Annular Tear And Knee Problems Posted: 10-27-07 10:28am
I am a newbie to any kind of back problems
so please bear with me. My 15 year old son
started out with intermittent knee pains
for the last 2 years. It finally got
persistant enough and painful enough to go
to the doctor. He recommended physical
therapy. Then his back hurt. An xray
showed a pars defect. Switched the
physical therapy from the knees to his
back. His back hurt worse...this is in the
span of 4 weeks. They did an MRI and found
an annular tear in his L4 vertabrae.
He sees the pain management specialist
this upcoming week. In the mean time he is
on Darvocet. He has missed 2 weeks of
school so far. In the last week his knees
have given out twice so he has a nice
forehead full of scabs where he'caca the
walls. The orthopedic doctor indicated no
structural damage to the knees and that
surgery wasn't indicated for his back.
I know that his back does feel somewhat
better when he takes the Darvocet. He can
at least get some sleep. It does nothing
to help his knees. I don't know what to
expect next week. I am really worried for
him. Any of you here have any experience
or insight?
