Getting help when doctors give up
For those of you that have chronic pain problems, you know how difficult it can be to get help. Unrelenting pain that blasts through your pain medication can quickly stop you in your tracks. While most doctors prescribe pain killers to deal with these problems, there are times when you want to find the problem so that a solution can be found. I have found that if your pain medication cannot stop pain, most doctors simply thrown in the towel and send the patient to their general practitioner. Chances are, that doctor does not have the technical expertise to re-juggle your pain medications in an effort to find out if a new drug can help. So here you are, just out of the hospital emergency room and the doctor there tells you that there is nothing to be done and to go back to your general practitioner. In this case it may be best to find a good chiropractor that specializes in pain and uses kinesiology, acupressure and acupuncture to heal your body.
Notice the difference, rather then adding new medications the chiropractor tries to find the problem and then tries to reduce the stress on joints and nerves. This can relieve pain and restore the body slowly back to where it should be. Don’t wait until your pain has taken over your life where you can no longer sleep through the night. Not only can the chiropractor work on repairing the problems in your spine and other parts of the body, but can make sure that your spine stays in good health.
I ran into an issue that has been chasing me around for the better part of nine months. My back pain has been steadily rising and the pain has been moving in both arms and the stop of my head. My regular doctors have no idea what the problem is and have all but given up – other than trying to prescribe even moew pain killers. After no sleep for two weeks I finally gave up and went to the emergency room. I was hoping that the hospital would run a series of tests and find out what the problem is. Rather than giving help, the emergency room doctor informed me that I was already in pain medication (Duh!) and that there was nothing he could do.After being brow beaten into at least giving me a chest x-ray to see if there were any blockages in my chest area. Everything came out clean and I walked out 4 hours later in tremendous amounts of pain and nowhere to go.
Some friends pointed me to a chiropractor that looked me over and said that I suffered from Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. This is also called complex regional pain syndrome. Those that want to read more about it should go to wikipedia. He said that he was already treating several spinal cord patients and understood that medical doctors know very little about chronic pain. He tried to manipulate my neck but found it all but impossible because the muscles were so tight. Those muscles were squeezing nerves that were then sending pain down my arms and over my head. As those muscles are calmed down and release their death grip on the bones impinging on my nerves, more relief is in store. I am looking forward to eventually reducing my pain medication as my spine is put back in good shape.
Look for a chiro that specializes in Applied Kinesiology. These folks seem to have a very good handle on what causes pain and what to do about it. If you cannot find a good chiropractor please drop a line to us at Spinal Cord Resources Network and we will see if we can find someone near you that can help. The main reason we created SCRN was to bring resources to those in the disability field. After getting out of the hospital, I found out how much I did not know and where to get info. If you have stories or know something that can help those reading the articles here, please email us at webmaster@spinalcordreso¨rces.com. We are constantly looking for new authors and continue to look forward to serving the community.
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