I'm a 25 year old male, in good shape
apart from a niggling pain in my upper
back (usually the right hand side).
It started about a year ago and the pain
became so intense in my upper back and
neck that I had to go home from work and
just sleep. I went to a physio and that
helped a bit then I went to a chiropractor
prostitute-alined my back and gave me
acupuncture.
This helped immensely and the pain was
nothing like it was before, however since
then there is still a niggling pain in my
upper right back. I have been back to the
same chirpractor and he says that it's not
normal and that as soon as he puts it back
in I should be fine unless i'm sitting
badly or something.....I do sit at a
computer all day at work and at the end of
the day I have to collect sun beds in (but
then i've been lifting them for 12 years)-
I play bass guitar in a band so maybe the
weight of the guitar is pulling on me? I
have swapped to a lighter guitar.
I do stretches every day and I go to the
gym twice as week which I find helps a
lot.
I've been seeing another chiropractor who
pops my back into place every week or so,
usually the t7 or t8 as well as c3 but i'd
really like to draw a line under this as
it seems silly to be paying someone every
week to crack me back into place when i'm
only 25!
Thanks for reading and I hope someone has
some advice.
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mike9856746
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 May 2004 Posts: 67 Location: ,
Posted: 04-23-06 15:40pm
I wouldn't go to the chiropractor for too
long, after a while it makes you joinst
hypermobile and doesn't really help
anymore, but the hypermobility is bad for
it. My advice would be to get a powerfull
muxcle relaxant and ice the part of your
spine at the same height as the pain for
10 minutes right after you take it. Don't
bother icing the muscle on the side, just
the spine. Also, take a hot bath every
day, it'll make a big difference.
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John Parkes
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Apr 2006 Posts: 3 Location: tenerife
Posted: 04-24-06 04:08am
Thanks for you reply, i've cut down the
chiropractor visits and am now working on
strengthening the muscles in my upper back
with some stretching excercises from a dvd
called treat your own back pain - seems to
be helping but its early days.
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nelstar
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 May 2006 Posts: 3 Location: australia
Posted: 05-28-06 02:42am
Hello, im also 25 and I have had chronic
back pain for 5 years so as you can
imagine I have seen a lot of
practitioners. My first piece of advice
would be to go and see an osteopath as I
feel that a treatment from them would be a
lot more practical than having your bones
cracked, I have found in my experience of
this that I have had the most relief from
an osteo. See how you go. Good luck.
