Feeling Crippled and In Constant Pain

Maybe you are right and you do have a pinched nerve. How about seeing a chiropractic to do a whole body assessment.

 Pain can be referred from the spine to all parts of the body.

best wishes

True about possibly referred pain although it seems odd it would be so widespread.  I suggest a chiropractor might not be best choice just yet.  Depending on what is really wrong they can do damage.  However, have you been properly assessed?  There are other conditions which can cause chronic widespread pain.  For a long time I thought I had pain from osteoarthritis but it turned out although I do have OA the pain was caused by polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) which is treatable.  Can you see a physiotherapist to get exercises which will strengthen the muscles in your back?  Physiotherapists also can offer other treatments, like dry needling, which can relieve spasmed muscles.  Ask your doctor what the results were for your blood tests.  One doctor told me my "inflammation markers" were fine.  Later another said they weren't much above normal but worth having redone, and she was the one who suggested I had PMR.  I had likely had this condition for over a year.

I hear you! Im the same a long story too I am on norspan patches 15 /hr into body, duloxitine as a nerve blocker for nerves, I have been put on stronger meds, but I dont like the, no brain,forgetfulness etc side effects this is the only meds that i keep a clear head but sadly now with yet more deterioration Ihave to go into hosp as i have multi problems and they wish to have me in there to be seen by all the diff specialists and surgeons to see what can be done for me. my advice is to see a specialist for control of painstiffness etc so you can keep moving at the highest level you can as the old use it or lose it does come into play. when i finally saw a specialist and had mri, scans, it was too late for surgery for me and i am heading into wheelchair my biggest problem is after 20m or less of walking terrible nerve pain debilitates me even on meds they say this is because all the nerves meet and go down the front of my legs these holes that they go thru on each side are closing up. but i also have spurs in 12 vertibrae, facet joints mod-severe , sacriolic joints med - severe, bilateral hip replacements needed, spinal sclerosis, scoliosis which is curve to riht bottom of spine, from s1-L 3/4 all need replacing so get the help you need asap as the more you sit back and listen to them say its nothing the more you will end up like me too late. I wish you all the best and am here to chat if you need a ear Im sooo up with how your feeling x

 

Could be siatica from a prolapsed disc. That is really a constant nagging pain I had surgery on one disc a few years ago. See a spine specialist for PT, or surgery to relieve the pressure and hopfully relief from pain. Usually discs change as we age from arthritis, injury other issues that creep up on us.

Many ways to treat this best to see a doc for pain management advice in your case. I hope your better soon and keep me posted. My back is deteriorating from arthritis and many spine issues so I can really sympathize with you. Pt has helped me exercises and heat so far I am managing with staying mobile. It's tough some days are tricky. Also wear a back brace helps during the day takes the pressure off and finding what works for you is really the best thing. Best wishes .

Many years ago & over the years I went to Drs with a lot of the above. They told me I needed spine surgery but there were risks, it got cancelled... blah blah 10 yrs ago I was siagnised with cancer but after 2 consultations they couldn't find it any longer !!!!! I went o pain management and felt insulted by the dr s comments as I looked good and was pretty fit all but the PAIN, my joints, lack of energy etc. I had a hip re-surfaced etc etc the list could go on. Now I have been diagnosed with genetic Hemochromatosis. It effects almost all of the above. My advice is to obviously get MRI etc etc get a diagnosis... When you have injurys etc your muscles don't work as well as they should as other parts of your body compensate until it becomes too much and then it starts getting too painful and Drs just put words (diagnostics) to what they think in a lot of cases. SMA stands for sensory motor amnesia and that is what our muscles get; they forget how to lengthen and stay tightly contracted in our spine joints etc causing pain eg neck/shoulder back, hip, knee, sciatica and because this effects our posture it can start to effect how our vital organs and nervous system. If this is what you are feeling and nothing seems

To work medically to fix it try Somatic movement, these are neuromuscular movements which educate our brain to retrain our muscles and get

Back fill

Movement in your body eventuallly giving you more pain free movement. This is how I am

Able to have a fit life

With occasional Done too much pain eg gardening etc

I have to have 1L

Of

Blood taken every week

Until my ferritin levels drop a I have been storing iron in my liver causing

Cirrhosis. I WISH DOCTORS HAD BEEN MORE AWARE OF THIS CONDITION AS MY WHOLE LIFE

COULD HAVE BEEN SORTED with a proper diagnose and I would not have this irreversible

Cirrhosis now and maybe I wouldn't have had the arthritis that it has caused. Check out my website and see the information. Maybe I can put you in touch with a practitioner nearer to you ??? But you need to check and keep on at Drs & consultants and exhaust every medical option.

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so glad you are feeling better take care and dont lift heavy things etc and keep looking after yourself! xx