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Back Pain Questions and AnswersI HATE LEGAL DISCLAIMERS, but my lawyer insists...Thanks for understanding... If you would like to post an additional answer for a question asked here, please send it to me, and I will post it for you. This is YOUR back pain questions and answers forum. Enjoy it, and use it to answer all your questions on back pain.
A: Hi Jessica, Skip the chiropractor and have you parents take you to a physician for diagnosis. Best, Sensei Adam Rostocki Q: Dear Adam, I just wanted to write and thank-you from the bottom of my heart for creating a web-site that discusses back issues in a balanced way and without treating me to a catalog of horror stories! I have completed your survey but wanted to tell you how much it has helped to read something that addresses the mental and emotional aspects of my condition as well as the physical (spondylolistheses at L5 with associated radiculopathy, disc herniation and sciatic compression). I don't have back pain but the buttock pain and knock-on effect on my mobility drive me nuts. Not to mention the total lack of understanding from some at the local Job Centre regarding what I can do and at what distance from my home (I was made redundant at the end of March, the same week as suffering the disc herniation!). My consultant is an orthopaedic one who specializes in spinal surgery and one I have confidence in as he explained his decision making process, including statistics and the reliability/clarity of the research. Your site has added a couple of questions to my growing list, particularly concerning ensuring my spinal defect IS the cause of radiculopathy and not piriformis syndrome (my osteopath believes not) or that SI issues on the left side are straining the right side. I have been freaking over the impact of a looming MAST PLIF surgery will have on my life post-surgery as I live alone. I live in the UK but it is a relief to note that home help or half-way care between hospital and home is recognized as being a need with some back surgery patients. At least I now know what to demand! So, thank-you again. Fiona A: Hi Fiona, Thanks for sending in your story. I read your survey and I am happy that the site has been useful to you. I wish you well in your future and hope it all works out good... Best, Sensei Adam Rostocki Q: what kind of exercise or activities should i do to help with pain? what are some tips u can give me about degenerative disc disease that i should know? Jose A: Hi Jose, DDD is a completely normal and almost exclusively asymptomatic condition. Almost everyone has it and it is often blamed for pain, but rarely the source. I have personally yet to see more than 1 case where it was the reason for the pain... I have huge resource sections of 2 of my sites detailed DDD: Q: I am having full time middle back pain. kindly advise for relief from back pain. shyamalatha A: Hi Shyamalatha, You will have to provide me a whole lot more information if I am to help you. Include the specific symptoms, locations and diagnostic history as a starter. Best, Sensei Adam Rostocki Q: I've had my back pain for almost six months now. I'm not sure when it started but it became much more noticeable after i had to carry a keg of beer from a cooler across a restaurant to the back of the bar where i used to work. From then (July) it was barely tolerable until I was in a car accident in October. Since then it has been excruciating unless I find any sort of powerful pain killer. I don't like to rely on medication for any reason and never have, and i definitely do not have the money to see doctors or chiropractors. I really do not want to live like this for the rest of my life as I am sure it will continue to grow worse and I am only twenty years old. Matt A: Hi Matt, Thanks for sending in your story. I hope you can find some relief soon! Best, Sensei Adam Rostocki Q: My father has a back pain since 10 Yrs. He has a feeling that his muscle on left part near waist is displaced and is moving.....in fact he undergone an operation 3.5 years ago on the same.....but now he is constantly feeling that there is muscle which is moving upside down and pulled by some thread...which causing friction, pain and he is totally disturbed by the same.........we have vistied many times specialist doctors but nothing is appearing in MRI Scans or any x-rays..hence there is no proper diagnosis. Please suggest, Niketan A: Hi Niketan, The symptoms you describe are structurally illogical and seem to be psychosomatic. This is reinforced by the multitude of unsuccessful diagnostic attempts. I highly recommend knowledge therapy. Best, Sensei Adam Rostocki Q: my name is mark and I have had chronic neck and back pain for the last 6 months. I had a CT scan and it said I had three disc bulges from l2 to L5. It also revealed I had scheuermans degenerated discs T7 to T11. I have experienced pain all around my pack. Head and neck pain, numbness in my hands and feet, tightness in my gluts and groin and hamstrings. I have had treatment with my chiro but it still seems to flare up. The pain is continuing and I was wondering what treatment you recommend A: Hi Mark, I advise you to have several spinal MRIs to accurately depict all the symptomatic areas of the spine. If you can get these done, please send me the reports so that I can advise you. Best, Sensei Adam Rostocki Q: Hi,I was hoping to get your input. Last year I stared getting abdominal/back pain that would radiate to my testicles. I went to see my GP and he suggested I had a infection (although my urine/blood work was fine. The pain never really went away and I stressed on this for a couple of months until I thought I was dying. My stomach was churning all the time and I started having numbness in my foot, I finally went to emergency and had more blood/urine tests along with a ct scan of my abdomen and ultra sound of my scrotum. Everything came back good. Shortly after that my symptoms subsided and I had about 5 months of very little discomfort. Everything was great until a couple of months ago ny 7 year old nephew was diagnosed with a very bad type of cancer, since then my symptoms are back 10x I sleep with a heating pad I get back and stomach spasms along with tingling in my buttocks. I feel like i'm dying and am going crazy in my head. I know if I go back to my doctor it will be the same old.My thinking is a month before the symptoms ever started I was trying to max out on squats and really felt like I compressed my spine. I am not sure I could have a delay like this. Please let me know if you can point me in the right direction.,Regards, Kevin A: Hi Kevin, Everything you report is illogical from a structural standpoint and 100% logical from a psychosomatic viewpoint. I advise knowledge therapy. I am sure you will be fine with this treatment. Best, Sensei Adam Rostocki Q: I have no idea what I have that is causing my back pain. Maybe you can help. First of all let me tell you that I am a bus driver who drives for usually 3 hours straight, then after a 10 min. break drive for another 2 hours. My back pain usually intensifies after about an hour of driving, but only to the very uncomfortable level (not so painful, but sort of like a bad headache in my back. When I get out of the bus it almost immediately gets better, but still persists to a lesser degree. My pain is hard to explain. It is definitely on my left side near my dimple area of the buttocks close to my spine, but on the elongated lower back muscle. It is feels very stiff all the time except after I workout or take a very warm shower. I always feel like someone is digging their knuckle in that spot. Sometimes when I turn to certain angle, I get a "zinger", like a stungun has shot me and I have to stay motionless for a second or two, but then slowly straighten out my back again. This leaves my back in a weakened state and usually gets better within about 3 days. I also have slight pain in my lower left rib cage area. Sometimes when I am just lying down I get slight muscle spasms along the left side of middle left back muscle. Sometimes the pain switches to my right side of my back, lower and middle along the right side back muscle, but doesn't stay there more than a day. It even starts getting very tight while walking for more than 20 minutes. I can lift weights without pain except for the standing barbell curls, which gives me a "zinger once in a while".Also after about an hour of either sitting, walking,driving, or anything I get an overall pins and needles feeling mainly in the left side of my back. I got an x-ray on it and the dr. said he thinks I have a slight fractured vertebrae, but wasn't sure, so he sent me to get an MRI. That dr. said he sees nothing, accept a nerve which is close to something, but in his opinion shouldn't be causing me any problems. I said to him,"By any chance is this near my lower left dimple area of the buttocks?" He said yes, but still shouldn't be causing any problems. But it IS!! I have tried everything from total rest, which seems to make it worse to lifting weights (bench press,shoulder press, etc. Nothing is curing it. What the heck is my problem? Any suggestions? Thx, Alan A: Hi Alan, I can not tell you what the problem is, but I can suggest some information for you to consider. First, the pain may well be work related. This is very common and linked to emotional issues, not physical ones often blamed (like sitting...). Next, the symptoms are not likely to be from a structural cause, since they are diverse and change sometimes illogically. Last, you have had an MRI which does not even show a scapegoat condition to blame. All these things to me add up to a regional ischemia condition, which is my theory. I advise treating it with knowledge therapy. Best, Sensei Adam Rostocki Q: I know this is emotional, but I can't seem to find out why! Please help! Tina A: Hi Tina, If you are following knowledge therapy, then you know that you should be spending time in introspection and journaling, as well as all the other emotional exercises I recommend. Are you doing these things? Best, Sensei Adam Rostocki Q: I am having trouble walking. My specialist says could be disc in my neck causing these problems. I have not had any pain until recently. I now have pain in my neck and across my shoulders. Is there any thing that I can do for this except surgery? Janice A: Hi Janice, Funny how you had no pain there till your doctor mentioned it, huh? Happens all the time due to the nocebo effect. I will be happy to provide my opinion, but you have to send me better diagnostic info, so that I understand exactly what you are dealing with. An MRI report is preferred. Best, Sensei Adam Rostocki Q: Hello, I don't even know what your name is, but you are offering a chance to ask someone who seems to know something a question, which is more than I can say for most websites dealing with back pain. Thanks for the opportunity. I'm having some unusual symptoms that are persisting, and, as you know, the mind can create all sorts of scenarios when it doesn't understand what's going on. I had a back injury due to a lift while performing that really took a tole on my lower back. I had chills, fever, pain, and a pulling sensation all throughout my body. I've been resting and doing physical therapy while taking anti-inflammatory medicine and muscle relaxers for three weeks now. I no longer have the severe pain you've mentioned for the most part, and the pains and pressures down my legs has subsided. What remains is strange though, and I can't find it anywhere when researching back injuries. At a specific location in my lower back there will be a crack/pop sensation and something in my body (I'm guessing muscles or some kind of tissue) will then feel like it's moving down and to the right. The injury was primarily to the right side. I will then feel pulling all over my upper body down to the area, including from my hips, mid and upper back, neck, and into my head. The lower right buttock area will then feel swollen and sensitive while the muscles in my legs spasm. It is scary because the muscles in my head and neck feel pulled, and sometimes pop painfully when they are stretched. If I breath in my lower body feels restricted. Then, if it releases, the muscles/tissues feel like they travel back up to where they should go sowly until the popping happens again in my lower back and everything shifts again. Does this sound like anything you've encountered? Any information you have to offer is appreciated. Sorry for the huge length of the question. -Nathan A: Hi Nathan, The "injury" seems quite illogical for any particular singular physical cause. I recommend that you consult a doctor for a comprehensive exam if the issues continue. Best, Sensei Adam Rostocki Q: I have back pain everyday. i to feel its from stress, but do not know how to over come it. i feel it is my subconscious. please if you have any recommendations for me i would truly be grateful. thank you, Norman A: Hi Norman, If you feel stress may be involved, then why not try knowledge therapy. There is no cost and no risk, so in essence, there is nothing to lose and a cure to gain. Best, Sensei Adam Rostocki Q: Hi, I wanted to write to you to get advice. I am 23 and have been diagnosed with a herniated disc in my L4-L5. I have tried therapy, acupuncture, cortisone shots for nearly two years now, and the pain doesn't seem to subside. I cannot sit or stand, really, for longer than one hour. Sometimes there are periods of time when I feel much better, but lately it has been much worse. I often feel very hopeless and, while I am looking into surgery, I have heard that it often doesn't solve the problem either. For me this may be a structural issue, but I am very young and have had to put my life on hold to deal with this. It is very hard to keep going sometimes. Do you have advice on how to fuel myself and have the "right" attitude? Will things get better? Thanks... Olga A: Hi Olga, If you have read my site, I am sure you know that most herniated discs are not the real symptomatic issue in most patients. If you would like to send your MRI report, I will be happy to provide an opinion on your particular case. Once I know what type of condition exists, I can make recommendations for treatment. Best, Sensei Adam Rostocki Q: my husband has a back surgery 6 year ago; thanks god everything is ok, but when he has sex,it is dry sex. i mean he don't have any sperm and i want to know why? and what we can do, because we want to have one more baby. thanks on any help you can give me, Heidi A: Hi Heidi, This is a question beyond my area of expertise. I suggest he meet with a qualified physician to discuss this issue and the possible solutions. Best, Sensei Adam Rostocki
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