Chronic back pain!!!!!!!?
I am a 17 year old male around 130 pounds very active. I play tennis, but have chronic back, knee and general joint pain. When I was 15 years old I was diagnosed with mild scoliosis. Later that year I experienced a stress fracture in my femur and developed longer term tendinitis in my ankles and knees. Low grade pain medication have not worked in the slightest bit, and I don’t want to be on pain killers or anything of the sort. My parents are opposed to chiropractors and physical therapy. What can i do to get some relief……. i want to try a session with a massage therapist specializing in chronic back pain (shes a family friend) or a chiropractor. What do you suggest???
Lately my lower back by the back of my pelivis, I experience sharp but mostly aching pain sometimes followed by numbness and throbbing. It’s very close to the nerves, and the vertabrates in my back are sensative to the touch and if pressed on correctly, I will experience extremely sharp pain.
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OK the big question is why are your parents opposed to chiropractic or physical therapy. Both of these can really help out a condition like this.
More than likely, you have a major misalignment in your back. All the symptoms match. While a massage will help in the short term, it will usually return pretty quickly. I would really recommend a chiropractor.
If your parents have any questions or concerns about chiropractic, please give them my e-mail. It is dare2care@dishmail.net (My Yahoo answers e-mail does not work) . Hopefully, I will be able to answer their questions and this will allow you to get the necessary treatment you really need.
I really wish you the best and I hope your parents e-mail me.
December 6th, 2009 at 11:49 pmI would check out this website, they have many non-surgical alternatives for treating scoliosis
http://www.scoliosis-world.com/cat14.htm
It tells you about exercises you can do, wearing a flexible brace, switching your diet, even doing yoga to help you relieve stress and relax, which will help you alleviate your back pain. good luck!
December 6th, 2009 at 11:49 pmYour back pain is because of muscles that are tight and/or pinched. Once you release those muscles the pain will be gone. Your knee sounds like it has problems with the kneecap tendon which can set it up for pain. There are ways to release almost all the pains you mention but some were vague in description of where they actually are. Also I recommend looking stress fracture up on the internet so you don’t have somebody blow you off with that one again. They didn’t know how to take care of the muscle so they went to that, not too good. Bones don’t have any pain sensors in them so why if there was such a thing, would a stress fracture hurt so much? It was in the muscles.
December 6th, 2009 at 11:49 pmHere is how to release your back to take care of that pain. I wouldn’t be surprised if it also took care of your scoliosis for if you have some pulling of your spine one way, (tight muscles pulling on that side) by releasing the muscles you are going to equalize the pressure on both sides again and that should end that for you too. Here is how to release them:
Back:
Place your left hand on your left knee. Place your right hand over your left shoulder and with your fingertips find the muscle next to your spine. Press on it and hold. Relax, take a deep breath and exhale and don’t tense up any part of your body. After about 30 seconds there should be a release happening and when it does slowly lower yourself forward onto your right leg. If you can lean over the outside edge of your leg it will be better for your release. Continue holding for a total of one minute. Then release but rest your body there for one minute longer. Then reverse and do the right side.
For your knees you can have the tendon shorten up which tendons are good at doing (doctors then tell you it’s tendinitis) and that is pulling the kneecap into your knee rather than letting it glide over it. Here is the release for it:
Kneecap: (Use a chair that has no cross members on it.)
While sitting start with your leg out in front of you extended out to a comfortable length. Wrap your hands around it so you leave a open working area. Place your thumbs about two inches behind your knee and press into the top middle of your leg hard and hold. Relax. After 30 seconds, slowly slide that leg back until it is pulled up under the chair as far as you can make it go. Then release the pressure but hold your leg there for one minute longer.
You said tendinitis in your ankles. Here is how to release them:
With your leg in your lap, on the front of your ankle, press two fingers into the area between your foot and the leg bone. Have your fingers on top of the ligaments running through that area and hold them down tight for 30 seconds. Then slowly lower your toes as far as you can, release the pressure but hold your toes there for another 30 seconds. I don’t know what else you have for pains but I hope this gets you started in the right direction.