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Location: North Dakota | My horse and I both suffer from back pain. He gets injections, chiro work, massage, the Theraplate, anti-inflammatory feed through's, a BOT pad is on the way, and hopefully a nice PHT blanket too. Meanwhile, I continue to suffer. I also have bad knees. I'm in my 20's way to young to have knee pain! No doctor I've been to has any suggestions for my pain and can't find a cause. So for any of you that have chronic issues, what do you do? |
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Location: Here | I changed the way I ate. I did away with inflamatory foods. And my pain became manageable. I sleep in Copper Fabric and PHT Mags
I way over did Saturday unloading 800# of lime and working it into the runs. Then hubby and I unloaded a pallet of sod and put it out. Plus stripped stalls. I was give out and sore. I wrapped up and woke up Sunday and was ready to hit it again.
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Location: Here | Sugar and processed, grains, etc foods are the Worst thing for our bodies |
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Location: Here | Until you address the root of inflammation, throwing the kitchen sink at it isn't going to work. Goodness knows I have went threw lots of kitchen sinks until several board buddies got it through to me.
You have to have health gut. That is first and foremost. So you need to take the necessary steps to get a healthy gut. If your joints hurt, you need to look at footwear. Flip flops are the ruin our of feet. You need good supportive footwear. If you need to loose weight then do it. Yes I had every excuse in the book. But no more.
Cut the sugar. Cut processed foods and grain. BUY the book and study it It works.
Your horse is no different. I had some missing puzzles on my horses. Then I learned about the feed problems Changed feeds and my horses health improved. Yes I have some pretty crippled horses and they are maintained by our products and proper feed |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | SG is right on. You are too young to be having so many pain problems. I would be looking at what you eat. She posted some good info and the book she posted probably has the answers to your problems. Now it's up to you to look into it as it seems your doctor doesn't have any answers for you. |
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Location: California | I suffer from Lyme Disease, so I can relate to chronic joint pain... & let me tell you; sugar and flour are my worst enemy!!! While I was taking meds, the doctors told me no sugar & no flour. I wanted to die but I felt so much better! Of course once I stopped taking meds, I started eating those types of food again & not only did I gain a bunch of weight, but it has brought back a lot of problems! I am so addicted to sugar it's ridiculous. As the doc described it, the sugar and flour will "feed the bugs" in my body. |
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Location: That part of Texas | What tests (like MRI or C-Scans) has your doctor done in regards to your back? Have they done just an in-office evaluation or have they really looked at the issue?
I'm asking because I was 22-23 when I started having bad back problems. At first I thought it was a pulled muscle because I started working out more and then it got worse. I went to a chiropractor for a year before I had my first bad episode of my back locking down. My regular doctor finally sent me off to get an MRI that showed bulging discs and major problems with my spine.
My back issues cause collateral pain in my knees. Until starting injections a month ago, I really thought I was going to have to have a knee replacement or surgery. After the injections blocked my back pain, I realized how interconnected they are because my knees don't hurt at all.
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Red Bull Agressive
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Location: North Dakota | I do admit, I am overweight and have been my entire life. I've always watched what I ate and would lose anywhere from 10 to 50lbs but always gain it back eventually. I'm working on going completely off processed foods/added sugar foods. I also try to be active but I'm stuck in a desk job and my knees hurt so bad I can't do any sort of bending exercise without literally crying. |
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Location: North Dakota | Red Raider - 2015-05-19 1:26 PM What tests (like MRI or C-Scans) has your doctor done in regards to your back? Have they done just an in-office evaluation or have they really looked at the issue?Â
I'm asking because I was 22-23 when I started having bad back problems. At first I thought it was a pulled muscle because I started working out more and then it got worse. I went to a chiropractor for a year before I had my first bad episode of my back locking down. My regular doctor finally sent me off to get an MRI that showed bulging discs and major problems with my spine. Â
My back issues cause collateral pain in my knees. Until starting injections a month ago, I really thought I was going to have to have a knee replacement or surgery. After the injections blocked my back pain, I realized how interconnected they are because my knees don't hurt at all.Â
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I've had a few sets of x-rays, MRI, muscle injections, chiropractic, massage, physical therapy, the list goes on. Basically my back muscles are always extremely tight and sore and nothing helps. I've been battling it for 5 years now. I just spend every waking second in excruciating pain.
Oh and I was given muscle relaxers to take orally. My back still hurt like the dickens but I could hardly pick my arms up off my desk!
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Location: North Dakota | SG. - 2015-05-19 1:10 PM
Until you address the root of inflammation, throwing the kitchen sink at it isn't going to work. Goodness knows I have went threw lots of kitchen sinks until several board buddies got it through to me.Â
You have to have  health gut. That is first and foremost. So you need to take the necessary steps to get a healthy gut. If your joints hurt, you need to look at footwear. Flip flops are the ruin our of feet. You need good supportive footwear. If you need to loose weight then do it. Yes I had every excuse in the book. But no more.Â
Cut the sugar. Cut processed foods and grain.  BUY the book and study it It works.Â
Your horse is no different. I had some missing puzzles on my horses. Then I learned about the feed problems Changed feeds and my horses health improved. Yes I have some pretty crippled horses and they are maintained by our products and proper feedÂ
Let's just say I know what goes into his body more than I do my own :) His issue is the fact he has Kissing Spine and I'm trying to manage that. |
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Location: That part of Texas | cavyrunsbarrels - 2015-05-19 1:31 PM Red Raider - 2015-05-19 1:26 PM What tests (like MRI or C-Scans) has your doctor done in regards to your back? Have they done just an in-office evaluation or have they really looked at the issue?
I'm asking because I was 22-23 when I started having bad back problems. At first I thought it was a pulled muscle because I started working out more and then it got worse. I went to a chiropractor for a year before I had my first bad episode of my back locking down. My regular doctor finally sent me off to get an MRI that showed bulging discs and major problems with my spine.
My back issues cause collateral pain in my knees. Until starting injections a month ago, I really thought I was going to have to have a knee replacement or surgery. After the injections blocked my back pain, I realized how interconnected they are because my knees don't hurt at all.
I've had a few sets of x-rays, MRI, muscle injections, chiropractic, massage, physical therapy, the list goes on. Basically my back muscles are always extremely tight and sore and nothing helps. I've been battling it for 5 years now. I just spend every waking second in excruciating pain. Oh and I was given muscle relaxers to take orally. My back still hurt like the dickens but I could hardly pick my arms up off my desk!
Ah, I'm sorry to hear that. I hate that nothing of that nature has helped, including injections and chiropractor stuff.
It's a little out in left field but have you considered talking to a personal trainer about building the corresponding muscles in your abs/stomach to those in your back? I wonder if muscle conditioning there might offset how tight your back area is. I know if one set of muscles is weak, the others sometimes tighten up too much to compensate. It might be worth looking into to see if it helps combat the problem.
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Location: The edge of no where | Red Raider - 2015-05-19 1:45 PM cavyrunsbarrels - 2015-05-19 1:31 PM Red Raider - 2015-05-19 1:26 PM What tests (like MRI or C-Scans) has your doctor done in regards to your back? Have they done just an in-office evaluation or have they really looked at the issue?
I'm asking because I was 22-23 when I started having bad back problems. At first I thought it was a pulled muscle because I started working out more and then it got worse. I went to a chiropractor for a year before I had my first bad episode of my back locking down. My regular doctor finally sent me off to get an MRI that showed bulging discs and major problems with my spine.
My back issues cause collateral pain in my knees. Until starting injections a month ago, I really thought I was going to have to have a knee replacement or surgery. After the injections blocked my back pain, I realized how interconnected they are because my knees don't hurt at all.
I've had a few sets of x-rays, MRI, muscle injections, chiropractic, massage, physical therapy, the list goes on. Basically my back muscles are always extremely tight and sore and nothing helps. I've been battling it for 5 years now. I just spend every waking second in excruciating pain. Oh and I was given muscle relaxers to take orally. My back still hurt like the dickens but I could hardly pick my arms up off my desk!
It's a little out in left field but have you considered talking to a personal trainer about building the corresponding muscles in your abs/stomach to those in your back? I wonder if muscle conditioning there might offset how tight your back area is. I know if one set of muscles is weak, the others sometimes tighten up too much to compensate. It might be worth looking into to see if it helps combat the problem.
What does work for me is staying in shape. Walking is really good. I concentrate on having correct posture and walking a lot.
Your best bet = strict diet and work out with exercises targeted to help your core. Packing any extra weight will just add to the stress on your back and knees and it hurts more. The doctor I go to for SI injections periodically tells me the first and most important thing he has 90% of his patients do is lose weight. Cut the inflammatory foods. ETA - the doctor that tells me this is an orthopedic surgeon that I went to for a 3rd opinion before booking a surgery to have vertebraes fused last year. I'd been referred by another ortho guy and a neurosurgeon to have the back surgery because nothing was helping. It's not much fun, but I've learned that if I'm disciplined, then I can stay in good enough shape to minimize pain. I never was more than a size 8 and I'm 5'8.....but 15-20 lbs is tremendous in the amount of stress it puts on our joints.
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Location: Here | cavyrunsbarrels - 2015-05-19 1:34 PM SG. - 2015-05-19 1:10 PM Until you address the root of inflammation, throwing the kitchen sink at it isn't going to work. Goodness knows I have went threw lots of kitchen sinks until several board buddies got it through to me.
You have to have health gut. That is first and foremost. So you need to take the necessary steps to get a healthy gut. If your joints hurt, you need to look at footwear. Flip flops are the ruin our of feet. You need good supportive footwear. If you need to loose weight then do it. Yes I had every excuse in the book. But no more.
Cut the sugar. Cut processed foods and grain. BUY the book and study it It works.
Your horse is no different. I had some missing puzzles on my horses. Then I learned about the feed problems Changed feeds and my horses health improved. Yes I have some pretty crippled horses and they are maintained by our products and proper feed Let's just say I know what goes into his body more than I do my own : ) His issue is the fact he has Kissing Spine and I'm trying to manage that.
I think we are all guilty of that. Like you I was a roller coaster weight. Now I have been the same weight for over a year. I also had terrible back pain. I have 2 syrinxs on my spine. But what I have learned is if my gut is inflammed my gut my back kills me.
Also knees. Well make sure you are not sitting with your knees bent and behind your thighs all day. Also TIGHT pants around the knees will pull on the knee cap making them hurt. Yes I know tight fitting jeans and tappered jeans are all the rage. But I am past fashion. My jeans have to be straight no curve in at the knee or I can't walk.
Do not push or pull yourself back and forth in a roll around chain with your feet. Strains the knees |
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Location: Beggs, OK | Red Raider - 2015-05-19 1:45 PM cavyrunsbarrels - 2015-05-19 1:31 PM Red Raider - 2015-05-19 1:26 PM What tests (like MRI or C-Scans) has your doctor done in regards to your back? Have they done just an in-office evaluation or have they really looked at the issue?
I'm asking because I was 22-23 when I started having bad back problems. At first I thought it was a pulled muscle because I started working out more and then it got worse. I went to a chiropractor for a year before I had my first bad episode of my back locking down. My regular doctor finally sent me off to get an MRI that showed bulging discs and major problems with my spine.
My back issues cause collateral pain in my knees. Until starting injections a month ago, I really thought I was going to have to have a knee replacement or surgery. After the injections blocked my back pain, I realized how interconnected they are because my knees don't hurt at all.
I've had a few sets of x-rays, MRI, muscle injections, chiropractic, massage, physical therapy, the list goes on. Basically my back muscles are always extremely tight and sore and nothing helps. I've been battling it for 5 years now. I just spend every waking second in excruciating pain. Oh and I was given muscle relaxers to take orally. My back still hurt like the dickens but I could hardly pick my arms up off my desk!
It's a little out in left field but have you considered talking to a personal trainer about building the corresponding muscles in your abs/stomach to those in your back? I wonder if muscle conditioning there might offset how tight your back area is. I know if one set of muscles is weak, the others sometimes tighten up too much to compensate. It might be worth looking into to see if it helps combat the problem.
This.
After spending 5 months on bed rest last year I was having constant hip and tailbone pain as well as tingling, tightness, and sorness in my neck, shoulders and back.
I contacted a sports rehab facility that uses streching, chiropractics, strength training, and deep tissue massage. Once I got strong again my pain has been significantly reduced. I can tell when I need to focus on specific areas now and get back to work when I'm slacking on my personal fitness. I work at a desk job too....the key is to just stay busy when you get home. My secret to weightloss is that I just don't eat after I get home from work. We are going non-stop until bedtime. There is always something that needs to be done and it's all physical work.
Diet will reduce the inflammation in your body, but you have to get strong to reduce the pain that has come as a result. The rehab HURTS, but there's only one way to feel better. |
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Location: OH. IO | rachellyn80 - 2015-05-19 3:21 PM Red Raider - 2015-05-19 1:45 PM cavyrunsbarrels - 2015-05-19 1:31 PM Red Raider - 2015-05-19 1:26 PM What tests (like MRI or C-Scans) has your doctor done in regards to your back? Have they done just an in-office evaluation or have they really looked at the issue?
I'm asking because I was 22-23 when I started having bad back problems. At first I thought it was a pulled muscle because I started working out more and then it got worse. I went to a chiropractor for a year before I had my first bad episode of my back locking down. My regular doctor finally sent me off to get an MRI that showed bulging discs and major problems with my spine.
My back issues cause collateral pain in my knees. Until starting injections a month ago, I really thought I was going to have to have a knee replacement or surgery. After the injections blocked my back pain, I realized how interconnected they are because my knees don't hurt at all.
I've had a few sets of x-rays, MRI, muscle injections, chiropractic, massage, physical therapy, the list goes on. Basically my back muscles are always extremely tight and sore and nothing helps. I've been battling it for 5 years now. I just spend every waking second in excruciating pain. Oh and I was given muscle relaxers to take orally. My back still hurt like the dickens but I could hardly pick my arms up off my desk!
It's a little out in left field but have you considered talking to a personal trainer about building the corresponding muscles in your abs/stomach to those in your back? I wonder if muscle conditioning there might offset how tight your back area is. I know if one set of muscles is weak, the others sometimes tighten up too much to compensate. It might be worth looking into to see if it helps combat the problem.
After spending 5 months on bed rest last year I was having constant hip and tailbone pain as well as tingling, tightness, and sorness in my neck, shoulders and back.
I contacted a sports rehab facility that uses streching, chiropractics, strength training, and deep tissue massage. Once I got strong again my pain has been significantly reduced. I can tell when I need to focus on specific areas now and get back to work when I'm slacking on my personal fitness. I work at a desk job too....the key is to just stay busy when you get home. My secret to weightloss is that I just don't eat after I get home from work. We are going non-stop until bedtime. There is always something that needs to be done and it's all physical work.
Diet will reduce the inflammation in your body, but you have to get strong to reduce the pain that has come as a result. The rehab HURTS, but there's only one way to feel better.
All of this. I broke my back and neck in 2001. The WORST thing I can do now is sit. you have to move and get up from behind the desk. If I had a desk job i would have to retire. I keep busy,I have a VERY strenuous job, I GET UP AND MOVE. |
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| If you are in constant pain your body's inflammatory cells are in overdrive.
If you haven't had an MRI done lately I would get another and see what changes have occurred.
Inflammation in the joints can cause cartilage destruction, and bone spurs to form.
I had a herniated disc in my neck a year ago I had a MRI showing I had a bone spur on one side, surgery was last month the surgeon said I had bone spurs on both sides of the vertebrae growing into the brachial nerve.
I would ask your doc about joint injections, as I know where I live there is one surgeon who will inject HA before knee transplants.
I would also speak to your doc about lyrica, it is an antidepressant, but it blocks the neurons in the synapse so the pain neurons cannot make it to the brain.
Also look at physio, this was my relief, traction on your back, tens machine, and hot packs. Dry needling, I can't remember the technical name can help release the muscles with the help of the other.
As others have said diet and exercise. Since it hurts to move, try aqua aerobics less weight load on your joints due to the buoyancy of the water.
Speak to a nutritionist or dietician to help you get on the right track and offer you support |
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