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Excruciating chronic left side neck pain plus lumbar issues
Spine Health | Last Active: Nov 18, 2023 | Replies (360)Comment receiving replies
I feel for you vward1969 because I know exactly how bad and excruciating it feels.
Currently, despite taking 50mg of Lyrica and Targin 10/5 , I am feeling horrible pain going through both sides of my neck and further down the upper mid spine. My groin is tight, my lower back is very painful and feel pain in the legs and the feet. Pain going through both shoulders, arms, hands, finger, arms and shoulders weakness. C5,C6,C7,C8 nerves under some pressure. I feel very anxious. In other words I am not managing the pain.
I live in Australia and have the same problems with the transport accident insurance not wanting to pay, delaying procedures approvals, underpaying for services and I have to pay for the gap even though I was a victim of a transport accident. This frustrates me a lot which in turn increases the pain. I feel that my doctors are useless because pain meds are the only thing offered. They haven't offered any therapies and my spine is deteriorating with time.
They are treating the symptoms but not the causes. I suppose that if your remove the cause you remove the pain. I am struggling daily. No social life, no watching movies, no driving. I feel isolated and helpless.
I hope that thing will improve for us both. I keep praying daily. 🙏
Best regards
Alfred
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Hi, I just joined after reading your first post. Do you have access to accupuncture? Maybe could help hold you over until you see the new specialist? I have tried it 3 different times/3 different providers over the years for sciatica and neck pain with minimal help until yesterday. I just started again yesterday and found this morning I had more movement when turning to the left. I went to this provider a few years ago and got some relief, but stopped when my mother had surgery and I had to spend a lot of time in her home. How much water are you drinking? Most non-allopathic providers emphasize hydration for overall health and the only way to nourish those areas without their own blood supply. One Dr I follow suggests half your weight in ounces. Multiply your weight in kg by 2.2. This will also help with constipation. Also most of us our deficient in Magnesium and this can cause headache, muscle tension and constipation and it is used for so many other things. I highly suggest Mg citrate for constipation and starting slow. Never use the oxide form for supplements as we cannot metabolize that cheap form well. I am pretty sure you have muscle tightness from the bracing from pain, etc. Also I would be calling the specialists office frequently looking to see if there have been cancellations.