My mother, age 62, has problems moving her legs after sitting. It happens pretty frequently, she will be sitting for maybe 10 minutes get up walk 2 to 4 steps and then have to support herself by leaning on something for several seconds before regaining the ability to walk. She has fallen a couple times [...]
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Sunday, April 5th, 2009Army Veteran With Chronic Back Pain
Wednesday, March 14th, 2007For my story.. I originally developed mild back pain in the summer of 2000 in Airborne School for the United States Army. At the time i just figured it was from the constant jarring motion and repetetively striking the ground feet first from a height of 3-4 feet. The pain was managable but pretty severe. [...]
Continue readingAnkle Pain, tarsal tunnel syndrome - CRPS?
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007I partially ruptured my tibia tendon on the posterior side, right at the ankle bone in 2005. My ankle was immobilized for 25 days. I was still experiencing pain after, so I took oral steroids, and then received cortisone shots (3). I was then diagnosed with tarsal tunnel syndrome. I had tarsal tunnel decompression surgery [...]
Continue readingShoulder pain radiating to fingers
Monday, December 4th, 2006I have been having shoulder problems for many years. For the last couple of months, the top of my shoulder blade hurts. I can push in between the joints and feel the pain. But, the last couple of days the pain runs from my shoulder to by elbow and into the joints [...]
Continue readingThigh numbness - Meralgia Paresthetica - Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve
Friday, December 1st, 2006About 1 year ago i had burning,tingling,pins/needles on the outer left thigh just about the knee, which resulted in numbness (about 2 inches in length). As of recent, same sensations front of same thigh with numbness comes and goes. I have no back pain, and no loss of function in muscle, seems topical [...]
Continue readingSpine Surgery - Chronic Pain
Monday, November 27th, 2006Hi, I am a 36 year old female. I am having major problems and really want to find relief. My injury began 17 years ago,giving birth to my son, herniated L4L5 S1. Was bad off couldn’t walk etc. Neurosurgeon refused surgery, said I was to young (19) I went through extensive therapy, work hardening and [...]
Continue readingChronic Pain in Thoracic Region
Saturday, November 25th, 2006I have chronic pain at T8 area which never moves and wraps around to the end of the rib on the right side. i have had MRI/CT scans, which shows a disc bulge at T2 and a hemangioma at T8. I have had 2 injections, one in the fascia around the vertebrae at [...]
Continue readingSharp Pain Under Ribs
Sunday, August 27th, 2006Hello i have had a pain under my right rib for about three months now sometimes it feels like a sunburn under my skin sometimes the pain is sharp but it is always there, its never gone. The pain is from right under my rib to all the way down just above my hip i [...]
Continue readingPain in Right Side
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006I’m a 25 y/o female, 5′3 and 108 lbs. I’ve been experiencing right sided pain for about 6 months now. The pain is just under my right ribs and my 10th rib is actually extended a bit. The pain radiates to my back as well. I actually first noticed it about 9 months ago while [...]
Continue readingDrug Dependency?
Friday, May 26th, 2006My husband was injured in a work comp accident 17 years ago. He spent 5 years on comp and was found to have a tilted pelvis which has also laterally rotated causing his hip bones to be turned down and on center where they should of been by about 1/2 inch. It took years of [...]
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