All I can say is this is the best thing I have ever done!
My back pain has left me in bed for over a week ( I’m sure you’ve seen my other post) and I have suffered since I was 14/15 and I’m now 31!
Iv had so many tests including and mri which showed no damage but the neurosurgeon said my pain was down to sensitive nerves and to keep taking my meds and resting when need be at let me go on my merry way.
Meds r great if they work but my concoction of zamadol , oramorph, pregablin , methocarbonal , paracetamol , amytriptaline , venlaxafine and voltarol gel were hardly touching the sides. So I said enough is enough I want another opinion and paid to see a chiropractor.
He was great took into consideration my ehlers danlos syndrome and also did another Beighton score to testers my Hypermobility which had in fact worsened! Then we got to my back. With just a glance he knew the problem! Which was down to 1. The curve in my spine and 2. The fact my spine had been moving because of Hypermobility so as a way to protect itself my body had tightened all the muscles around the top of my spine to stop it moving. Only as this has gone on for years untreated my muscles are that tight that the top of my spine doesn’t move at all! Meaning all the stress and strain of movement has been put on my lower back and voila agonising pain occurred.
So we’re going to work together each week or every other week ( as often as my pain allows) to try and loosen my muscles, which is going to be a long old painful road as my body is going to want to fight against it and tighten them again, but he feels that in time he can get them
To a place where they are not to loose for my spine to move unnaturally but are loose enough to relieve some of the stress on the bottom of my back and get the top of my back moving properly again. I won’t be pain free ever but I should be a damn sight more comfortable than I have been and hopefully be able to cut down a lot of my meds.
Now the most frustrating part is that I have been saying to doctors and specialist for years that I feel the curve of my spine is having an impact on my pain and every single time iv been dismissed even when I had an mri recently they would old scan the bottom of my back as that was where the worst pain was even though I’d asked for my entire back to be done so I feel so let down by some of the medical staff as if they had just taken the time to look and feel my back they could have saved me years of agonising pain.
Anyway there’s my update. I currently feel like mike Tyson has gone 7 rounds on my back, but was it worth it ? DEFINITELY and I would do it every week for a year if it meant at the end of it my pain will be more controlled.
If anyone takes anything from this make sure it is that if you have a feeling something is wrong and you keep being dismissed get a second, third, fourth opinion because after all we knows our own bodies better than anyone.
Anyway I’ll stop rambling and get back to watching Netflix in bed for the 10th day running lol so if anyone had any good film or series ideas it would be much appreciated 👌😂😂
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Muscle Spasms - lower back
