neck in pain for three years Posted: 11-16-04 03:16am
I just can't handle this anymore, for 3
years my neck has been in terrible pain
and I can't make it better. I went to
this damn chiropractor, some young
hotshot, and said I had some mild
stiffness in my neck ( I was going for
back pain before) . So without properly
diagnosing me he adjusted it and i've been
in horrible pain ever since. So i'm
asking anybody here, please, if you can
tell me what is wrong with it or how I can
treat it, to help me. Doctors are so
useless it seems, all they do is give me
painkillers.
To describe the symptoms:
- the pain is primarily in my left side,
though stiffness often goes to my right as
a result.
- I can feel a small bulge in the top
left-hand side which has been pressing on
a nerve, causing all the pain i've been
experiencing. X-rays have shown nothing.
And i'm totally open to any kind of
alternative medicine, i'll try anything
now. I'm so sick of living in constant
pain, i'm only 19, I shouldn't have to
deal with this cr*p at my age. Sometimes
i've even thought about giving up and
commiting suicide just so I don't have to
deal with this anymore. Please suggest
anything, anything at all that will fix my
neck.
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Posted: 11-16-04 07:42am
I have said this to several around here.
My general family doctor was wonderful
about providing vicodin and that was about
it so when I didn't get better I asked for
a referral to a specialist in spine
technology. There are spine care
facilities all around the country and they
have special equipment to diagnose disease
of the spine as well as other spinal
issues. They will start out with mild to
moderate treatments and will step it up as
procedures fail. I would not allow a
chiropractor to look at my cats x-rays let
alone mine and I certianly wouldn't let
them touch me! (that is just my opinion)
but my mother and uncle have both been
doled out broken ribs by chiropractors
during thoracic adjustments. One in
louisiana and the other in new york. In
no way do I believe that these people are
out to do harm to anyone but I also do not
believe in what they consider to be
medicine. I leave that to the true md/do
professionals.
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sneakycol
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Oct 2004 Posts: 43 Location: Arbroath, Scotland
Please Visit This Site For Help Posted: 11-21-04 14:16pm
I live in pain 24/7 I do understand where
you are coming from! Get your Dr. To
send you to a pain management specialist,
they are not able to help me, but they
might be able to help you as you are
younger. The main thing in my opinion
is to try to avoid surgery at all cost as
surgeries can cause more problems later,
but if you must have surgery, then you
must, their are also things such as
physical therapy, pressure point
injections, epidural steroid injections,
nerve blocks. Another point is is to
try to avoid stress. One thing that I
have learned is to try and keep myself
busy, keep moving and try not to dwell on
it too much. Have you had a m.R.I.,
this will help to show you what the
problem might be. Remember, you always
have a right to a second opinion. I
showed this combat conditioning exercise
to my Dr. And he laughed at it and said
to go ahead and try this and you will mess
yourself up permanantly and end up
paralyzed, but then again we are all
different, it might work for some but
always remember to check with your
physician before trying anything new and
different!
Good luck!
Sincerely,
sandy
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sneakycol
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Oct 2004 Posts: 43 Location: Arbroath, Scotland
Has Doctor Given Alternative Sandyallen ?? Posted: 11-22-04 13:44pm
To be honest most doctors you show combat
conditioning will laugh it off as
dangerous or whatever and at the same time
not explain why!! This is because they
have no idea what these movements can or
cant't do and are protecting themselves by
offering other no risk/no result
treatments like the ones you mention.
Which is understandable don't get me
wrong. But think of this if your doctor
were such an expert/authority on the
subject would he not have healed you by
now. If all he can do is rubbish
something he doesnt understand it doesnt
say a lot for his medical abilities. I
am not advocating everyone try these
methods because they are not suitable for
everyone. I only advise trying something
which has helped thousands worldwide beat
similar and worse problems without the
need for a doctor, thats all. And to say
they are dangerous and could cause
paralysis is just ignorance
