Injured back

[Norwoodx55]

I had a girl slide on the ice across the highway last Feb. and t-boned her. We were both doing about 50 mph. It was a pretty good hit. I started with a Chiro. for about 7 mos. I didn't get any real relief from muscle spasms and stiff/soreness till I went to a physical therapist. I now do stretches and excercises daily and am much improved. The P.T. told me that the excercises strenghten the muscles supporting the vertabra and keep them aligned better= less problems. Dunno, but it seems to be working for me. Just my experience.
Good luck,
Brett

[bnickel]

man i feel for you guys. i have chronic back, neck and shoulder pain and lately my psiatic nerve has been killing me too. unfortunately what i have is not curable and the meds only slightly help. i have osteoarthritis, fibromayalgia, degenerative disc disease and i also suffer from chronic depression because of al the other probs. my daoctor just changed my main pain meds to methadone last week and i can't tell if it is doing any better than what he's had me on before. i also take lortab (hydrocodone), celebrex, wellbutrin xl, paxil, my muscle relaxer is called robaxin and i also have ambien and amitryptiline to help me sleep. and i have had 2 surgeries, one on my neck and one on my left shoulder.

[BonzoHansen]

I hurt my back sneezing once, it just happens. Its important to exercise and stretch daily, sit ups and other stomach exercises will help with you posture and help balance back muscle usage.

My P/T also had me do exercises that help strengthen the lower back. If you only work the abs, you can actually tighten the front so much it pulls you forward. Just thought I’d toss that in.

[MrQuick]

good point thats why you mix it up. : )

[zbugger]

I have a pinched nerve in my shoulder right now. I have no idea how I did it. Damn does it make me feel old though. Then again, it doesn't stop me from working out.

[Norm Peterson]

I've been through a few bouts of back trouble over the years, but have managed to avoid surgery. For me, Naprosin (sp?) seems to work quite well, one or two usually being sufficient.

It also appears that you're more apt to have trouble from either being insufficiently active (physically) or from overdoing it.

One of the times I went to a doctor (a really bad case where I could hardly bear to sit long enough to ----) the doctor was clearly not paying attention to my descriptions. I guess he'd already made up his mind and didn't want to be confused with the realities of my condition, so he gave me a shot of Novocain (so I wouldn't feel the next 45 minutes worth of body movements that might well make things worse?) and sent me on my way. Laying down in the back seat, as sitting was out of the question. 13 years later and I'm still pissed at the way I was treated there. [/rant]

Naprosin and some other med obtained through another doctor had it cleared up within about a month.

Norm

[shmoov69]

I have went to the chiropractor several times in the last few years (I am a roofer and it is a tad rough on the back!) and have had to change because the first one wanted me on his retirement plan. He kept on trying to guilt me into coming back twice a week. Screw that! The new one is great, he will shoot me straight and advise me if I NEED to come back, or if I am ok to just come back if I hurt it again. Some are crooks and some are not I suppose, just like about everything else! Just if you do go to one, tell him first thing, that you are on YOUR OWN retirement plan, NOT HIS! You might have to go to a few to find one that you like also
IMO!

[Smoke'm]

I am going on three years from a broad that hit me ..best advice I can give is get a MRI...and find a really good spine and sport guy to go over it with you and come up with a plan...I tried the local referal and he worked the problem but did not even get close to getting on the path to getting me better..I asked my primary Doc if she could refer me to someone up the ladder..I am at a guy that handles some of the Seahawks and such now...wow he new what was up just looking at me the first visit..he ordered a MRI and I had three discs inflamed and bulging out of my kneck...he sent me over to the bone cruncher he trusts and man I felt way better after a few visits....he pushed the discs back into place and now I am in muscle therapy to fix the shoulder muscle that was torn and has major scar tissue from being neglected for two years...

bottom line, seek out the best in the area from the get go not down the road...and get the young guys to lift your blocks around now,lol