Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Back to the future
Wholly cow. I have hurt my back. About a week ago, at my desk at work, I sneezed so hard I hurt something, apparently reawakening pain I had after a fall on ice when I was 15, and that was 29 years ago.Can't stand to sit for very long. Can't stand to stand for very long. Can't stay horizontal for very long. Lower back. Just above my belt. A couple of nights ago, in bed, I had a sharp pain down my right leg like lightning.
This morning, the pain had moved up into my left ribcage, where I got a sharp pain whenever I tried to get a deep breath. It's up into my left shoulder, too.
I'm hoping the pain will continue on north. When it's all in my head, I'll shake it off as something I'm just imagining.
In the meantime, it hurts like hell. That's me, Dr. ER, Bailey and Riker who all have back issues. It sucks.
--ER
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Have you gotten medical attention? I'm sorry you're hurting. I know lots of people who have gotten back pain from sneezing.
Every now and then I will have a flare-up of pain from my tailbone, which I probably broke when I fell from a porch railing when I was 14. Sometimes a sympathetic doctor will give me something for the pain while I just go through the hurtin'. But not one has offered to put my butt in a sling.... Is that a good thing?
Every now and then I will have a flare-up of pain from my tailbone, which I probably broke when I fell from a porch railing when I was 14. Sometimes a sympathetic doctor will give me something for the pain while I just go through the hurtin'. But not one has offered to put my butt in a sling.... Is that a good thing?
Well, if it doesn't fix itself by the weekend, mebbe I'll go to the doc, and see if he'll let Mr. Phentermine come home while I'm at it.
And I am as close as I've ever been to going to a chiropractor. Which still isn't very close. But closer.
And I am as close as I've ever been to going to a chiropractor. Which still isn't very close. But closer.
I used to be the last person in the world that would go to a chiropractor, and then the office sent me for workers comp and they FIXED me! I don't understand it either, but thems the results.
It's a pity the guy I went to is workers comp only, or I'd recommend him. But give one a try.
Sorry about your back :(
It's a pity the guy I went to is workers comp only, or I'd recommend him. But give one a try.
Sorry about your back :(
I finally, after decades of skepticism, used a chiropractor after I cracked my tailbone in a fall.
Later, I used him again after a car accident.
Just be careful of those woo-woo guys who talk about chi and stuff. Tell em "I want my bones put back in place, and if I need to come back, I will."
Some of 'em will keep treatin you 'til the money's gone and then all of a sudden you're CURED!
Later, I used him again after a car accident.
Just be careful of those woo-woo guys who talk about chi and stuff. Tell em "I want my bones put back in place, and if I need to come back, I will."
Some of 'em will keep treatin you 'til the money's gone and then all of a sudden you're CURED!
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: 7:03 PM
: 7:03 PM
Golly, E.R., I hope it's better soon. Back pain is horrible.
I'm sending healthy thoughts your way.
I'm sending healthy thoughts your way.
# posted by : 8:42 PM
: 8:42 PM
Sounds a lot like pinched sciatic (sy attic)nerves... chiroprators, anti inflammos (naproxin sodium)also known as Motrin I think, and you should hurt a little less... eventually.
The shooting pain down the leg is along a sciatic pattern, but that does not explain the upward crawl of pain. This is likely due to a combination of a large back muscle sprain, such as the latissimus (causing the upward traveling pain), in addition to some effect on the nerves (creating the sciatica pain). The nerves are probably bing irritated due to inflammation, but a slipped disc or even a slight fracture is not out of the realm of possibility.
A chiropractor may not be a good first choice, especially if ibuprofen (600 mg three times a day, or so-- if you have no gastric problems such as an ulcer) and rest don't cut it, or if the pain worsens. You may wish to see if it improves with this plan, and get to a physician if not. An X-Ray may be in order. At the minimum, you'll probably need a muscle relaxant. And no, taking a slug of whiskey and biting a leather strop doesn't help, cowboy. Hope you feel better!
A chiropractor may not be a good first choice, especially if ibuprofen (600 mg three times a day, or so-- if you have no gastric problems such as an ulcer) and rest don't cut it, or if the pain worsens. You may wish to see if it improves with this plan, and get to a physician if not. An X-Ray may be in order. At the minimum, you'll probably need a muscle relaxant. And no, taking a slug of whiskey and biting a leather strop doesn't help, cowboy. Hope you feel better!
Dr. ER has lots of experience with sciatica. So that makes three diagnoses. The leg thing, for sure.
The pain moving up my back, I think, was from my frame, as it were, adjusting and accomodating the lower-back pain. In other words, I "slept funny," even in a Sleep Comfort bed, and so put strain on my sidemeat and shoulderal area. Last night, I had a pain in the neck, and she -- :-) -- and this morning, it's all now back to the lower back. Except my left foot, of all things, hurts because I'm "walking funny," that is, differently than usual, as I adjust to the back. Which feels better today.
The pain moving up my back, I think, was from my frame, as it were, adjusting and accomodating the lower-back pain. In other words, I "slept funny," even in a Sleep Comfort bed, and so put strain on my sidemeat and shoulderal area. Last night, I had a pain in the neck, and she -- :-) -- and this morning, it's all now back to the lower back. Except my left foot, of all things, hurts because I'm "walking funny," that is, differently than usual, as I adjust to the back. Which feels better today.
Your description reminded me of a kid song "I'm Being Swalloed by a Boa Constrictor." Not sure why... "Oh no, oh no, oh no, he's up to my toe, my toe, my toe. Oh gee, oh gee, oh gee, he's up to my knee, my knee, my knee..."
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: 12:07 PM
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