Pain anyone ?

[City Farmer]

My neck hasn't been the same since I was bashed in the back of the head with an un opened glass Lipton Ice tea bottle at 7/11 from some punk 4 yrs ago. Couldn't move it for 2 weeks, it was stuck to my shoulder and now my neck doesn't hardly work. Then, Add the herniated disc's and the fact I darn near cut my thumb off 2 mths ago, 3 tendons and 7mm into the bone. The pill pushing docs want you so doped up they get mad when you tell them to keep their script. I bet they get kick backs from the pharmaceutical companies. Not sure about you but I'm feeling better already.

 

[oosik]

My neck/shoulders use to start aching this time of year - every year, just because of the thought of hours going backwards on the tractor blowing snow off the driveway. Got a bigger tractor and heavy rear blade - now I plow going forward and very seldom have neck/shoulder pains. Now its PITA, ha,ha.

 

[8N Ren]

Sounds like lots of people here need to invest in a good chiropractor. I had shoulder issues for 15 years. Started with a chiro and was in more pain than ever before lol. He and my wife said stick with it. Well after about 3-4 weeks the pains started to slowly go away. By the time I hit the 6-8 week mark I started to wake up pain free. I could work and not be in pain for the 5 days. Now I go see him about once a month. The problems people have is this, you work and joints/muscles always shift out of place, no way around it. Then your body fights it and given enough time your body cannot fight it any more and then you get that nice sharp shooting pain we all know and hate. You have to go every 2nd day for awhile, then like once a week, then once every few weeks. After several months you will begin to notice when something is out of place, where as before you never noticed and thought that was just the way it was. Trust me when you find a good one you will think they are a miracle worker.

 

[LOOPHOLE]

Doctors never refer to the chiro guys , ??
I just need some relief
Today is the first day this week I laid off the painkillers /
I dread getting hooked up with " specialist " appt-appt- appt- then send you to therapy * That your insurance will cut off after 2 maybe 3 visits

 

[/pine]

Doctors never refer to the chiro guys , ??
I just need some relief
Today is the first day this week I laid off the painkillers /
I dread getting hooked up with " specialist " appt-appt- appt- then send you to therapy * That your insurance will cut off after 2 maybe 3 visits

My sympathies...I deal with RA and the associated "discomfort" (hurts like heck!) on a daily basis...although I have and can use prescribed meds I try to get by with OTC anti-inflammatory stuff when I need/have to have "something"....

I have found that "exercise" that uses but does not aggravate inflicted areas (in my case: hips, shoulders, hands and back)...works as good or better than any meds...

My suggestion is to try and find a therapist that is familiar with your issues and find out if they know of any "exercises" that may be of some help...you may have to sift through several therapists but I bet you can find someone (para-professional) that can end up being worth more than any MD/GP's opinion...

good luck and again you have my sympathy...

 

[TSO]

My sympathies...I deal with RA and the associated "discomfort" (hurts like heck!) on a daily basis...although I have and can use prescribed meds I try to get by with OTC anti-inflammatory stuff when I need/have to have "something"....

I have found that "exercise" that uses but does not aggravate inflicted areas (in my case: hips, shoulders, hands and back)...works as good or better than any meds...

My suggestion is to try and find a therapist that is familiar with your issues and find out if they know of any "exercises" that may be of some help...you may have to sift through several therapists but I bet you can find someone (para-professional) that can end up being worth more than any MD/GP's opinion...

good luck and again you have my sympathy...

That's actually great advice ... I notice that my back & shoulders feel much better with exercise.

 

[Coyote machine]

Geeze, you ole farts are a bunch a wrecks!:laughing:
I do have pain too, at young age of 61.9876 and counting till I'm looking up from a long dirt nap:devil:
Seriously though, I do chiropractic with different docs when I'm in the various places I live during the year. one guy is an absolute cruncher and twists me like a pretzel. I feel great after seeing him. The other guy is kind of pressure point trigger kind of work, and it's less effective for me. The first time I tried acupuncture I da*n near jumped off the table when he hit one spot under my right shoulder blade. It was like a rush of a river in my bod and it ended the chronic shoulder neck pain I'd been battling for years. Acupuncture has been very effective for me combined with chiropractic and some occasional massage.
Here are my findings: Physical therapy to learn how to stretch/bend etc. to alleviate pain in certain areas of injury is very effective when combined with other forms of working ones muscles and bones. Ideally I would do deep tissue massage 1 x/month and chiro as needed along with some acupuncture, when needed to fine tune the entire system/flow of blood, etc.
If one thinks about it as we grow older we become less flexible and joints, muscles, etc. ten dto get stressed by repetitive motions like turn one's neck in the same position for long periods of time, and how much real exercise do most of us get unless we have the luxury to spend a fair amount of time in a gym or doing a specific stretching regimen? I'd hazard a guess- a lot less then we could benefit from.
Docs and pain killer meds, which they definitely get a percentage from the pharms from prescribing to us are IMHO, a last resort, and only really help with acute pain from say a crash or similar, and as most honest docs will admit are WAY over prescribed for all the wrong reasons.

Meantime, best wishes to all who suffer chronic pain, and hope for relief; it's out there if you look for relief. Don't give up trying to improve your own situation.:dance1:

 

[aczlan]

Geeze, you ole farts are a bunch a wrecks!:laughing:
I do have pain too, at young age of 61.9876 and counting till I'm looking up from a long dirt nap:devil:
Seriously though, I do chiropractic with different docs when I'm in the various places I live during the year. one guy is an absolute cruncher and twists me like a pretzel. I feel great after seeing him. The other guy is kind of pressure point trigger kind of work, and it's less effective for me. The first time I tried acupuncture I da*n near jumped off the table when he hit one spot under my right shoulder blade. It was like a rush of a river in my bod and it ended the chronic shoulder neck pain I'd been battling for years. Acupuncture has been very effective for me combined with chiropractic and some occasional massage.

One thing to note, different chiropractors use very different techniques.
We went to one in GA who used a "drop table" (it lifts up a short section of the table and when he pushed down on your back, it "popped" back down).
I have gone to one who used an activator (aka a "clicker") to adjust your back as (in his words) people tense up less than if he was manually manipulating your back.
The one I currently go to specializes on sports injuries. He uses hotpacks and electrostim (if needed) to loosen you up before he adjusts you (theoretically that way your muscles loosen up and don't pull the joint right back out of adjustment).

Aaron Z

 

[/pine]

Just a note...I mentioned "therapists" IMO a good therapist is better than any chiropractor for anything other than short term relief from chronic pain...

JMO but with chiropractors (tried them early on) you need to keep going back for relief...where as with a"good" therapist they (one that is familiar with the root causes of your pains) will teach you exercises (along with a do/don't list) that will continue to alleviate your pain...(the opposite of chiropractic treatments)...

...not all (bone/muscle etc.) discomfort inducing ailments can be alleviated by "special" exercises but I suggest anyone that has not had success from what their MD/GP has offered...try a therapist...just find one that is qualified...you will never forget what they can do for you (as compared to an MD or surgeon's opinions)...

IMO, the best way to find the "right" therapist is by asking other therapists...FWIW...