Hi spursboy welcome, have you tried gabberpentin or pregabilin works for me to reduce pain when you have chronic pain it's learning bhow to manage it and what makes it worse , I know has I have cervical myelopathy had acdf C4 C5 just to stop it getting worse I have problems with lumbar but it's coming from neck I have all them symptoms not nice also amytriptiline is supposed to be ok I had to come of kept going in to retention side effects good luck mate
I will refrain from mentioning the 1987 cup final. Oops.
Sorry to hear you’re having problems. I’ve been diagnosed with scoliosis too along with a few other things and have also had surgery (1 lumbar laminectomy and 1 cervical laminectomy). I was left with a lot of muscle loss, lack of control of my left foot, pain (lots of that), loss of balance more pain, painful feet / toes etc.
It was caused by a series of discs prolapsing, 2 of which were particularly bad and caused the surgery to relieve pressure on spinal cord. Why the discs went is another thing.
At the time I had a series of nerve ganglion root block injections into the roots of the nerves as they branch off from the spine. They helped.
I was left unable to stand up unsupported and with constant sciatic pain in both legs from buttocks down to feet. At that point I started seeing a Personal Trainer at a gym who is skilled in recovery from injury. This has been the single most important thing to help my recovery, without a shadow of a doubt. I have been going for about 2 1/2 years now, about 3 times a week. Not always with a PT as it gets a bit expensive, but she still oversees what I do. I do some cardio (warm up) and then resistance / weights / core / Pilates type of thing. Lots of stretches and using a roller on sore muscles.
It has helped with pain, mobility and balance - all of which were things I wanted to improve. I am also pretty sure that if I hadn’t done it, not only would my mobility and balance still be as bad as they were, but I would quite likely have done some more damage to my back or had another (more serious) fall.
I can’t recommend it enough. But I would definitely get advice, unless you’re already very knowledgeable about exercise, anatomy etc.
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