
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...

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I have been diagnosed with two bulding discs in my lower back. This was confirmed by an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imagery) I think I have that correct. I was then sent to a Neurologist who asked me why my General Practioner sent me???? He said he would not recommend any surgery, wrote me out a prescription for Ibuprophen and Butalbital. Since then I feel my back has gotten worse. I have involuntary twitching of my foot when I sit in my recliner at night and some numbness going down the side of my right leg. I feel some relief from pressing on the right side of my vertebrae with my knuckle for a while.....like acupressure I guess....LOL. I am very limited to what I can do and for how long as the longer I do things on my feet the more it hurts till I just have to give up and sit down or lay down. Last night after doing very, very light housework I went to bed at 8:30PM just to get some relief from the pain. My quesion is will these discs continue to feel worse and should I revisit the issue with my GP and ask for further help or what? Am I just stuck with feeling this way and its limitations or is there something more that can help me????
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Since the dics are buldging, an epideral might help you. Also I would go to Orthopedic dr.
Brenda
I have had time-limited relief from Medrol dose packs, which help the inflammation; however, pain returns full-blown when the med wears off. I am on Percocet for pain and a muscle relaxer.
NO...do NOT take the neurosurgeon's answer as the end-all-be-all. He is a SURGEON, and as such, without the need for surgery he is out of answers for you. That is what the neurologist told my rheumatologist when we were planning to see the neurosurgeon: that a surgeon would be a waste of time.
My advice is to get to your GP and ask for a referral to pain management so you can heal.
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This would be my only warning... Please do not do any physical lifting or even too much of your so called light house work.. as these things can take a buldging disk and herniate and or tear it and then you cannot heal so easily. You also want to be aggressive without too much and get the pain under control while y
ou are doing these treatments because the acute pain can turn into chronic pain and they are very different. Please be sure to take meds as prescribed and to tell ur doc if they are not working and tell the doc why you want your pain under control. Chronic pain is something that may change the complete face of your life and may never again give you peace. Find a doc who is really educated and experienced with the difference between the 2 pains.
Best of luck... do not wait to take action... yo u are in our prayers.
In Light, Love, Truth, & Service
ralop