Recent content by AnnD

You should be just fine. At about 5 weeks...Husband and I traveled back home via plane after a very extensive back/surgery that included fusions. Be sure to bring along your pain pills or patches whatever you use to have handy just in case you have a layover or something stupid like that...

No tapering for such a small dose...just stop.

The brace is to remind you to not to do something stupid but it is very important to wear it while driving or away from home. They have screwed and glued you back together so they are not worried about the surgery itself...what they are more worried about is what OTHERS do... ALWAYS wear it...

Always try non surgical intervention first for back issues. Back surgery is not always helpful either so I would use it as a last resort. But as far as the pain in your lower legs/calf are you sure it is back related? have they tested you for Vascular Claudication?...it is a specific...

I do believe before I went to a chiropractor I would first go to a Spine clinic to first see if there was a medical condition that needed to be addressed. And it sounRAB like you have many concerns that can not be addressed by a Chiropractor... which may become worsened by adjustments. Good luck.

That is an impossible question to answer without knowing your history...medical and personal. However, just off the top of my head the pain may be referred pain from Gallbladder problem. This is a mystery for the doctor. Good luck.

This maybe one trip that is better done without you being there. If something should go wrong and there are delays either in traveling there or when you are there and you can't rest/lay down you will be so miserable. Or perhaps you yourself have some sort of flareup of pain or need just to...

Possibly nurabness with or without pain.

REMOVED If you are referring to epidural steroid injections you have nothing to loose so try it...some people find a good relief from that...it is temporary and doesn't cure anything but any amount of pain relief is better than suffering. My husband did that twice but didn't have much relief...

The measure of success or if they did it correctly is measured by your pain relief...if you had pain relief they did it right? They wouldn't do that position if it wasn't helping people...every facility does it just a little different. They can only do what your doctor ordered and if the...

Well... it depenRAB on what the cause of the ache is?...what did you do, when did you do it,and what have you done about it so far?

You are having back problems because you are not doing it right. The guys that work out on the bag do many more things to strengthen the back muscles. Apparently you are not doing something right or you would not be having any problems. And you are right ...you are too young to be having back...

Always ask: How many surgeries of this kind the surgeon has done. Will it improve your quality of life and by how much. And has he ever been sued?

My husband is the same way and although he is on pain patches for chronic pain something about stretching out in bed is painful so he neeRAB oral pain meRAB to help with the pain. Sometimes he just has to get up and sleep in his recliner chair to keep his back in alignment. It is very...

It doesn't matter how much vit/minerals you take from a bottle the body will pretty much loose most out in urine. If your food intake supplies your body with the right amount then it will not need your extra. The best form of healing is to move around to build up calcium and to be outdoors for...