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I fell down some stairs 1.5 yrs ago. At the time they said it was just muscle related. Started physical therapy by VIDEO a couple months later. They couldnt SEE me sooner because of Covid. Only because I was in tears from pain & frustration did they finally let me see a PT in person… in SEPT !! It was a pt outside of Kaisers system. PT & another doctor wanted better x-rays but the request was denied. Finally saw spine specialist in January of this year. After full x-rays the doctor said it was a fracture in one of my vertebrae‘s. She said the only possible thing to help would be some cement. She said at this time with Covid that was not something that was a possibility.
She said after this length of time it will not heal.🥲. Only other suggestion is a brace that I’m wearing a few hours a day. She said with the brace and more physical therapy it will help take the pressure off the bones.
She was more concerned about a lower hip problem that I’ve had for 20 years in about my back. Gave me a Cortizone shot which really wasn’t helpful. I’m not going to have another one.
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@candy101 I understand being careful about Covid, but hospitals have been Covid testing patients before allowing surgical procedures. I had surgery for a broken ankle at Mayo at the beginning of the Pandemic, and again last fall, I had surgery to remove the surgical hardware. Both times, I had to pass a Covid test before surgery. Is the doctor saying this now that you can't have a procedure because of Covid? Perhaps an opinion at another place would help? Other hospitals are doing procedures with Covid protocols in place.
My elderly mom also had a compression spinal fracture because of osteoporosis. She wasn't a candidate for bone cement because of severe osteoporosis, and she had a brace while it healed, and it did heal.
This is some information from Mayo about vertebroplasty that uses bone cement to put a spine fracture back together.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/vertebroplasty/about/pac-20385207
Your post length is fine.. no worries. I do write some rather long posts myself because I have a lot of information to share. Sometimes patients have to fight to get treatment they need. I'm sorry you were denied treatment that you needed. Are you improving with the brace and physical therapy? Are you considering a second opinion elsewhere?