Alla
08-11-2005, 01:44 PM
Hi there
Some of you might recognise me from the "knee" section of this board, but I now have a back question.
I recently had a severe chest infection where I suspect that I have coughed so hard at some stage that I've thrown my back. In the past I have had an issue with my back in that about 10 or so years ago I was admitted to hospital with severe stomach and chest pains. Apparently after having a pethadine shot that rendered me pretty much wasted for the next 2 days, they came up with nothing.... they did suspect appendicitis, a punctured lung and a heart condition, but all came up clear. I was released from hospital and they said that I was just stressed (wsa sitting microbiology exams at the time). Anyhow, a local Physio realised that it was in fact that I was dealing with referred pain from a shoulder injury. She treated it and the pain was gone almost straight away with some manipulation.
Over the years the pain has come and gone, although never as severe as it was then, and I found an oesteopath that really does the trick. However, he was saying that it is actually 3 vertibrea in my upper back where the muscle pulls tightly around that caused all the problem. Anyway, the last few months I've been feeling the familiar tightess that is easy to cope with, but in the last 2 weeks it has developed in to the excruciating pain again... although I didnt recognise it at first. I saw my oesteopath last friday, and he said that he hadnt seen a back as messed up for quite a while, he said that the each virtebrae was facing a different direction. He did some of his tricks which felt good, but I still walked out with nagging pain, and have to see him again later this week when the muscle relaxes a bit (he says it is very inflamed). He said that it was too tight to do any more and he wanted to let it get over my back re-alignment before he tackled it further.
Anyhow, I was woken early this morning with very severe pain... it was so bad that I wanted to be sick. Every breath that I draw feels like someone is stabbing a knife into the bottom of my lungs/chest, and just about every movement causes pain in my back between the shoulder blades. It has settled as the day has gone on, first dose of anti inflams didnt seem to do anything at all, second dose some hours later did seem to help, hot packs and a hot shower also helped.
What I'd like to know is what is causing this pain, and will this sort of pain go away of its own accord?? Im not sure that I can cope with it much longer, and Im not sure that I will be able to deal with another session of oesteo work with it this bad! Are there any suggestions for relieving the pain??
Alla
Some of you might recognise me from the "knee" section of this board, but I now have a back question.
I recently had a severe chest infection where I suspect that I have coughed so hard at some stage that I've thrown my back. In the past I have had an issue with my back in that about 10 or so years ago I was admitted to hospital with severe stomach and chest pains. Apparently after having a pethadine shot that rendered me pretty much wasted for the next 2 days, they came up with nothing.... they did suspect appendicitis, a punctured lung and a heart condition, but all came up clear. I was released from hospital and they said that I was just stressed (wsa sitting microbiology exams at the time). Anyhow, a local Physio realised that it was in fact that I was dealing with referred pain from a shoulder injury. She treated it and the pain was gone almost straight away with some manipulation.
Over the years the pain has come and gone, although never as severe as it was then, and I found an oesteopath that really does the trick. However, he was saying that it is actually 3 vertibrea in my upper back where the muscle pulls tightly around that caused all the problem. Anyway, the last few months I've been feeling the familiar tightess that is easy to cope with, but in the last 2 weeks it has developed in to the excruciating pain again... although I didnt recognise it at first. I saw my oesteopath last friday, and he said that he hadnt seen a back as messed up for quite a while, he said that the each virtebrae was facing a different direction. He did some of his tricks which felt good, but I still walked out with nagging pain, and have to see him again later this week when the muscle relaxes a bit (he says it is very inflamed). He said that it was too tight to do any more and he wanted to let it get over my back re-alignment before he tackled it further.
Anyhow, I was woken early this morning with very severe pain... it was so bad that I wanted to be sick. Every breath that I draw feels like someone is stabbing a knife into the bottom of my lungs/chest, and just about every movement causes pain in my back between the shoulder blades. It has settled as the day has gone on, first dose of anti inflams didnt seem to do anything at all, second dose some hours later did seem to help, hot packs and a hot shower also helped.
What I'd like to know is what is causing this pain, and will this sort of pain go away of its own accord?? Im not sure that I can cope with it much longer, and Im not sure that I will be able to deal with another session of oesteo work with it this bad! Are there any suggestions for relieving the pain??
Alla