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Hey Doug, You mention sciatic pain. Is this shooting or stabbing pain in the buttock or...
(narrowing of the spinal canal) or scoliosis ... Those conditions usually require surgery ... fix your problem before suggesting surgery ... I had one surgery for my lumbar spine
Discussion: Physiotherapy?
Posted: Jun 22, 2024
I'm so sorry plumber. Damn, fusion surgery just terrifies me because of these stories. I don't...
Damn, fusion surgery just terrifies ... Any orthopedic surgery is gonna involve ... - the least invasive type of back surgery ... great, but for the first week after surgery ... I've got lumbar stenosis, scoliosis
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jun 10, 2024
Wow, “a very painful death;” that’s extreme. Surgery is usually the last resort. Would your sister...
Surgery is usually the last resort. ... To answer your question, I’ve had surgery ... for scoliosis—it was a spinal fusion ... curve was categorized as “severe,” so surgery ... The risks to this kind of surgery increase
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jun 3, 2024
Hi skijag, I don't know the severity of your problem. I had spinal stenosis (narrowing of...
spinal canal), ruptured disc at L5/S1, scoliosis ... Laminotomy is the least invasive spine surgery ... strong core is protecting me from surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: May 27, 2024
Hi BeBold - Damn I'm sorry for what you're going through. I've had sciatica problems on...
My lumbar spine has scoliosis, it curves ... Nothing he could do for the scoliosis ... date on advances in spine health and surgery ... new surgeon said that if I did need surgery
clairemcl Good luck to you and blessings! I am facing similar surgery soon, stainless steel rods...
I am facing similar surgery soon, stainless ... vertebrae for severe, sudden-unset scoliosis ... am 72 years old and although this surgery ... according to my surgeon, my life without surgery
@sb4ca I noticed your comment about carpal tunnel pain waking you up. I wanted to share...
I know you're mentioning scoliosis ... I have also had carpal tunnel surgery ... Myofascial Release is often better than a surgery ... a slight thoracic "functional scoliosis
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Mar 18, 2024
I'm seeing the ortho who did my cervical fusions. In a follow-up appointment, maybe a year...
They did x-rays and told me I had scoliosis ... severe in my right that I had to have surgery
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Mar 17, 2024
Do you still have your foot drop? I had no idea what it was. I only...
Have they told you you need surgery? ... #34;severe" I've had to have surgery ... I also have scoliosis from that.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Mar 15, 2024
My sister was totally bent over even though she had surgery 10 years previously. She had...
totally bent over even though she had surgery ... never seen anyone so afflicted with scoliosis
Posted: Feb 1, 2024
Thanks for your information too. I have scoliosis and had a Kyroplasty done also. Kyroplasty was...
I have scoliosis and had a Kyroplasty ... the Pain Management doctor did the surgery ... No doctor update after surgery either
Posted: Jan 29, 2024
Unfortunately, the cause of the pain is not typically in the xrays, whether plain films, CT...
Every surgery, almost anywhere in the ... does, a usual cause for failed back surgery ... works well for correcting a moderate scoliosis
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jan 1, 2024
I, too, have what my neurologist said was Peripheral Neuropathy. Thankfully, I don’t have pain, only...
also add that I have a history of scoliosis ... for which I’ve had seven surgeries… ... on the left side (the site of the scoliosis ... have to think it’s because of all the surgeries ... My hip surgery ended up leaving one
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Dec 25, 2023
I’m in FL, and have struggled with pain in my lumbar region over 15 years, from...
region over 15 years, from all the surgeries ... I’ve had for scoliosis, undiagnosed ... don’t know if I can undergo one more surgery
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Sep 30, 2023
I am reading about the relief of pain and wishing I could believe it is a...
could believe it is a solution, I had surgery ... This surgery was the only one I allowed ... Neurosurgeon to do, even though I have severe scoliosis ... After my surgery I had relief and that ... was done. fast forward she had surgery
I have had serious pain issues in my neck and upper body. Though this started long...
I’ve had 3 surgeries in 2022 and have ... to be on meds because when I need surgery ... top I learned I now have significant scoliosis ... I’ll probably get to a point where surgery ... that and that’s a really painful back surgery
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Sep 9, 2023