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...
I was doing so well with only having minor back pain. I thought the whole herniated disk thing was behind me.
But then i picked up a laundry basket, it was not full. But i dropped to my knees and have been having moderate to severe pain ever since.
I am stiff, sore and otc meds do not help much. The insurance changed things and cover less and since this wouldn't be a regular check up it would not be covered. I have been without a job since march. So i cant afford to go to the dr. But i am tired of being in pain all day every day. I have been doing the same physical therapy exercises since the 2019 herniation. But it does not seem to be helping.
So if anyone has pain relieving solutions let me hear them.. (I may of heard them already but i may of forgot them too)
In Dec I assed out from COVID and would up with a compression fracture at L2. I have a combo of: spinal compression, fracture that may be healed or is healing, RA, OA, degenerative scoliosis and spondylosis.
It's not constant and I can function - like get in and out of a car and drive, walk for short distances most days. It mostly only hurts bad when I do things like load and unload the dishwasher or washer and dryer. I have to stop halfway through and sit, and then return to it.
So, it could be worse. Tylenol helps and i have found a pain managment doctor I feel confident in and maybe some acupunture down the road....