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Chiropractic VS physical therapy----NEED ANSWERS PLEASE!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Signorina" data-source="post: 506202"><p>Oh hun - I am so sorry you are feeling so bad.</p><p></p><p>My h has a really bad back and has had the best success with seeing a pain specialist to treat the pain and a PT to get rid of this issues causing the pain. Epidural cortisone has always worked well for him in combo with the PT.</p><p></p><p>And I am only writing anecdotal thru my H's experience - but he's completely thrown out his back 3 times in the 20 years or so we've been married. Excruciating, flat on his back for weeks bad. IIRC, the discs bulge and leak and then press on the nerves & the tissues and which gets inflamed and causes the muscle to spasm The first step in addressing the problem has always been to treat the muscle spasms and reduce the inflammation. A PT can't do much good unless the inflammation has gone down. Then the PT addresses whatever it is that had gone wonky to get the discs back under control. (can you tell I have no medical background?)</p><p></p><p>H does a great job with self care - at the first sign of twinges - he starts taking the anti-inflammatory and he does the exercises he learned at PT. He is desperately trying to avoid surgery on his back. He has also had an emergency nerve block when the pain has been intense just for relief.</p><p></p><p>I think PT is probably your best shot since you need it for your knee as well and hopefully they will work in conjunction with your dr to get you the right medications in combo with the PT. My H likes the mega rx (800mg?) ibuprofen to relieve the inflammation as well as some pain - but he will take the heavy duty pain medications in the acute phase. Between those and the anti-spasmodic he is pretty loopy. He prefers to go straight to the epidural cortisone rather than do l/t RX therapy. But that's just him. We have teens in the house, so we don't like having those medications around.</p><p></p><p>Also want to add that the first time his back got really bad, he was having hip problems as well. When he couldn't take it anymore (Typical 30 yo man) he finally went to the ortho. Turned out he had a hip imbalance because he had been favoring his back while ambulating which threw out his hip. So - I think your instinct about your knee causing the back pain is right on.</p><p></p><p>I hope you get some relief soon. {{{hugs}}}</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Signorina, post: 506202"] Oh hun - I am so sorry you are feeling so bad. My h has a really bad back and has had the best success with seeing a pain specialist to treat the pain and a PT to get rid of this issues causing the pain. Epidural cortisone has always worked well for him in combo with the PT. And I am only writing anecdotal thru my H's experience - but he's completely thrown out his back 3 times in the 20 years or so we've been married. Excruciating, flat on his back for weeks bad. IIRC, the discs bulge and leak and then press on the nerves & the tissues and which gets inflamed and causes the muscle to spasm The first step in addressing the problem has always been to treat the muscle spasms and reduce the inflammation. A PT can't do much good unless the inflammation has gone down. Then the PT addresses whatever it is that had gone wonky to get the discs back under control. (can you tell I have no medical background?) H does a great job with self care - at the first sign of twinges - he starts taking the anti-inflammatory and he does the exercises he learned at PT. He is desperately trying to avoid surgery on his back. He has also had an emergency nerve block when the pain has been intense just for relief. I think PT is probably your best shot since you need it for your knee as well and hopefully they will work in conjunction with your dr to get you the right medications in combo with the PT. My H likes the mega rx (800mg?) ibuprofen to relieve the inflammation as well as some pain - but he will take the heavy duty pain medications in the acute phase. Between those and the anti-spasmodic he is pretty loopy. He prefers to go straight to the epidural cortisone rather than do l/t RX therapy. But that's just him. We have teens in the house, so we don't like having those medications around. Also want to add that the first time his back got really bad, he was having hip problems as well. When he couldn't take it anymore (Typical 30 yo man) he finally went to the ortho. Turned out he had a hip imbalance because he had been favoring his back while ambulating which threw out his hip. So - I think your instinct about your knee causing the back pain is right on. I hope you get some relief soon. {{{hugs}}} [/QUOTE]
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