Teenager Back Issues
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I am having difficulty with Doctors in regards to my back pain and pain in my right leg, foot and toes. (right foot always has a tightness about it while the toes feel like they are curling up, they actually don't ) I can't sit for to long and have pain in my left leg, sciatica this can last up to 6 weeks, very painful. My back aches nearly all the time, mild to severe.
I had a scan done and I was told it was degenerative. My issue is that whilst in my late teens I spent 2.5 years packing, moving and stacking tea chests with manuals, some weighed around 70kg. Not all day but for most part. (Was 19 when I started) I explained to Doctors and Specialists that this pain started in my teens and has got worse over the past 48 years.
The Specialists doesn't think so, they believe my problems started later in life. I explained that I was mainly employed in Clerical work, never any heavy lifting. My argument is that my back issues started in my late teens. Can a Specialist diagnose that this isnt the case, it was a long time ago. How many years can back specialist go back to diagnose back issues.
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Nefret bob19300
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Sorry Bob, don't think you are in the right forum. This is for patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica and/or Giant Cell Arteritis.
bob19300 Nefret
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Oops, I had no idea, I m not sure where to go from here, can anyone suggest.
Cheers
Bob
EileenH bob19300
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I don't think you are in the right place to get this answered either.
Try going here
https://patient.info/forums/categories/bones-joints-and-muscles-2
and scroll down to see if anything fits. There's Accidents and injury and Backache as well as a load of others.
However - I have had similar problems to what you describe and it is almost entirely muscular. There is a problem called myofascial pain syndrome which can lead to spasmed muscles which pinch nerves and cause referred pain. Doctors are a bit hopeless at recognising spasmed muscles - an orthopod told me I had wear and tear in my lower spine and would have to get used to the pain. I couldn't stand or walk for more than 10-15 mins and was barely 60 at the time. The pain specialist at the local hospital identified my back muscles were tight and hard as boards - she sorted that and the pain went. I also had a crooked wisdom tooth that was affecting my bite - it was removed and that had helped avoid recurrence although there is a bit of something going on that needs sorted out at the moment.
Google bowen4life and look at the videos and listen to the stuff - I used Bowen for years to keep upright and relieve sciatic pain. You don't have to persuade a doctor to try it and you usually see a change within 3 sessions - if you don't it possibly isn't for you but it is worth trying.
And degenerative damage doesn't usually start until later in life - wear and tear...
bob19300 EileenH
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Your comments are much appreciated.
I will follow that link and see what happens from there.
Cheers
Bob
amkoffee bob19300
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Anhaga bob19300
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Bob, have you seen a qualified physiotherapist? They can do all kinds of things to help you, as well as sending you home with the most boring exercises imaginable! Which you must do anyway! They can give you heat treatments, electrical stimulation, massage, etc, etc. A few months ago I had dry needling and this released spasmed muscles in my back. I had no idea the muscles in my back were, as she put it, hard as bricks. The technique resets the electrical signals in the muscle and relieves the spasm. It appears this was affecting my gait so I had severe sciatica, and my physiotherapist also said in some vulnerable people the spasms can be so severe as to cause compression fractures in the spine. All of which can be relieved by a few uncomfortable needle pricks! I'm sure there is much else a physiotherapist can do for you.
Personally, in case you're thinking about it, I would not choose a chiropractor as our family has had bad experiences with it.