Back PainBack pain is a terrible burden to bear. I carried this horror with me throughout life since I was 16 years old. People who do not have pain in their backs can not possibly understand how chronic and severe symptoms affect one’s life. However, if you have ever had back ache, you will always be empathetic towards others who are now suffering with similar or identical pain syndromes. This is exactly why I began this website and devoted my life to helping others end their agonizing symptoms. Lets get started talking a bit about the diversity of dorsopathy conditions.Back ache can be intense in a small area or experienced in a radiating pattern, often coming from a central hot spot. The pain pattern might be tied to a certain movement or might be miserable all the time. Pain can be a symptom all by itself or might be joined with other neurological sensations. The most common of these additional symptoms include burning, numbness, tingling and weakness. Lower back pain is by far the most common location to suffer serious and often debilitating symptoms. Low back ache can also affect the buttocks and legs, sometimes resulting in sciatica pain. When I think of lower back symptoms, I cringe, since this is the area which tortured me for so many years and still does. Neck pain is the second most common location to suffer dorsopathy. Severe pain syndromes in the cervical region can be just as bad as the worst lumbar pain, as I am now discovering in my aging and injury filled body. OUCH! Neck pain usually affects the shoulders, arms, hands and/or fingers unilaterally (often) or bilaterally (occasionally). Upper back ache describes symptoms in lowest region of the neck and in between the shoulders. Like neck pain, these syndrome often involve the shoulders or arms in addition to the primary symptomatic location in the actual back. Middle back ache, also known as thoracic spine pain, is not a very common type of complaint. This is because the thoracic spine is not prone to suffering the same degree of degeneration or predisposition to injury as the upper and lower spinal levels. Coccyx pain is one of the most difficult to treat issues in the spine. Tailbone pain is often linked to excessive sitting, falling down or childbirth, as well as congenital defects in the coccygeal spinal region. Cauda equina syndrome is a very serious condition in which the spinal nerve roots are compressed in the lumbar or lumbosacral spinal regions. The symptoms may include dire pain, incontinence, the inability to stand and virtually complete disability. Combination pain can affect the back and other areas of the body. Combination syndromes are far more common to suffer than back pain which exists alone. Most people with neck and upper body pain also have issues in the shoulders, arms or hands, while lumbar syndromes usually affect the lower extremities and possibly bowel and bladder control. Dorsopathy is also known as dorsalgia. The meaning is simple: dorso = rear. pathy = pain. Basically, we are talking about back or neck pain. What Type of Pain do You Have?
Chronic Pain
Back ache is as unique as the people who suffer from it. It is rare to see exactly identical expressions of pain, even in a group of patients all diagnosed with the same medical condition. However, it is common to see strikingly similar pain expressions coming from a range of possible diagnoses. Most pain conditions have a mind and personality all their own. The pain becomes your (unwanted) partner in life. I do not know what type of personality you have… but I can guaranteethat you and your pain just do not get along. This I know from personal experience. In most cases, whatever you want to do, the pain does not want you to do. Diagnosed Pain ConditionsThe following are many possible diagnostic verdicts which may be applied to your pain. These are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg:Spinal Tumor
In order to cure your pain you need to learn more about it. You must discover all the characteristics of the pain, and use that knowledge to guide you towards an effective cure. Take a few minutes and think hard about how you would describe your back pain. Analyze it as if you were describing a person…* Is the pain worse in the morning or maybe it escalates at night? There is a good chance it wakes you when you are trying to sleep. This is the worst! * Is it predictable or does it like to surprise you? * Does the pain hang around or does it prefer to come and go? * Does the pain respond well to exercise or does physical activity make it mad? * What soothes the pain? What makes it angry? If you spend the time to really become intimate with your pain, you will discover all of its patterns and preferences. This is far more important than you know, since understanding the type of pain you have can contribute to accurate diagnosis and therefore, successful treatment. Study your pain and know your enemy. 
My PainMy pain was very unpredictable early on. It started off suddenly and without warning or injury. It was a mostly recurrent acute syndrome with lots of seemingly unprovoked attacks for many years. The pain finally matured into a rage filled chronic monster that loved to be the star of the show and my life.Sound familiar? Back pain can be very difficult to endure, especially if it is chronic pain, and can often lead to depression, therefore the medical profession needs to monitor the patient and take the necessary measures to ensure that this does not become an additional problem. 5/14/06 Revised 4/30/12 |
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