MRI results
That is a VERY GOOD chiropractor , my dad would have been the same , most D.C.'s now a days don't even have x-ray machines and really don't know what they are working with , I am happy with the activator method , no twisting , turning. Your D.C. sounds awesome !!!!
Donna Q. --5'8" -60 years old
Band 2005
hw320 sw276 lw with band 195 gw 160-180?
Bypass 4/4/2012
pre sw 258 lw RNY 162 cw 203
When you're in an acute stage, oral steroids, like a Medrol dose pack, are a good option, although I don't know how pouches do with steroids. Narcotics and muscle relaxants are also good short-term options.
I find that when my back is really bad, hamstring stretches help a lot. Tightness in the hammies increases stress on my back and increases the pain caused by the disc. I just wish I would remember to stretch them more often and not only when my back hurts.
Besides physical therapy and daily stretching and exercise, I don't know what else to suggest for long-tern help making your back feel better. I wish you good luck and hope you feel better soon.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
I am fine with her having access to my records. If I wasn't, I most likely would be seeing a different doctor, but if I wanted to see this doctor but wanted my info to be kept private from her, I would ask the office manager what she would do to ensure that. I used to work for a social service agency, and there were a couple times we had a client that knew someone that worked in our office. Once a client was a good friend of my administrative assistant, and I kept that client's file in my desk, not with our other client records, and filed all her paperwork myself, when normally that would have been the assistant's job. I went to a lot of effort to protect the client's privacy and would certainly expect any office to do that for me if it was a concern, as well.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Has he discussed Radiofrequency Ablation? That is what they are thinking of doing for my cervical spine.
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March 9, 2011 - Coccygectomy!
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