follow up to lasting tightness/dysfunction muscles lateral to base of tongue thank u for reply. have had computer problems so just got it. ? r u saying local steroid and other iinjections are likely to be ineffective or did that just apply to oral supplements? sup. con. mus. feels totally constricted and dysfunctional , is there a way to release this muscle w/out causing more damage? My post-nasal clearance issue is untenable and feels as if there is material that is becoming calcified . If there is nothing that can be done to heal throat muscle is there a possibility of vaporizing some turbinate tissue in back to help w/ this clearance problem? Understand this is rare problem but quite real and have found my limited contact w/ ent community to be that of me being damaged gooods that they dont want get involved w/. this makes it very difficult to get a serious evaluation and resolution of problem. thanks for reply and any additional info would be appreciated.