Posted: July 23rd, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: light relief therapy | Tags: disc problem, legs, physical therapy, right foot, ruptured disc, severe pain, shocks, thanks in advance, x ray | 5 Comments »
I have had lower back pain for the last 2 years. Recently the pain started again about a month ago. I have achy pain in my spinal area with electric like shocks down both of my legs..Sometimes my right foot feels numb! If I sit for to long or stand for to long it hurts so bad. I have been in Physical Therapy for 3 weeks and I am not getting any relief. My PT thinks it is a ruptured Disc, However when I did an x-ray the results came back normal with just a small sign of degenerate disc. My question is why wouldn’t a disc problem show up on an x-ray. My doctor basically told me there is nothing to worry about it. There has got to be something that is causing such severe pain down my legs. Has anyone gone through this or maybe could shed some light on the issue. I am really confused….. Thanks in advance.
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Posted: May 28th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: light relief therapy | Tags: bio feedback, drs, going to mexico, hydrocodone, inj, intestines, light duty, massages, medical coverage, medical release, nsaids, pain meds, pain specialist, parkland hospital, police dept, severe pain, suicidal thoughts, tens units, trigger point, ulcers | 4 Comments »
I suffered severe injuries at work and after many surgeries and phy therapy, my life is dictated by pain. I have had every procedure conceivable and now have lost insurance and medical coverage because the police dept I worked for found a legal means of discharging several officers in somiliar situations who either could not get medical release to light duty or had been on extended light duty. My problem now is I can not function due to pain and have considered going to Mexico to seek medications or am open to any ideas by anyone in similar situation. I need to have some type of pain intervention and support as I have been disabled by severe pain since the injuries. I’ve sought help for depression due to suicidal thoughts because of pain, but they agree my main problem is due to pain and they are not authorized to treat pain related problems, only depression caused by he situation. Any experience with this type of problem regardless of means I’m open too…
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I guess I should be more specific. I’ve done everything suggested. I had 2 pain specialist prior to losing insurance and recieved trigger point injects, spinal & cervical blocks, arm & elbow blocks. I’ve had rezetomies also. I’ve had bio-feedback, tens units, phy therapy w/massages. I now must rely on Dallas’ Parkland Hospital for treatment, but never see same dr twice since its a training hospital. I’ve been waiting 2yrs to get into their pain clinic. Its been 10mos and I’ve seen 1 dr who prescribed nothing and said to come back in 6mos for follow-up, possibly for one steroid inj. Before loss of insnce pain dr rx’ed 10mg hydrocodone every 6hrs & got a little relief, not a lot. I do phys thrpy and exercise daily. I guess what I’m looking for is info on where to find dr who will include pain meds and monitor use to avoid addiction,seems like drs avoid rxing anything. Can’t take NSAIDS because they’ve RX’ed so long caused ulcers in stomach/intestines.
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