Back Pain Support Group
Back pain is one of the most common reasons people seek medical care. In fact, about 3 in 4 adults will experience back pain during their lifetime! The term back pain includes pain affecting the neck, midback and low back. Acute back pain may begin suddenly with intense pain but typically lasts fewer than three months. Usually, chronic back pain is persistent, steady, and...
My cousin John gets very bad back pain and so does my brother in law. My cousin Dawn gets very bad back pain. My friend Tracey has very bad back pain too. I used to get it at the bottom of my back but it has eased off. Can you tell me a bit about back pain and treatments? They all seem to have back pain due to different causes. I know our Dawn has a crumbling spine and a slipped disc,Tracey has Schumermans disease or something. My brother in law has Ankylosing Spondylitis. Are some of the treatments the same? I know they are all in agony at times. They only seem to get painkillers which do not help much. Its awful and I was wondering what natural remedies or what else you can try. Any advice would be appreciated.
21+ years of this so I have gone through just about ebery single stupid, worthless, painful idea someone came up with and got paid for
In my most humble opinion once again, I would suggest you do a touch or research into "Inversion Therapy". It has cured some friends of mine and even given some non-medicinal relief to others, it doesn't last long for some but when there is that sigh that echoes through your entire soul it is truly worth it! We may only ever get those brief moments of peace but not unlike Love, it is a beautiful thing! "Friend" me if you so choose so we can discuss this in more depth. There are a multitude of modalities (Sp?) that help some while being no help to others. Pain relief like life is truly a Crap Shoot, you gotta roll the dice and maybe you can find answers.
Please pardon the length here but I was not as knowledgeable on the subject of Scheuermann's Didease (I had to Spellcheck that one in my Gmail, wish DS would get around to offering better help with such as they are a Medical+ site so they should have that information ready for us!) as I would want as a neighbor of mine has such and so this is what I found at WebMd (Good place to start!), hope it helps others to understand.
I am only here to provide a little information and claim no authority over anything, nut if I don't know about it, I know where to look and if I don't know where to look I know others that do so any of y'all can hit me up for we are one Family and do waste too mcuh time venting on each other when we could be helping each other plus with this and ALL information, it may not be complete so never stop searching for answers for if the relief isn't out there at least the understanding of an illness or malady is and for me at least understanding is a comfort unto itself but may also be scary as well, Bless us all! Peace! MM, Mark
Diagnosis and Treatment of Scheuermann's Disease
The normal curvature of the thoracic spine is between 20 and 50 degrees. A curvature of more than 50 degrees, where the spine has three contiguous vertebral bodies that have wedging of 5 degrees or more, constitutes Scheuermanns disease.
Postural roundback in adolescents is most often caused by posture and not by structural changes to the spine. Postural roundback can be easily distinguished from Scheuermanns kyphosis by the fact that the deformity goes away when the patient lies down. Typically, patients with true Scheuermanns kyphosis need to sleep on two or three pillows at night to stay comfortable because there deformity remains when they lie down.
Most patients with Scheuermanns also have a mild scoliosis (when the spine curves to the side). These mild scoliosis curves rarely require treatment. As with scoliosis, an X-ray is used to confirm a diagnosis of Scheuermanns disease.
Treatment Options for Scheuermann's Disease
Treatment of Scheuermanns disease is indicated to relieve pain, to correct an unacceptable cosmetic deformity, and to prevent potential progression or worsening of the curve. Treatment will vary depending on the size of the curve, the flexibility of the curve, the patients age and the patients preferences.
Me again, there is more but go there yourselves should you want to better understand, again, we are all one Family and Families don't always get along, ("Sanity is relative except for my relatives!") but we should be doing a better job of letting the things that bother us roll off for that is not why we came here. OK, maybe there are a few who do come to find ones to vent upon but please do do within the confines of private emails for it is as tossing a Boulder into a small Pond, the waves and ripples last far too long and detracts from what others came here for!
Peace! Love! Healing and if Healing can not be found let us at least understand.
Peace! ("That" Guy Again!) MM, Mark