First Episode:
Symptom location -- Back pain that last between 5 days to 2 weeks.
Common treatment given -- Advil + Time
...and the pain comes back...
Second Episode:
Symptom location: Severe back pain that radiates to the hip that last from 2 weeks to 2 months.
Common treatment: Advil + Pain Medication + Electric stimulation + Ultrasound.
...and the pain comes back...
Third Episode:
Symptom location: Severe back pain that radiates down to the knee that last 8 weeks or more.
Common treatment: Systematic steroids + Pain medication + Some knee to chest stretches + Sit ups.
...and the pain comes back...
Fourth Episode:
Symptom location: Extreme back pain that radiates all the way to the foot that last 6 months or more.
Common treatment: Epidural injection with steroids plus anesthetic + Pain killers.
...and the pain comes back...
Fifth Episode:
Symptom location: Extreme back pain that radiates all the way to the foot with foot numbness that last 1 years or more.
Common treatment: Laminectomy (Surgery)+ More pain pills.
...and the pain does not go away...
Sixth Episode:
Symptom location: Extreme back pain that radiates all the way to the foot with foot numbness and or leg weakness that last 2 years or more.
Common treatment: Spinal fusion (Surgery)+ More pain pills.
So in another words the movie goes something like this...
Advil ... and when that does not work...
Advil + Pain killers... and when that does not work...
Steroids ... and when that does not work...
Laminectomy (Surgery) ... and when that does not work...
Fusion (Surgery)... and when that does not work...
More surgeries and more pills...
Sad, very sad ending...But it does not have to end like this...Take charge!!!!...Read the next post...
