Almost everyone, once they hit a certain age, will have some arthritic deterioration, it also depends on whether you had a job which was physical or did a lot of sport, cos both of those exacerbate it....well that's not good.
I just had my first consultation with the spine-health doctor.
It seems I am damaged in several areas; lower spine, cervical spine and shoulders.
X-Rays are required (more cost) before he can recommend a treatment plan.
He did say some of the things may not be "fix-able" at all as there seems to be some arthritic deterioration.
ThanksAlmost everyone, once they hit a certain age, will have some arthritic deterioration, it also depends on whether you had a job which was physical or did a lot of sport, cos both of those exacerbate it.
It depends what he means by "damage". If it is major you'd be in a wheelchair,
Wifey and I both have longstanding back problems.
If you don't have a particular problem at the moment, he should tell you to do some low impact exercise, like swimming and if he is decent he'll also tell you to consult a chiropractor if your back suddenly plays you up. They have a set range of fees and basically at the mo, after the very first session where they assess you, a normal consultation is about £33. They spend as long studying the spine as ordinary doctors spend studying the whole body. At least over the first 3 years. Our first port of call.
Wifey has had to have surgery several times and now has a titanium cage in her back. She also takes about 80 mgs of morphine sulphate a day, which is a lot!
A chiropractor I had regularly until he retired has a son who became a doctor, he couldn't believe how little they studied such a vital part of the anatomy.
If he sends you to a physio, I doubt they'll do much to help you as they aren't specialised enough. An osteopath would be better than that.
So you can believe me when I say I sympathise deeply with you, Dan.
Do hope you get a positive outcome to all of this.
Ta! I am sure all will be well...in time. We just need to get to the root-cause.@DanClarke and @Stanleysteamer you chaps seem to be falling apart! My sympathies to you both and I hope you can get some comfort and feel better soon.
If you find out please tell me as I have that in my left arm every morning. I had some tests but they were inconclusive. My spine has some compaction but they dismissed it as not causing those symptoms.The bit he's trying to pinpoint is why I wake in the night with both arms "dead" from fingertips to elbows (irrespective of sleeping position).
Can you send a couple of buckets full this way please, haven't seen the big hot orangey thing for a few days now
Well the past 24 hours has been bad news.
The osteo thought she had put my vertebra back in and sais that if the pain continued over the enxt to days to see a Doctor as it would mean the disc was prolly herniated.
So after initially feeling a bit better it then got worse, even worse than before.
To the extent that even after 2 paraceetemol, 1 Nurophen, and a load of whisky, I couldn't get comfortable at all, the pian stopped me from sleeping apart from being, well, a pain.
Finally at 5 a.m. I asked Wifey to give me a morphine tab, which she did, 1/2 and hour later, I needed another one, as the first one was barely touching it, so with 20mgs of morphine in me i finally got 2 hours sleep.
There is only one chiropractor in the area, I rang her just after 9 a.m. to be forced to leave an answerphone message.
so here I am stuck.
Not a happy chappie!
...well that's not good.
I just had my first consultation with the spine-health doctor.
It seems I am damaged in several areas; lower spine, cervical spine and shoulders.
X-Rays are required (more cost) before he can recommend a treatment plan.
He did say some of the things may not be "fix-able" at all as there seems to be some arthritic deterioration.
Gosh! You get the best jobs don't you? Those old sarking boards looked really rotten.Pics from this week...
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Gosh! You get the best jobs don't you? Those old sarking boards looked really rotten.
It is coming along well though isn't it?
So you already know how to help yourself, great news.I put it down to overdoing it on the DIY/Kid's-DIY front.
Morning you lot chilly start to the day suns oot though
I left the landy window open last night the windscreen is wet on the inside ooooppps
Have a splendid day.
@DanClarke .
@Stanleysteamer .
I licked your posts coz of the obvious, sympathies to the pair of you.
An, by the way Stan, praps you should avoid France next year?
Jus sayin..