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Zanaflex/Tizanidine side effects and also pain rel...

Hi group, I went to the neurologist today and ruled out MS ( I didn't think I had it) and...

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Reply: please help...need advice about pain!!!

Hi HAdams27 Sorry you are going through all this. I am skeptical about fibromyalgia it...

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Reply: low back pain for 4+ years

Hi Coachjmoore. I assume you have had a MRI? If not I would have that done to be sure there...

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5 Replies | Reply | Watch This DiscussionReport This| Share this:low back pain for 4+ years Hi Coachjmoore. I assume you have had a MRI? If not I would have that done to be sure there...

Reply: I need to know if TRAMADOL ORAL is a NON-NARCOTIC ...

From my understanding after having read the pack insert it is a non-narcotic moderate pain...

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Reply: I need to know if TRAMADOL ORAL is a NON-NARCOTIC ...

Yes it is a non narcotic pain reliever. It is additive though. It took me 5 days to get rid...

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10 Replies | Reply | Watch This DiscussionReport This| Share this:I need to know if TRAMADOL ORAL is a NON-NARCOTIC pain reliever. Yes it is a non narcotic pain reliever. It is additive though. It took me 5 days to get rid...

Reply: Dr. Minchew please help

BJ1208, Yes now I remember some of the problems you mentioned but you gave me more detail...

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Reply: Is SI joint Dysfunction over diagnosed or under di...

Hi earlyretirement see my next response for more detail to bren_bren. But I am encouraged...

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Reply: Is SI joint Dysfunction over diagnosed or under di...

Hi Bren, Thanks for all your info. My plan is to see a physiatrist first then if that...

Posted by marieh9

Hi Bren,
Thanks for all your info. My plan is to see a physiatrist first then if that doesn't work a DO or a pain doc (don't know which would give me better direction and/or pain relief. I am worried about the doctors doing the physical and causing more pain and maybe injury. I seem to be getting a pull (either from the SIJ if that is the case or from a muscle or nerve) about every two weeks now that I have gone almost off of neurontin. Before when i was on 1000mg/day Neurontin I wasn't in any less pain but I didn't get these smaller injuries that set me back for a week then I get better then again get injured by a twist, a bend or such small movements. I have been very careful but things still keep happening. I'm not getting any stronger because of my pain (which varies day to day from low-moderate to moderate if I haven't been recently injured to high for about 3 days if I have been injured. I hope the physiatrist won't hurt me but can diagnose me properly and get me out of this atrophied state. When I first got the injury about 3 or 4 years ago my dog yanked me forward and I felt a pinch near the SI joint and then two days later a lot of pain. The pain lasted for 6 months and I had about 2 months of physical therapy and I got much stronger around the pelvic girdle. He said I had a torn ligament. Which could be the case. I wasn't pain free until I stopped PT and then the pain went away. I went to France on a trip and there are lots of stairs and I had no problem with them. Then, I went up the very large stairs in Mt. St. Michelle and it hurt alot. Then I had no pain for a year and a half when I did a twist of my hips in yoga. So, the PT actually helped get me a lot stronger then I got better. The pain this time is in the same exact place. So I think that it is a recurrance of the same thing. the difference is that after this initial injury I got better after 6 weeks PT (no pain) then I bent and hurt myself. I got mad and went to a different PT ( I was in the grieving process as I lost my brother and father in law in the same year). The new PT said it was SI joint and he did corrections which helped for a day or two. Then he did the counterpressure on the wrong leg and pressed on the wrong side of the sacrum and I had severe pain like I never had before and went on pain meds. I sat for two months got atrophied and then finally went back to a PT my doctor swore by. He got me out of pain but then started to go too fast and I started pulling muscles and tore something. I again sat for 2 months got so stiff I can't cross my left leg the same and can't bend. So I can't wash lower than the waist as it hurts or put pants on by myself. Now I am walking 40 minutes a day and doing light stretches only. I am still getting these smaller set backs though so I'm not moving forward so I can get stronger and I'm still sitting too much. Let me know what you think of it all and if my plan sounds good. I also plan on getting a new MRI. I have read your article about prolotherapy. The science he takes about is sound but the procedure hasn't been proven yet. My former supervisor had it for chronic tendonitis and it worked temporarily but then it came back.She had many trips to the prolotherpist. Well, thanks again and feel free to comment that includes anyone.
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Reply: Dr. Minchew please help

Maltlover, Thanks for helping. I did see an orhopedic spine specialist and had the MRI and...

Posted by marieh9

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Reply: hi im new here im a 34 yr old female with chronic ...

ps. see my other message but the physiatrist is a rehab and physical medicine doctor with a...

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6 Replies | Reply | Watch This DiscussionReport This| Share this:hi im new here im a 34 yr old female with chronic back pain and would like people to talk too, ask advice and im always here to listen too. ps. see my other message but the physiatrist is a rehab and physical medicine doctor with a...

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