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Spondylolisthesis Pain
Spondylolisthesis pain is a rare problem associated with this relatively common spinal condition.
Spondylolisthesis
is a condition that can be
congenital
or developed during life through
degenerative
changes or
back injury.
It is not normally a painful condition and treatment is usually not necessary.
Spondylolisthesis Pain Nocebo
Many patients live for years or even decades with a spondylolisthesis condition without even knowing that it exists. The condition does not usually demonstrate any signs or deformities that can be detected without some form of imaging study of the lower spine. Often, the condition is discovered during an imaging test done for a completely unrelated reason. The patient discovers that one of their
vertebrae
is out of alignment and sees a doctor. This doctor often scares the patient into believing that this condition will cause them pain or potential disability. This diagnostic
nocebo effect
can be strong enough to begin the start of a pain syndrome when no symptoms existed in the past.
Psychosomatic Spondylolisthesis Pain
The majority of all
back pain
is caused by a psychological process. Affected patients are often characterized as having
treatment resistant pain
which is blamed on some coincidental
scapegoat
condition. Spondylolisthesis is one of those common
spinal abnormalities
that are diagnosed as being the cause of pain, when the actual causative process is
psychological.
It is no surprise that treatment for these individuals is usually a dismal failure and the patient in left with an ever increasing
symptom imperative
and sense of dread.
Recommendation on Spondylolisthesis Pain
If you have been diagnosed with a spondylolisthesis related pain syndrome and have not found relief through the recommended
treatments,
consider the possibility that your pain has been
misdiagnosed.
Sure, you have spondylolisthesis, but that condition might not be the source of your pain. Statistics demonstrate that it rarely is the actual cause of pain in millions of diagnosed patients worldwide. My strong recommendation is learning more about
knowledge therapy
and using that knowledge to help you come to terms with the real reasons for your suffering. Only then will you be on the right road to a successful cure.
Spondylolisthesis Pain to Back Pain Home
6/27/07 Revised 10/30/09
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