What kind of exercises should I do not to make it worse?\nDoes any insurance will cover my massages, x-rays, MRIs??? I'm 24 and I don't need coverage on heart-attacks - thanks GOd, I need to take care only about my back!!!! And this is radiculous that my deases cannot be covered, isn't it?
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Water arobics or anything in the water.
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Bruce just live, exercise is part of normal life. if you don't move enough your body will not work well. even going to the toilet is funtioned by good movement. you must find a good motivation, walking, running, cycling, swimming, I am disabled to certain degree 30%, but I try to move as much as possable, walking in the mountains cycling along side a river. I have to go to hospital next week for a knee replacement in the right side, unyet I spent a week looking after a friends dog, in a high mountain, walking, and enjoying fresh air, since I know what movement I have now, I will have the benifit after my operation. you must not let your muscles fail at an early age, you will be worse as you get older. enjoy life, exercise also gets a control on depresion, which if you are not getting out enough, I would say you are suffering with. you will enlarge most muscles and blood supply, which I am sure you know you need to enlarge****
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Please go and see a physio they will firstly listen to the cause of injury then massage area with a clear gell substance and a heated wand this is very relaxing and loosens those torn and inflamed muscles and tendons this goes on for about 20 - 30 minutes then they will gently click your spine back inplace.\n\nYou will feel like your back to normal when you walk out of the physio but you will have to take it easy and go back for the very same treatment, it is comfortable, relaxation, and painfree and there is no risk they are professionals and will tell what to do and what not to do.  All the very Best.\n\nSome physio's bulk-bill others you have to pay but can get some money back from medicare, or personal health care agent and health care card.
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The whole Maxman group is bogus.  They are just selling an herbal supplement.  Now they admit that they won't provide miracles, but I want to emphasis that nothing they are providing will has really been tested to show any real results.  I would recommend a multi vitamin, healthy diet, plenty of exercise, and eliminate any smoking if you want that maximum blood flow to certain parts of your anatomy.
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I suffer an illness 'fibromyalgia' back pain i understand greatly...Work on your 'core strength'....pilates,yoga is just the best for relieving and strengthening your body allowing muscles to 'hold everything' in it place. Posture is also a factor also...basically your muscles in your back stabilse your body and posture!A major support to a healthy spine  :)...i wish you well ...a body that isnt working properly is a curse not to take light hearted   ...
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Swimming is the best form of non-weight bearing exercise.  It can do no harm and it can do so much good for you.  Strengthening the supporting muscles around the affected joints helps to protect the joints from stress...let the muscle take the blow, protect the joint.  All exercise is good for OA...stay as active as you can...now is the time to realize that you MUST "use it or lose it"!!  If you do too much and particular joints flare...ice them and rest them for a while but keep on exercising or the joint will deteriorate.  Take NSAIDS if you must to control pain and inflammation and remember ice cools the flare...heat is for sore muscles...ice is for inflammation of joints.  If the heat feels best psychologically, follow it with ice to cool it down...trust me, it works!  If you haven't already, get to a good Rheumatologist who can help you control your disease and join the Arthritis Foundation to get their magazine "Arthritis Today" which will give you constant sources of help for living with Arthritis....membership is only $20 per year....a bargain!  Good luck....I'm 20 years into my OA and I'm healthier and more active now than I was 20 years ago....you can do it too!
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Yes, see your doctor- he will do xrays to check out if you are getting this hump because of bone loss- (seriously, women are prone to this because of the calcium depletion).  He will give your exercises and he may right a script for a back brace- you will need to see an orthopedic surgeon for the brace.  Good luck and pull your shoulders back and sit up as straight as you can, when you can.
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If your back is that bad, you need to talk to your doctor. He can recommend the best diet and exercise plan for someone your age. If he thinks diet pills are the best for you, he will give you a prescription. Stay away from the over the counter stuff. They have not been tested by the FDA, and make all kinds of bogus claims.
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JS,\nI'm somewhat familiar with your situation as I'm pretty much in the same boat.  I'm 54 and have degenerative disk disease (DDD) with 11 herniated and/or bulging disks in my upper and lower back.  It sounds like you might have the same thing along with the scoliosis.  Have you had an MRI of your upper back?  It's not a big deal knowing it, since there's no cure or treatment for DDD, in fact they're not sure what causes it.  The bottom line with DDD is there's nothing they can do but treat the pain.  Injuries to the spinal cord or the nerves that attach to the spinal cord do not heal themselves nor will they "reroute" themselves as other nerves in your body sometimes can.  With spinal nerve damage, once it happens, you've got it forever.\n\nI've got a damaged nerve on the left side of the T3/T4 disk that's been causing me constant pain for over 3 years now.  I was coughing, of all things, and blew the disk out, which crushed or dented the nerve.  I've been in constant, terrible pain ever since.  Every hour, every day, it hasn't let up, not even for a second.  There's no "comfortable position," no way to ease that "ice pick in the back" pain I have.  It just "is" and it takes over every aspect of your life.  Sometimes I do something, move a certain way, and bingo, the pain shoots up near the top of the scale.  Sometimes it goes back to "normal" (around a 3 or 4 on the pain scale) after a few minutes and sometimes it stays up there around an 8 or 9 for two or three days. Sometimes I can do some particular thing without making it worse and then I do the same thing a week later and I'm back in the jackpot.  It seems there's no reason or rhyme to it.  \n\nI've had 5 Epidural Steroid Injections (ESI), which unfortunately did nothing but give me diabetes, one more thing I have to deal with.  Ok, I should say that the docs think the ESI *did* work, in that it caused the disk to shrink just as it was supposed to, but unfortunately the physical damage to the nerve was already done and that's what is causing the chronic pain.  \n\nI'm taking some pretty strong pain killers, morphine and codeine (can you spell "addict"?), plus I've just started Lyrica.  I tried Neurontin a couple of years ago but it didn't help.  I'm hoping the Lyrica will help this time and maybe I can get off the morphine, which, for one thing doesn't work all that well but also it has some bad side effects.  Mine aren't as bad as some I've talked to, but they're bad enough.  Yes, I know it could be worse and while I have a great deal of sympathy for others that are worse off than me, hearing about the plight of someone else doesn't make me feel any better.\n  \nI'm also taking some stuff called Zanaflex (generic name: Tizanidine) which, while it has some side effects, really helped when I started getting extremely sharp, radiating pains that went from the damaged nerve at the T3/T4 site, down the back of my left arm and up the back of my neck.  The Zanaflex stopped the pain right away and it's one of the best meds I've ever taken when it comes to doing what it's supposed to.  I stopped taking it for a day and the pains came back, so I know it's working.  Zanaflex is a muscle relaxer and apparently the pain in my arm and neck were the result of muscle spasms generated by the nerve damage in my back.\n\nThe biggest problem I have with it is that it knocks me out cold!  I've talked to others that have had different, intolerable, side effects, so it's not going to work for everyone.  I'm supposed to take 4mg three times a day but instead I take two of them (8mg) before I go to bed.  It has a dual effect of stopping the pain plus it's a fantastic sleep aid - but you better not change your mind about sleeping after you take it!  \n\nOne of the best things about it is that it
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Talk to your doctor.  If he is not a surgeon, he should refer you to one.  In order for insurance to cover it, he will probably have to recommend it for medical reasons such as back pain.
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How much what?  Money compensation? Time to recover?  Physical trauma?\n\nYou should discuss with your regular doctor (M.D. not chiropractor) and perhaps get a referral to a specialist MD for your injuries.  Chiropractors are helpful, but you need to assess how serious the strain/misalignment/swelling is.   For example, if it's a back injury you may want to see a back specialist and have a MRI done of the region.    \n\nPhysical therapy is very helpful.  If you don't feel like you're getting good progress with your current Therapist, try a different P.T. office.    They're not all the same quality.  I have found some Therapists give everyone the same exercises and time on the treadmill but don't listen much to the patient's concerns.   Others are VERY attentive and will keep adjusting the therapy each time so you get the most benefit per visit.
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First you should check your weight..if you are over weight..\n\nYou can have hot tub bath ( heat around 18 to 20 C )sit in for about 20 minuets...\n\nYou can use some gel like Move...or Radial gel.\n\nSome exercises...\n\nyou can check these sites:\n\nhttp://www.spine-health.com/\n\n\nhttp://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=17&topcategory=Spine\n \n\nIf symptoms presisted, you should see Dr.\n\nI wish you feel better soon.
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<>You leave out a wealth of information, such as your age and medical history, but....While these are probably very benign pains associated with, say, exercise, muscular contractions, or even stress, any chest pain that bothers you is worthy of being checked.  I say go see a doctor and ask about them.  That way, you can have a clear conscience if he/she can explain them to you.
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I delivered 7 kids...(6 natural, 1 with an epidural)...THEN found out I had scoliosis! I also have fused disks in my lower back. I dont know how bad the curve of my spine is..altho I have had two different drs tell me I have the most crooked spine they have ever seen. You may just need to give your back time to heal since you just had a baby a few months ago. Also doing yoga stregthens the back muscles, which could help if you decide to have another baby. Since you dont have insurance maybe you can find a Health Department or Clinic that would be able to see you. GOODLUCK!
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I have mild scoliosis along with a herniated disc in my lower back.  I've only had one bout of very severe pain and it lasted about 4 months.  It was so bad it kept me awake at night and I walked with a limp and I thought I was going to have to have surgery but I really wanted to avoid that.  I went to a chiropractor and he did help the limp but the pain only got worse.  What finally helped me get rid of the pain was when my doctor prescribed a round of Prednisone to help with the inflammation.  It finally eased the pain enough that I could get some sleep.  After I finished the Prednisone and was enough better that I could at least function, he sent me to a Physical Therapist to learn some helpful exercises.  I had to do them every day but the improvement in the pain was definitely enough to keep me doing the exercises.  The next step for me was weigh loss. I lost 115 pounds and started doing all kinds of different exercises from aerobics, to running, to weight lifting.  I have been completely pain free for over almost a year and a half now and I managed to avoid surgery.  Good luck with your pain, I know it's excruciating and miserable to have to live with back pain.  I hope you get it resovled soon.
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No exercises, (save light house hold activity and maybe a little, gentle walking)  Now is not the time to engage in cardiac rehab.  Be sure to have your nitro in your pocket all of the time.  Take the nitro with ANY chest pressure, discomfort, tightness, fullness, or shortness of breath especially associated with activity.  Do not wait for it to be "painful."  Trust me on this one.  \n\nYour condition is unknown (therefore unstable) and it is impossible (and foolish) to predict what might be the case until you have your study.  The date for your angio seems uncharacteristically far away.  Usually if a person fails an exercise test we have an angiogram done within a week and often within a couple days...even the next day.  Something seems inconsistent there.  Is the date at your convenience?  If so, have it done as soon as possible so the unknown becomes known and your cardiologist can devise a treatment plan with better information.\n\nGood luck to you.
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Not a heart attack. Welcome to the wonderful world of fibromyalgia. At least, that is what is sounds like. The pain in your chest, the muscles, or possibly the cartilage between your rips, ALl that pain, fibromyalgia. 6 month time not a heart attack warning. I bet you dont sleep well, right? I also will assume that you get bad migraines, or have in the past. I have it, and though I am no expert that is what it sounds like to me. First the good news, if that is by chance what you have, it wont kill you. Bad news, if that is by chance what you have, it wont kill you. Good luck. Email me if you want to talk.