bjones
29 posts
Mar 23, 2010
7:34 AM
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Hi folks!
Like about 80-90% of all humans my back bothers me. Like all humans, sometimes don't know what happened but this time I did.
On 3/3/2010 (I like to type out the full year) I hurt my back doing a tough push up variation.
Here is a link to my JONESERCISE blog...the "Injury Push up" video is at the bottom of the page.
http://jonesercise.wordpress.com/2010/03/07/controlled-chaos/
Now it wasn't a huge amount of pain...it was just "different". I felt a "crunch". The pain was central and maybe a 3/10. So the pain didn't send me to the doctor...the unfamiliarity did.
Besides...pain is just weakness leaving the body...my mantra as I finished the workout.
So got the MRI/XR a week later.
The neurosurgeon said the results show:
2 Deg discs
1 bulging disc
1 herniated disc
1 annular tear
Facet joint degeneration/arthritis
Then he asked about my pain...
My answer: I don't have any.
I was also curious about the HNP. It was right sided. My symptoms are ususally left sided.
Bottom line you don't treat the scans.
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mountainwheelz
11 posts
Mar 25, 2010
6:35 AM
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Bill or anyone else,
Going with a don't treat the scans theme. I have a patient with clean imaging. The patient is upset because there is not anything "wrong" with her. Her opinion I must have something wrong because I have pain. Of course she did not buy any of the physician's or my explanations. Her only symptoms are increased low back pain and R leg pain with walking and tendereness to palpation at L5-S1. She doesn't like exercise because she is sore the next day. The only things we've tried are posterior pelvic tilts, single knee to chest and trunk rotations, which of course make her sore, she even says laying on her back increases her pain. I'm reluctant to try TMR because if you don't tell the patient what she wants to hear she doesn't believe you. Any suggestions?
Last Edited on 25-Mar-2010 6:36 AM
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jen
66 posts
Mar 28, 2010
5:57 PM
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thank you again bill
re: the lady-if any other ex makes her sore and she doesnt like it, i wouldnt worry a bit about trying some tmr moves....working the good side feels better and if she has less symptoms after doing that-should be good
she can give it a try to see if it works-she does have something wrong: some imbalance in how her body is functioning is resulting in strain in a certain area manifesting as pain with particular activities
if she doesnt like to 'exercise', maybe find a position (good side) that she can do without too much effort (side sitting, ltr positioning..) and let her just relax into a release
if she doesnt want to try it, i would give her blessings to go searching for other answers that suit her
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bjones
31 posts
Apr 01, 2010
6:13 AM
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Good answer jen...
@MTN wheels...see above. I got nothin more than jen.
I do remember once when I was fresh out of school. I ask a similar question to a more experienced therapist (he was head of the Sports Med section at the time)...he said "You just can't fix everybody." Lotta truth in that one.
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jen
67 posts
Apr 02, 2010
7:45 AM
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yep-i believ everyone can be fixed, but sometimes you just get to plant a seed or water it and maaaaybeee you get to be the one to harvest
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Tom Dalonzo-Baker
156 posts
Apr 04, 2010
6:17 AM
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I like Jen's last response - sometimes our only purpose is to plant the seed.
Tom
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bjones
32 posts
Apr 04, 2010
6:49 AM
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I like it too...reminds me of something Jim Rohn said about reaping what you sow...of course a difference between a plant and a human is the plant has no choice but to be the best or do the best it can with what it has...humans have a choice...some choose to remain in their "box".
Jim Rohn thingy for anyone interested:
http://www.burrese.com/Personal_&_Professional_Achievement/Articles/Rohn/Leaving_a_Legacy.htm
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mountainwheelz
12 posts
Apr 05, 2010
8:13 AM
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Thanks for the feedback everyone. I did try to explain to her that is was probably a muscular issue. Her response "It can't be muscular and cause pain." I tried. She actually had some benefit with the twist and arm raise, but has not returned for another appointment.
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