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Back Neck and Spinal Pain
Spinal pain and neck pain are commonly experienced. These can be a result of muscle strain or infection, which eventually heal with time. However, prolonged pain may be an indication of a serious health problem.
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What causes back pain and you can not walk?
Depending on the kind of pain (sharp, down the back of your legs or pain that goes around the side of one or both legs (sound familiar?), if you can't walk and the pain is such you're looking for someone to put you out of your misery, then you likely have a disk herniation in the lower lumbar area.
Pain down the back of the legs is usually a herniation at L5/S1 vertebrae or L4/L5; pain that goes around the side of the leg and terminates at the inside of the knee is between L3/L4 or L4/L5. The specific nerve pain you feel and where it is can be traced to specific disks.
First, don't sleep on your back or your stomach - those are the worst positions for your spine. Sitting also aggravates it, as does lifting anything over a couple of pounds.
After that, try and sleep on your side; put one pillow in front (by your chest so you can hug it) and one behind you so you can't roll over either way. Put a larger pillow or cushion between your legs that's big enough to keep your legs parallel with each other. This will take the pressure off the hips and the lower back. Make sure you've got a decent pillow to support your neck also.
If that's still uncomfortable or you can only sleep on your back, the other solution is to sleep on your back with a cushion under your legs/knees so that the pressure on the small of your back is reduced (it should be flat against the bed),
If you still can't get comfortable, grab a blanket and pillow and head for the living room. Lie down in front of your couch, and slide your butt up against the front of it, putting your legs on the couch seat (sitting position but on your back). This will take all the pressure off your back; though it's a hard surface, it is comfortable if you've got back pain that's bad enough.
If it persists more than 3 days, you need to see your doctor. Until then, stay off your feet and lie down; sitting and standing also puts pressure on the lower spine and aggravates it.
As far as the pain, in addition to bedrest and getting pressure off the spine, reducing inflammation is the next step. If you don't have any prescription anti-inflammatories, you can use OTC meds to do the same thing. 2 of my favorites when I don't feel like using Percocet or Demerol tablets for my own back problems, which are severe. I use several OTC meds that work pretty well:
Aleve - Naproxen in non-prescription form. If you can get prescription Napoxen get it (500mg). If not, 2 Aleve is 440mg, which is close enough.
Bayer Back and Body Aspirin
Tylenol Rapid Release Gelcaps
Flexeril helps with muscle spasms - ask your doctor for a prescription. In a pinch, Benadryl will also help relax you.
Before you see a doctor, track your pain in a diary. Note the location (draw a simple diagram of your back and indicate where it is) the kind of pain you have (sharp, dull, tingly, needles and pins, burning, etc.), the severity of the pain (1 = hardly any, 10=please kill me or knock me out now), the time of day, the date, and what you were doing when it started or increased. Note pain beginnings and increases. At the top of the diary, note when the pain began and if you did anything before it started (accident, lifted something, unbelievable sex, etc.). Make sure you bring it with you to your doctor.
NEVER ask a doctor up front for prescription painkillers; you run the real risk of being taken lightly as many doctors will just think you're faking it trying to get pain meds. Of course real pain is difficult to fake, and having a pain diary will go a long way to show you're serious about your pain and getting it under control. Let your doctor suggest it first.
Lastly, a Thermophore Pad works wonders. If you get one, get the original Standard 14"x27" pad with the switch you have to hold (unless you have arthritic hands).
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I wish your question was more specific because right off the bat it sounds scary.Are you exercising really hard?Are you elderly and have an accompanied left arm pain? Are you or have you recently been ill with asthma, phemonia, bronchitis...etc? How long has this been happening? I hope you are still Live if you asked thisan hour ago. Since it is accompanied with pain I would quickly get off the internet and at least call your Dr. if not the ER!!!
What causes sudden shocking and paralyzing pain from neck up through the tongue?
possibly a blown out disk. It is probably best to go see a chiropractor. Ask if they practice Gonstead Chiropractic, it is the most accurate way of adjusting.
There are many things that can cause back pain:
Sore back muscles, facet joint irritation, synovial impingement, torn ligaments, scoliosis, herniation, anterolisthesis, stenosis, fracture, cancer
And sometimes there is no known reason, in which case it is called idiopathic back pain.
Is back pain and spotting and clear stuff a sign of pregnancy?
No. Sounds like PMS. What day of your cycle are you in? If you are around day 14-28 most likely it is PMS. Stay off the sugar, junk food, and coffee it will help with the bloating and back pain.
Disc are the cushions in-between the bones in your back they have a tough outside with a jelly like inside. Think of them as the shock absorbers in your back.
Extrusion means to push out. Disc extrusion is a fancy way of saying that the disc is squeezed out of the spot that the doc thinks it should be in.
T7-T8… the bones of your spine are numbered. To make it confusing for all of us non-medical people they are broken up into regions: cervical (neck), thoracic (back) and lumbar (lower back). Instead of numbering the disc also (which to me would make it clearer) they label the disc by what bones it sits between. Therefore, disc T7-T8 is the one between the thoracic bones 7 and 8.
Midline is the middle of your body if you split yourself in half at the midline you wood slice through the center of your nose top to bottom in between your chest through your belly button, etc. You would be cleaved with one arm and one leg in each piece of you.
Superior and inferior are just medical jargon for the stuff that is on the top (superior) and bottom (inferior) if you are standing upright.
Myelomalacia is softening of the spinal cord.
To put it all together you have a disc that is pushed out in the middle of the body on the top and the bottom between the bones T7 and T8 with mild thinning and softening of the spinal cord.
What types of herbs should you take for lower back pain?
Chinese Ge Gen has been said to help with lower back pain by increasing the flow through the sciatica. It includes a combination of herbs with the main ingredient being the root Pueraria Mirifica.
How Does alchaol affect your kidneys to create back pain?
You will start sweating badly and have farting diseases. So take Viagra to cure the problem.
This is not enough information, but a good guess is muscle spasms.
Does puridone fix your chronic back pain?
Yes, however the only way it will work for certain is if you crush it up and then "plug" it with about 50ml water. By plug I mean shoot it in your rectum
Can eating too many almonds cause lower back pain?
No, it may be a sign of a kidney infection or kidney stones. You may want to be checked out by a doctor.
The primary reason in it is a longer acting drug. It is also chemically different than AlprazoLAM. Valium is DiazePAM. The LAM's are typically shorter acting than the PAM's. I don't want to blow your mind with the chemistry aspects of these 2 compounds. So I will end it here.
Could be a lot of things and should probably be looked at by a doctor. This is not the place for a diagnosis. May be a pulled muscle, may be pneumonia or a partially collapsed lung. Left side could be heart attack or blockage. Best to get it checked out before it becomes serious or deadly.
If you have lower back pain and your neck and hands are numb are they associated together?
Yes, depending on the specific nerve(s) in the spine that are being compressed. A condition in the spinal column called "subluxation" is a common cause for this kind of problem. See a good Chiropractor for a great fix at a reasonable price.
They are not related, but you neck pain is definitely affecting your numbness in your hands/neck. This may not be something for a chiropractor as this is causing radiculopathy (something is compressing a nerve). Chiropractors are great at relieving neck pain caused by tightness, but may not be the best for treating radicular nerve pain. Go see an orthopedic doctor or a physiatrist for a proper diagnosis and they will likely send you to physical therapy.
You have an IUD and have been having stomach pains and lower back pains could you be pregnant?
you could be but you need to get to the dr, and get an ultra sound
ITS POSSIBLE THE IUD JUST SHIFTED YOU NEED TO SEE YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT IT
How is a bulging disc in the neck treated having pain from head to toe will surgery be required?
Alternate heat and ice treatments. A heating pad will help. You might need a new pillow. They say my pillow is good but i dont have one. Try sleeping on your side then switch to the other side.
I disagree with the last answer. I felt my last pregnancy from conception. A "fluttering" feeling for 3 days then cramping which I had never experienced after ovulation when not trying to conceive. I know this after charting my cycles for months prior. Unfortunately I miscarried at 5 weeks. I am currently hoping that I am pregnant again, experiencing the same feeling. I know it is tiny, but some woman are super sensitive to changes in their bodies so you can't rule it out completely. Best of luck x
I would say this has to do with ovulation.
Around the time of ovulation (about day 10-14 on a 28 day cycle) you will find your cervical mucus is clear and you feel very "wet" in your vagina area. The cervical mucus aids conception by keeping the sperm alive. You will find this mucus is very slippery and stretchy.
When you are not ovulating, your mucus will usually be white/cream colour and your vagina area will feel "dryer". This mucus is sticky rather than slippery. It is toxic to sperm.
The lower back pain could have to do with ovulation. Some women have pain similar to menstrual pain while ovulating.
What pain medications are safe to take while pregnant I have terrible back pains?
Talk to your OB, in the second trimester mine prescribed a pain med that gave some relief.Atleast to help sleep.
What causes sharp pain to the left side and lower back and radiates to the testicles?
appendix or kidney infection.
