02-01-2019, 03:36 PM
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Re: Trapped nerve in my back.
Pinched nerves in the back are horrid. I’m so glad you are getting some help.A month is a long time to wait when you’re in pain. Have you tried using Epsom salts in a bath? Epsom salts are filled with minerals, especially magnesium which relaxes the body tenfold.
What I found when I had a pinched nerve in my back was that I’d tense up due to the pain and my muscles would lock up so then I’d have muscles spasms on top of the pinched nerve. Having Epsom salts baths helped loosen up those muscles but I also gave myself really deep tissue massages at the pain points which helped me greatly.
I wish you the best of luck.
02-01-2019, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by longfellow
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Got a phone call this morning about 9.30am a lovely Geordie lass from the Physiotherapy Unit asking me a couple of questions and then telling me some one would phone between 10 and 10.30am.Got the second call asked a few more questions and then given an appointment tomorrow at 1.30pm Basildon Hospital.
So I have a month in pain and taking god knows how many painkillers of variations and then out of the blue an appointment.
Perhaps these people should be running A&E..
I am so much hoping for some relief I know I will possibly have to have a few sessions before they sort it but at least now I can look forward to some one doing something.
Not just giving me a couple of Diazapan or a handful of painkillers.
Hmmmm - was surfing tv t'other day and saw a man being given therapy for a bad back by having a woman jumping on him and massaging his back with her feet. Is this what you're having done???
03-01-2019, 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Uncle Joe
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Hmmmm - was surfing tv t'other day and saw a man being given therapy for a bad back by having a woman jumping on him and massaging his back with her feet. Is this what you're having done???
Late change of plan they double booked me so I now have a 8.30am appointment. Dropped our lass at the station this morning no walking today I need to get some sleep before I go to the hospital. So I am off back to try and grab a hour and a half.
03-01-2019, 10:49 AM
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Well my trapped nerve seems to have left me with a very sore muscle along the right hand side of my spine and my neck and shoulder as well. The physio as given me a short list of exercise's to do each day to stretch the muscles.The cause the physio says could well be my breathing problems, but he cannot pinpoint at present.
Back again on the 21st 8am which is great because I can get a disabled parking bay just outside of outpatients.
Keep taking the painkillers when needed.
Thanks again for all your kind thoughts.
03-01-2019, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by longfellow
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Well my trapped nerve seems to have left me with a very sore muscle along the right hand side of my spine and my neck and shoulder as well. The physio as given me a short list of exercise's to do each day to stretch the muscles.The cause the physio says could well be my breathing problems, but he cannot pinpoint at present.
Back again on the 21st 8am which is great because I can get a disabled parking bay just outside of outpatients.
Keep taking the painkillers when needed.
Thanks again for all your kind thoughts.
Physio is never a fast solution to the problem, but if you stick with it you will get there in the end. When I had a piece of bone removed from my shoulder I thought my arm would never work properly again, but within a few months of physio therapy, it was back to how it used to be. I hope your problem will be too!
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