Posts Tagged ‘diagnosis’

lyme disease and lumbar cervical spine surgery

There are other options for back pain and at least 13 weeks of ABX are needed for any sign of improvement in my spine. Consider lyme disease or other bacterial infections before spinal surgery if your back pain is unexplainable. 16 weeks of ABX and supplement treatment. I thought for sure that I was going [...]

What would cause a case of chronic back pain?

My fiance’ has a pain in her lower back almost everyday. When i massage it i notice that her muscles are almost rock hard/knotted until i massage them. Her doctor has prescribed her with meloxicam which is an arthritis medicine, the medicine does not help at all any other suggestions, besides icy hot, or ibuprofen/pain [...]

I have a migraines,confirmed by MRI…?

Ok so I have epilepsy, and migraines. I have had 2 MRI’s and am scheduled for a 3rd. I have continued to have daily headaches with several migraines a week. I am spending more and more time in my dark room. I have tried quite a few meds for it they are not really helping. [...]

What yoga poses should I avoid if I've been diagnosed as having degenerative disc disease?

My "specialist" doctor recently told me I had to quit running and weight lifting because I have degenerative disc disease. What yoga poses should I avoid? Almost overnight, I’ve lost my ability to comfortably do forward bends, plow/wide-legged plow, and knees to ears. I’ve already had surgery for a blow disc (L5-S1), but this pain [...]

Back Pain ?

I have been dealing with lumbar pain for the last several years. Most doctors are saying DDD @l5-S1, and extremely arthritic joint (disc and facet joints). I agree with most of the diagnosis, but I have one syptom that the docs seem to ignore. I have a tremendous amount of pain from the L5 vertebrae. [...]