Hello Donna,

PLEASE seek professional medical advice from a neurologist and/or doctor specializing in back pain.

Donna, may I ask in which country you live? If the U.S. in which state?

My thoughts and prayers are with you.

RichT

Or go to specialists who treat people like you every day:

Naprapathic Manual Therapy or Evidence-Based Care for Back and Neck Pain; A Randomized, Controlled Trial, Eva Skillgate, Eva Vingard, Lars Alfredsson Clinical Journal of Pain, May 2007, 23:431-439
"Naprapathy works better on back and neck trouble than recommended and proven effective advice from doctors, according to a new study from Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet. "

Manual Therapy, Physical Therapy, or Continued Care by a General Practitioner for Patients with Neck Pain. A Randomized, Controlled Trial, Jan Lucas Hoving, PT, PhD; et. all.
"Conclusion: In daily practice, manual therapy is a favorable treatment option for patients with neck pain compared with physical therapy or continued care by a general practitioner."

Manual Therapy Best Alternative Treatment for Neck Pain Relief
Ann Intern Med. 2002;136(10):713-722, 758-759
"After completion of treatment, success rates were 68.3% for manual therapy, 50.8% for physical therapy, and 35.9% for continued care."

Korthals-de Bos IB, Hoving JL, van Tulder MW, Rutten-van Molken MP, Ader HJ, de Vet HC, Koes BW, Vondeling H, Bouter LM. Cost effectiveness of physiotherapy, manual therapy, and general practitioner care for neck pain: economic evaluation alongside a randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2003 Apr 26; 326(7395):911.
"manual therapy is faster and less expensive in relieving neck pain than more traditional types of therapy."

And many others can be found...

I can apsolutely sypothise with your situation. The same thing happens to me. It is completely cripling. Im am so sorry your dealing with this pain. The only thing that helps me is muscle relaxers and pain medication and laying flat on the floor with a heating pad. Sometimes, its takes up to a couple of weeks to be up and feeling ok. The worst part is needing to get to the doctors in that state to get the meds.

Also, if you havent already, you really need to get an MRI. An orthopedic doctor may even want to try cortozone shots if its a problem with your discs.

The best of luck to you in your recovery. STAY STRONG!

Do you mean that don't get a cortizone shot? It is for inflammation, not for disc problem. But sometimes orthopedic doctors offer that because they don't know what else to do... and there are options!