Trapped nerve

ElephantBoy57

wazza99 said:

I can only say from current experience nerve pain (trapped or pinched) can reduce a man to tears, i have a trapped nerve in my lower back and from day 2 the pain can only be described as hell on earth.

It can be painfull, but only at times. If it is a trapped nerve, I am waiting a few more days, I have taken no action yet. I need to do more stretching exercises. I assume that is what an expert would recommend.

Aranyani

Katiehound said:

my suggestion would be to see if there is an osteopath or chiropractor in your area - phone them up- ask their advice. ( and no, good practioners don't automatically say they can help- if they can't!) It may well be that hands on manipulation would sort the problem- but it will cost you

I can't agree with this, these people are not real medical professionals, there is no evidence behind their so called 'treatments' and chiropractors in particular often do far more harm than good. 

For a health problem see a real doctor, and if what you need is therapy for a musculoskeletal problem then you want a registered physiotherapist to be the person providing it. 

Aranyani

ElephantBoy57 said:

wazza99 said:

I can only say from current experience nerve pain (trapped or pinched) can reduce a man to tears, i have a trapped nerve in my lower back and from day 2 the pain can only be described as hell on earth.

It can be painfull, but only at times. If it is a trapped nerve, I am waiting a few more days, I have taken no action yet. I need to do more stretching exercises. I assume that is what an expert would recommend.

Why are you assuming that?  An expert may want to take x rays, scans or perform nerve conduction tests. 

Katiehound

Aranyani said:

Katiehound said:

my suggestion would be to see if there is an osteopath or chiropractor in your area - phone them up- ask their advice. ( and no, good practioners don't automatically say they can help- if they can't!) It may well be that hands on manipulation would sort the problem- but it will cost you

I can't agree with this, these people are not real medical professionals, there is no evidence behind their so called 'treatments' and chiropractors in particular often do far more harm than good. 

For a health problem see a real doctor, and if what you need is therapy for a musculoskeletal problem then you want a registered physiotherapist to be the person providing it. 

You might not agree with it but osteopaths are registered and some work in Drs practices. I expect you think they are all charlatans!

From personal experience I can tell you that an osteopath got me walking when I had a 'dead' foot and finally by the time I saw the orthopedic consultant the problem was virtually solved. He remarked that whatever treatment I had had, had worked.
The osteopath was the last ditch attempt  as I had 'jumped through' all the hoops of the traditional medicine including physio & even traction.
Please don't be so dismissive of altenative therapies

What 'real' doctors know about backs particularly is pretty much.... not a lot!

Aranyani

Katiehound said:

Aranyani said:

Katiehound said:

my suggestion would be to see if there is an osteopath or chiropractor in your area - phone them up- ask their advice. ( and no, good practioners don't automatically say they can help- if they can't!) It may well be that hands on manipulation would sort the problem- but it will cost you

I can't agree with this, these people are not real medical professionals, there is no evidence behind their so called 'treatments' and chiropractors in particular often do far more harm than good. 

For a health problem see a real doctor, and if what you need is therapy for a musculoskeletal problem then you want a registered physiotherapist to be the person providing it. 

You might not agree with it but osteopaths are registered and some work in Drs practices. I expect you think they are all charlatans!

From personal experience I can tell you that an osteopath got me walking when I had a 'dead' foot and finally by the time I saw the orthopedic consultant the problem was virtually solved. He remarked that whatever treatment I had had, had worked.
The osteopath was the last ditch attempt  as I had 'jumped through' all the hoops of the traditional medicine including physio & even traction.
Please don't be so dismissive of altenative therapies

What 'real' doctors know about backs particularly is pretty much.... not a lot!

They are on their own osteopath only register.  If they were evidence based, accountable practitioners they would be registered with the HCPC like physiotherapists are. 

It was probably time that helped your back, although I do agree that waiting lists are too long and GPs can be too slow to refer to physio or to spinal surgeons (who know loads about backs actually.)

ElephantBoy57

Aranyani said:

Why are you assuming that?  An expert may want to take x rays, scans or perform nerve conduction tests. 

I did think it was just a trapped nerve, the longer it goes on, the less sure I am about that.

When I am in pain, I think about phoning the docs, its ok now, but I think I will phone the doc tomorrow.

Katiehound

Aranyani said:

Katiehound said:

Aranyani said:

Katiehound said:

my suggestion would be to see if there is an osteopath or chiropractor in your area - phone them up- ask their advice. ( and no, good practioners don't automatically say they can help- if they can't!) It may well be that hands on manipulation would sort the problem- but it will cost you

I can't agree with this, these people are not real medical professionals, there is no evidence behind their so called 'treatments' and chiropractors in particular often do far more harm than good. 

For a health problem see a real doctor, and if what you need is therapy for a musculoskeletal problem then you want a registered physiotherapist to be the person providing it. 

You might not agree with it but osteopaths are registered and some work in Drs practices. I expect you think they are all charlatans!

From personal experience I can tell you that an osteopath got me walking when I had a 'dead' foot and finally by the time I saw the orthopedic consultant the problem was virtually solved. He remarked that whatever treatment I had had, had worked.
The osteopath was the last ditch attempt  as I had 'jumped through' all the hoops of the traditional medicine including physio & even traction.
Please don't be so dismissive of altenative therapies

What 'real' doctors know about backs particularly is pretty much.... not a lot!

 

It was probably time that helped your back, although I do agree that waiting lists are too long and GPs can be too slow to refer to physio or to spinal surgeons (who know loads about backs actually.)

Absolutely not-  it was not time- time would have meant never walking again.
 I am not exaggerating
I could hardly move and the foot was dead, despite physio- utter waste of time.
The osteopath was the last ditch attempt and she did house visits x 2 a week for a while as I was unable to get to her clinic.

Conventional medicine does not know all the answers.

Aranyani

Katiehound said:

Aranyani said:

Katiehound said:

Aranyani said:

Katiehound said:

my suggestion would be to see if there is an osteopath or chiropractor in your area - phone them up- ask their advice. ( and no, good practioners don't automatically say they can help- if they can't!) It may well be that hands on manipulation would sort the problem- but it will cost you

I can't agree with this, these people are not real medical professionals, there is no evidence behind their so called 'treatments' and chiropractors in particular often do far more harm than good. 

For a health problem see a real doctor, and if what you need is therapy for a musculoskeletal problem then you want a registered physiotherapist to be the person providing it. 

You might not agree with it but osteopaths are registered and some work in Drs practices. I expect you think they are all charlatans!

From personal experience I can tell you that an osteopath got me walking when I had a 'dead' foot and finally by the time I saw the orthopedic consultant the problem was virtually solved. He remarked that whatever treatment I had had, had worked.
The osteopath was the last ditch attempt  as I had 'jumped through' all the hoops of the traditional medicine including physio & even traction.
Please don't be so dismissive of altenative therapies

What 'real' doctors know about backs particularly is pretty much.... not a lot!

 

It was probably time that helped your back, although I do agree that waiting lists are too long and GPs can be too slow to refer to physio or to spinal surgeons (who know loads about backs actually.)

Conventional medicine does not know all the answers.

Of course not, but to suggest that osteopathy knows something that medicine doesn't?  

Anyway, I'm glad you're feeling better. 

teddysmum

wazza99 said:

I can only say from current experience nerve pain (trapped or pinched) can reduce a man to tears, i have a trapped nerve in my lower back and from day 2 the pain can only be described as hell on earth. No way would any OTC pain killer touch it. I've had two weeks on Amtitriptyline, co-codamal and Diazepan none of which helped, i'm now on Pregabalin and Tramadol again which barely touch it. To live a life in this pain would be unthinkable. So there you have what a trapped nerve can feel like.

Snap. I had a month of over the phone GP diagnosis of sciatica ,which last time was sorted with doubling my Tramadol, taken for (thoracic herniated discs), and adding Duloxetine, which the GP doubled on this occasion. It did nothing leaving me with leg pain enough to make me cry, then exactly a month on, I sat on the side of a bed, to drink some tea, then put my left foot to the floor and felt the worst pain, all over my leg ,I have ever felt, causing me to literally scream and scream. 
A&E diagnosed a massively herniated disc and added Pregabalin and Paracetamol, so 5 months on I am on 4 drugs at highest recommended dose, which cleared the pain when taken every 6 hours, unless I do something, like stand to wash my hair. The decision was to see if my herniation would self destroy as some do.
Mine clearly hasn't, so as pain is seeping through, even with the meds (which could cause high dependence) , I have put on a lot of weight and have lost hair (known side effects of Pregabalin), I'm going to have to remind the consultant that I'm still here, because I absolutely dread a repeat of pain which felt like muscle being peeled from bone.

ElephantBoy57

teddysmum said:

Snap. I had a month of over the phone GP diagnosis of sciatica ,which last time was sorted with doubling my Tramadol, taken for (thoracic herniated discs), and adding Duloxetine, which the GP doubled on this occasion.

I did end up phoning the doctor. She recommended strong anti inflamatory pain killers and a drug to settle my stomach. I prefer not to take pain killers, so I didnt get any.

She also said that she would refer me to the physio; this and for something else, I havnt heard from the physio. The pain and symptoms have lessened, but still there.