Chronic and Worsening Pain
Never meant this to be a chronical of despair.
I've had worsening sciatic pain in the right leg (and sometimes, and now more frequently, on the left in the big thigh muscle in front) along with pain in the right shoulder joint which radiates into the biceps. An issue related or not to the shoulder pain is tenderness and radiating pain from the right elbow joint, then some bilateral numbness in my hands, usually at night when I'm trying to go to sleep. I went to my regular doctor in the middle of October and he's prescribed a muscle relaxer and something else (which I haven't filled yet, but will with the next paycheck).
So far the doctor hasn't diagnosed fibromyalgia, and I agree with him. Conservative chiropractic's effect is interesting, and helps a bit, but not enough to relieve the constant discomfort or the sharp pain that makes me want to cry out (or at least grimace frightfully).
I have a session with the local chiropractor's office today, which will be the fourth visit and probably my last at this practitioner's office. The focus has been on my low back, where there's nerve root compression and a possible PARS defect on the right - but except for one session of joint movement for my right shoulder and arm, that area has been pretty much ignored. So there's some lessening of the leg distress (not much but some) and the arm and shoulder pain is that much worse by comparison. Massage is not a modality covered under my insurance or the parameters of her practice, so I'm out of luck. (I can't even afford to fix my bike, much less pay $40 per session for a massage on my right shoulder and arm.)
I'd much rather get treated with Michael Vesely and Edana in West Los Angeles, but with no transportation at all, the distance is prohibitive as well as the cost of trying to get there. I know any of my prior treating chiropractors would be more effective than this Long Beach gal. I understand the focus of her practice and philosophy - if I was looking for a gentle, long-term therapy to restore cervical, thoracic and lumbar lordosis, she would definitely be my first choice. But for alleviation of severe and chronic pain? No.....
One-half a Vicodin first thing in the morning is NOT a good sign, nor is its minimal effect on the pain in my upper arm muscle, neck and shoulder.
I've tried piraformis stretches, but they're not having any immediate effect, either.
My complaints about my boss have been colored by this constant haze of pain through which I wade every day. Her antics and idiosyncracies would be slightly more bearable if the assignments required less research time, both internal and external (internet). This aspect of my work has little to do with her, and more with organizational disarray!
Okay, enough rant. Time to change legs for the piraformis stretch now to the left leg.
I've had worsening sciatic pain in the right leg (and sometimes, and now more frequently, on the left in the big thigh muscle in front) along with pain in the right shoulder joint which radiates into the biceps. An issue related or not to the shoulder pain is tenderness and radiating pain from the right elbow joint, then some bilateral numbness in my hands, usually at night when I'm trying to go to sleep. I went to my regular doctor in the middle of October and he's prescribed a muscle relaxer and something else (which I haven't filled yet, but will with the next paycheck).
So far the doctor hasn't diagnosed fibromyalgia, and I agree with him. Conservative chiropractic's effect is interesting, and helps a bit, but not enough to relieve the constant discomfort or the sharp pain that makes me want to cry out (or at least grimace frightfully).
I have a session with the local chiropractor's office today, which will be the fourth visit and probably my last at this practitioner's office. The focus has been on my low back, where there's nerve root compression and a possible PARS defect on the right - but except for one session of joint movement for my right shoulder and arm, that area has been pretty much ignored. So there's some lessening of the leg distress (not much but some) and the arm and shoulder pain is that much worse by comparison. Massage is not a modality covered under my insurance or the parameters of her practice, so I'm out of luck. (I can't even afford to fix my bike, much less pay $40 per session for a massage on my right shoulder and arm.)
I'd much rather get treated with Michael Vesely and Edana in West Los Angeles, but with no transportation at all, the distance is prohibitive as well as the cost of trying to get there. I know any of my prior treating chiropractors would be more effective than this Long Beach gal. I understand the focus of her practice and philosophy - if I was looking for a gentle, long-term therapy to restore cervical, thoracic and lumbar lordosis, she would definitely be my first choice. But for alleviation of severe and chronic pain? No.....
One-half a Vicodin first thing in the morning is NOT a good sign, nor is its minimal effect on the pain in my upper arm muscle, neck and shoulder.
I've tried piraformis stretches, but they're not having any immediate effect, either.
My complaints about my boss have been colored by this constant haze of pain through which I wade every day. Her antics and idiosyncracies would be slightly more bearable if the assignments required less research time, both internal and external (internet). This aspect of my work has little to do with her, and more with organizational disarray!
Okay, enough rant. Time to change legs for the piraformis stretch now to the left leg.
posted by Mary at 7:18 AM
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