
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Perhaps some sinus spray for a week or so, or even some sinus medication to see if that is the problem.
posted by Youremyworld at 10:14 PM on August 10, 2016