Comments on: Saturday Night Rambling

By: Lisa Marie Mary

Lisa Marie Mary — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:58:16 +0000

Hope your back gets better soon! Sometimes when my back is hurting, sitting in a very straight up chair makes it better. We have a wingback chair that fixes it right up!

Ewwwy on the pickled eggs! Save them for use as punishment for the boys! “Be home by 5 or you’re eating these!!”

Bwahahahaha!!

By: awannabe

awannabe — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:29:50 +0000

I hope you didn’t rupture a disk. Get well soon, and don’t it the nasty pickled stuff.

By: Timothy Lim, Chiropractor

Timothy Lim, Chiropractor — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:51:29 +0000

Hi Julie,

Back pain can have many causes and can be as mild as a muscle spasm to a tumor. I do not wish to scare you but if it gets you going to get it checked, then its worth it.

Taking drugs will only mask your symptoms will the root problem may become worse. Not sure how old you are, but if you’re over 40yrs (sure don’t look it from your pic ) then the chance of disc herniation is very low.

Here’s some thought and guesses without knowing your full condition:

1) If you’re pain is relieve from standing and worse on sitting, then we are looking more at a lumbar spine type problem.

2) Do you get morning stiffness that gets better overall throughout the day?

3) Do the symptoms subside or feel better with a hot shower?

4) you mentioned pain relief with activity, do you also get pain in buttocks at night?

5) Did you experience this pain gradually from your hip/buttock up to the lower back or lumbars?

6) Pain does not radiate down the thigh or below the knee, correct?

If you answered “yes’ to all the above, then you may want to go and get an xray to rule out Ankylosing Spondylitis. It occurs between age 15-30yrs and 3 times more prevalent in males.

I hope I scared you enough to go get checked and xrayed.

Best regards,
Tim

By: blueyes

blueyes — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:19:05 +0000

You might want to go see a neurosurgeon instead of a chiropractor for an MRI because I’ll bet you have at the very least a bulging disc or 2. When you stand or lay down straight it realigns your back in a sense and does not put any pressure on your lower spine which is what sitting does. It will be a matter of time before the pain starts going down one of your legs if it is a disc problem.