Your Back Pain Cause And Cure Guide

got a hiatus hernia cant eat properly its really upsey my xmas as ive not eaten well. i have medicine but not workin

The medication that you are taking for your Hiatal Hernia may need to be increased in dosage or you may need another. There are many so it won’t be a problem to find the right one. I hope you will take care of this quickly as it can potentialy cause Barrett’s Disease this is when the lining of the esphogaus is burned away by the recurring acid reflux. I found out to late that I had had a Hiatal Hernia and it had caused this disease. You are lucky in that you know that you have it and it is being treated but, you obviously need something changed in regards to the medication that you are taking.

about 2 nights ago my middle back started hurting really bad, i was up all night crying, no matter what i did i could not get it to stop! the pain persisted through the next day, getting to points where i couldnt stand and was wiggling around on the floor screaming. that night the pain began radiating to my stomache, and then sometimes into my chest and then would stop. i woke up this morning and the pain is now mostly in my abdomen under my rib cage on the left side but is still radiating to my back. the pain is very severe. ive tried everything from pepto bismol, gasx, ibuprofen, dayquil (because the pain in my back feels like my lungs) and tylenol pm. when i take them altogether the pain seems to ease up but doesnt go away altogether, what is this? should i ride it out a while longer?

When you have severe abdominal pain of unknown origin which radiates to and from the back can be serious. If you do not have a family doctor or internal medicine specialist, go to the ER …. when you are hurting. The abdomen houses many different organs and they can often mimic one another, making diagnosis difficult.

I have chronic pancreatitis and that is how my symptoms began. I was in so much pain and unable to get comfortable, I was flailing myself from the bed to couch to floor and back again, until the ambulance arrived.

Identifying the cause of the severe abdominal pain is essential for early intervention and treatment, if a better outcome is desired. Unfortunately, many lab tests will not show up until later on in any disease process. Be persistent. Abdominal pain of unknown origin is not normal. And, when you try to self medicate to get out of pain, all it can do is mask your symptoms, making it more difficult for the doctor to diagnosis you.

I would like your opinions please!

I have been seeing a Chiropractor for three years now for L5/S1 prolapse with nerve pain left leg, and degenerated discs L5/S1 and L4/L5. It helps with the stiffness and pain, but I am wondering if it may have made my leg numbness worse – augh!

Has anyone else got any advice on Chiropractic treatment with disc problems like this? What were your experiences? What did you do to find some relief from the sciatic pain?

I was in bad shape and could barely get from my bed to the restroom with the L-5, S-1 problem. I got the dvd, beginning yoga with Rodney Yee Am and Pm yoga I believe. I did only the Morning yoga part. I also began walking in place on one of those mini trampolines. I started using Knox gelatin bone and joint stuff from the pharmacy.

I started walking on the mini tramp for 5 minutes a day and worked up to one hour in about 2 months time. It is a lot of work, but I can walk now without being in pain and no longer see a chiropractor. It was a long slow process, but I had nothing to lose as I couldn’t move without pain.

I also took colloidal minerals and ate a mostly vegetarian diet.

Most chiropractors recommend a healthy diet with exercises.

I still do the Rodney Yee video when my back starts acting up. Then I start back to walking on the tramp. It doesn’t shock the back as much as walking on the road.

You will not believe how much better you will feel.

Have had a slipped disc and as I get oder the pain never really goes away. I don’t want to use conventional NSAIDs as I had nephritis twice as a child. Now I notice I’m also getting a pain in my hip joint when I lie on it. I’d like to know if there are natural remedies that work for relief of chronic pain.

* Lie on your back with your knees bent. Keep your back in a neutral position — not overly arched and not pressed into the floor. Avoid tilting your hips up.
* Cough to activate your core muscles. Holding the contraction in your abdominal muscles, raise your hips off the floor.
* Align your hips with your knees and shoulders. Hold this position and take three deep breaths — or for about five to eight seconds.
* Return to the start position and repeat. For a challenge, try alternately extending one knee while maintaining the bridge position.

This actually works. Breathing and alignment plus the movement is an excellent home remedy. Hope this helps. Good luck.

For the last few months, I’ve had constant pain in my upper middle stomach, and sometimes cramps in my lower stomach. I also have a dry cough, pale face, and loss of energy. My stomach feels bloated all the time, not just after I eat something.
I’ve been to the doctor like three times, and he’s done urine samples, blood tests, xrays and ultrasounds but can’t find anything wrong yet. At one point he thought maybe I am constipated? lol. Do you think he could be right? I’ve been trying to drink more water and eat more fibre, but still don’t feel any better yet. I’m going to make another dr.’s appt. tomorrow.
The pain is usually pretty dull..it’s not seve or sharp pains or anything. I just feel bloated or like something’s putting pressure on my stomach.
By "seve" I meant severe lol…
I’m not pregnant either.

Could be several things and u need more tests to find out. Dont let your dr just tell u that u are constipated. Tell him to prove it! You shouldnt have to be uncomfortable..u know your body best..if this isnt normal for u then find out why. First thing comes to my mind, is celiac disease…that can cause that bloated feeling and it can make u anemic (even tho the blood tests look normal) and that will make u tired. Or it could be ulcers or any number of things. U need to insist on tests. You can get an upper GI, an endoscopy or even a colonoscopy. Drs certainly dont know everything.

I’ve had 2 epidural steroid injections so far for a herniated disc at L5-S1. After the 2nd injection, I felt GREAT for about 3 weeks. Though I am getting facial hair and having irregular menstrual cycle because of the injections. Two days ago, I slept on my stomach for about 1 hr; I woke up in so much pain! The pain totally came back. I can’t believe that sleeping on my stomach would have such a crazy impact. The problem totally came back

I am frustrated. I had numerous physical therapy sessions, icing, stretching, ESIs, anti-inflammatory (arthotec), oxcycodone, flexeril, now. It’s been 4 months of treatments, etc…. I am swimming, walking, too… Any one has other suggestions? Should I go to a chiropractor?

I am getting all sorts of side effects from the anti-inflammatory and oxcycodone…. : ~( The only thing that agrees with me is the muscle relaxer…

Should I go to a chiropractor? I want to avoid a surgery.

Thanks in advance!

The fact that sleeping on your stomach aggravated your symptoms so much suggests that something, maybe the disc, maybe a joint is being pinched in the extended position, which sleeping on your stomach facilitates. It’s also possible that if you weren’t totally flat, you could have had a sustained rotation as well and that can increase stress on your back.

You need a thorough biomechanical evaluation of your low back and pelvis which could be accomplished by a physical therapist who is trained in manual therapy or by a DO (i.e., osteopath). A chiropractor may be beneficial but rotary thrusting manipulations are often not successful with disc herniations that impinge on the covering of the spinal cord or spinal nerves.

However, patients often come in with one complaint, back pain, but they have more than one cause. In other words, the herniation may be accompanied by joint restrictions in the low back and pelvis that produce inflammation and pain. These may be treated by: 1) specialized techniques that don’t involve thrusting; 2) specialized exercises that are specific to the problem; and 3) a thrusting manipulation may be indicated.

The biomechanical evaluation involves observing and palpating (feeling) joint motion during and at the extremes of motion. An experienced therapist can tell when the joint is restricted in certain motions. The restriction alters movement pattarns which in turn produces inflammation and pain.

I’m assuming you’ve had all the appropriate diagnostic imaging studies, which are good at finding the herniation, but don’t give information about the biomechanics.

If the biomechanics turn out to be normal, then you’re faced with a decision: 1) live with it until it resolves by itself over time, and it will; 2) have surgery. It’s a tough decision that only you can make.

Good luck and God bless.

I have a chronic pain in my sholder and do not want to get addicted to perscription pain killers. What’s the best over the counter pain relief I should try? The pain hurts constantly and I cry almost every day.

Which shoulder is it in ? Left or Right ? And do you have any other heath issues or are taking medicines for anything ? Give your details for an appropriate answer please !
Take care and God Bless you !

I have 2 herniated disc along with a degenerative disc in my lower back. L5 and L6 to be exact. All of which is causing Sciatica. I have tried everything. Physical therapy, nerve block/injections, acupunture and chro just to name a few.I am a severe asthmatic and thus suffer from a wide range of allergies, one of which is NSAID’s e.g Motrin, Advil etc. Being allergic to antiinflammatory meds is a big problem when it comes to controlling pain since I can’t take them and that is the primary treatment for my problem. I am only 41 years old, I refuse any type of invasive treatment, so that leaves me with 2 options #1 spend the rest of my life in severe pain eventually becoming less and less functional #2 which is highly recommended by my pain managementt team and my orthopedist, and that is to take narcotic pain meds for an extended amount of time. Heres the problem I am TERRIFIED of becoming addicted . We all hear the horror stories. I would be monitered closely. What should I do?

Oh Boy! Do I ever understand your problem!
I have functional disabilities of the spine all the way down due to degenerative osteoarthritis.

I, too, have worried about addiction and refuse to take anything that will cause it over a long period of ingestion.
I have an Osteopath and a Chiropractor, both, plus I am one of a group of persons who is a total believer in Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). I just don’t like having the options out of control.

I took only herbals until it got to the point where they could not handle the pain problem. Then I was diagnosed, like I already didn’t know it, disabled, last year. My problems had gone on for years.

I finally faced the fact that I would need pain medication and I spoke to the Osteopath and he prescribed the lowest dosage of a medication and a muscle relaxant. I take it as needed because the pain varies from mild to intense. I’ve been on it for six months now and am not having problems with it. And I’m happy to say, no signs of addiction either. It is an opioid and I am monitored. I did not want to take Vicodin or anything like it.

It may be that your pain is more intense and you couldn’t take something like this, but at least, discuss it with your pain management team. And, don’t be afraid. It’s something you have to do to remain as functional as you can, for a long as you can.

Also, I take tumeric as an anit-inflammatory. Ask about whether or not you could take it with your asthma. This is an alternative and make sure it is thoroughly researched by your pain management team before they give you an answer.

Good Luck!

I suffered for at least 12 years with low back pain severity that my relationships have all but ceased.I never go out anymore, no movies, no fishing or hunting. I really dont drive my 4X4 anymore, for fun anyway.I used to produce clay art pieces and draw,paint,sculpt.My temper is so short and my responses to others great successes are so subdued.Chronic pain can be so disastrous,if I get sent back i’m going to stay off of ice and stairs.My coccyx hurts all the time now and my diks are problematic.Hard work can be restorative, bless the toilers.Hoping the numbers regarding cost and frequency can be turned around.I would’nt wish this onto the least significant.

Inversion Table… I have one for my back pain and it works wonders

Here are some specifics:
1) Dull pain which she has had for over two years in her upper right abdomen.
2) Eating does not seem to make the pain in her right side worse. The pain does not seem to follow any eating pattern.
3) Joint pain in the hips shoulders, neck and back which is worse in the mornings. At times she classifies is as severe.
4) An Arthritis test came back as negative.
5) Red itchy rash on her arms, legs and chest when exposed to extended periods of sunlight.
6) Fatigued all the time.
7) Passed a Hida-Scan to test the gall bladder with an 87% evacuation rate. From an article online, anything > 35% would be acceptable.
Missed or late periods for almost every month for the last year.
9) Had a colonoscopy and upper GI performed last Friday with no problems detected.
10) Weight gain of almost 30 pounds in the last year. She has stopped working out due to the abdominal pain which I am certain contributed to the problem.
11) Lowgrade fever in the 99-100 range.
12) Elevated Sed Rate of 49. A subsequent test was at 35 with 20 being the max for the normal range.
13) Swollen lymph nodes in her abdomen which was detected in a CT scan (listed as mild mesenteric adentis on the report)
14) RBC and HCT count was low on 6/3/09.

She went back to her family physician today who is sending her to a Rheaumatologist for the joint pain but did not have a recommendation for the abdominal pain. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!.

Thank you VERY much for the question. I’m sorry to hear about your wife’s illness.

First, some philosophical points.

In medicine, things are not always what they to appear to be. This phenomenon has been born out a plethora of times dating all the way back to Dr. Osler himself.

Further, in medicine, there are two competing approaches to diagnosis. The first is Occam’s Razor: all things being equal, the simplest explanation is likely to be the correct one. That is to say, a single unifying diagnosis is the most plausible and likely the correct and only one. The second approach is entrenched in what is called Saint’s Triad: more than one disease process may be responsible for the presenting illness.

So, which philosophy do internists, pediatricians, etc., take in the process of differential diagnosis? Well, that is highly dependent on the intelligence, experience, and acumen of the individual clinician.

Without knowing all the facts, I suspect that your wife’s abdominal pain is the NOTmain problem. Her pain may simply be a manifestsation of the problem (Occam’s Razor) or problems (Saint’s Triad). Often, clincians are fooled by the fallacy that a symptom or sign MUST be originating from the geographical organ system. Not true . . . ohhhh, so not true . . .

Based on the information that you’ve provided (thank you), I suspect that the abdominal pain is not visceral per se, but is being caused by either a systemic inflammatory process, (i.e., autoimmune disease, paraneoplastic syndrome) or a metabolic syndrome (i.e., acute intermittent porphyria) or an infectious process.

There are several salient features in your wife’s case, but the one that intrigues (and worries) me the most is PHOTOSENSITIVITY, which has a limited differential diagnosis. But what immediately comes to mind is systemic lupus erythematosis and acute intermittent porphyria.

If I may ask for additional details,

1. How old is your wife?
2. Does she have any oral or canker sores?
3. Does her urine change color when the abdominal pain strikes?
4. Is her serum calcium normal?
5. Has she been evaluated for primary hyperparathyroidism?