back pain for 14 weeks!!!! bit of numbness arms/weak legs.
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My husband injured his neck doing gymnastics (forward roll) around 14 weeks ago. Although he knew he had damanged something initially he had no pain until a week or so later. He visited the gp who diagnosed a pulled muscle/ligament and gave him anti-inflammatories and said if they didnt help to visit a physio. He visited a local sports physio who gave him exercises which he did religiously. These temporarily helped although the dull ache between his shoulder blades was consistently there. He was recommended a chiropracter who again felt it was just a torn ligament and not disc damage. He is a keen cyclist and hasnt been able to cycle since and having come home from work each evening (HGV driver) he just lies on the ground with a hot water bottle waiting for the pain to ease. He is due to go back to the chiropracter tomorrow after a 2 week break and I really feel he should push for an MRI even just to put his own mind at rest as he is getting depressed about it.... (always so active)... I think he would need to wait too long for one on NHS so should go private..... he really feels if it is just ligament damage it would be healed by now???? any advice/similar stories please please share......
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1.) The NHS doctor has, I feel, been rather slow in sharing any information that they reveal and therefore perhaps in offering treatment, and
2.) The written narrative, if it exists (in fairness, some form of written narrative usually does accompany it) is not so comprehensive or clear as the private ones that I have had. This is just my private and personal view.
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I1ve been fighting lower lumbar issues since 1989,
I learned you have to be extremely persistent and aggressive when you visit your dr.. Not all dr.`s are qualified to properly treat / diagnose these problems ,even if they say they are... MRI`s are about the only way to get a decent view of the issues..
When I started out I was intimidated and ignorant personally, to the way certain dr.`s approach their patients.
In my situation, I at the first , had the bright idea this crap would go away in time, wrong, mine, even with great medical attention has only, steadily through the years gotten worse.
Good Luck ,hope you get with a group of dr`s that will be attentive and give you what care you need to get well soon..