Pain & Pain Management - August 2007

I was rear-ended a week ago from yesterday, so hard it totaled my car. The ER said x-rays were fine and my regular check up doctor last Thursday said I was just imflammed and sore. I am going back this Thursday because it seems the pain in my lower back is worsening. The weird thing about it is when I sit for long periods, I work 8 to 9 hours a day (sitting at a computer) I usually start to feel the pain around lunch time and by this time 3 to 4 p.m. I am moving & re-adjusting trying to get comfort...even the pain pills don't elevate the pain, only when I get home and lay down. What could this be? Thanks.

2007-08-14 09:11:05 · 6 answers · asked by Jay 2

2007-08-14 07:53:02 · 8 answers · asked by amybaksh 1

2007-08-14 07:43:20 · 2 answers · asked by amybaksh 1

For me it was a bad nerve infection in my jaw.

2007-08-14 07:19:10 · 30 answers · asked by Wulfruna 3

In my hands, my fingers are always involuntarily jumping or spasing out and in my legs, I constantly get cholly horses. Is there something wrong with my nervous system or muscles?

2007-08-14 04:39:19 · 7 answers · asked by queennae08 1

2007-08-14 04:24:39 · 7 answers · asked by Shoes 1

Over the past year or so, I wake up with upper right back pain. It is very inconsistent and can go a few weeks without any pain and then a few weeks with pain every morning. I usually wake from my sleep and can't get back to sleep. I've gotten an MRI and nothing showed up. The back specialist said he saw nothing physicially wrong with my back. My primary physician suggested it may be acid reflux, but I don't believe it is as I don't feel like I have acid reflux.

What could be wrong with my back?

2007-08-14 04:06:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am have horrible muscle spasms in my back and my doctor, throu work gave me valium and ulracets after suffering for 4 weeks, but the pain is still very bad, i have told him that i am in very bad pain but won't do anything. i think he might think i am there just for pain pills but i can't deal with the pain anymore, what can/should i do?

2007-08-14 03:56:14 · 8 answers · asked by rebel_livin84 1

i have been waking up every morning with bad head aches. could this be a result of central ac and not having enough circulation in my room?

2007-08-14 03:03:34 · 8 answers · asked by Mike E 1

i have been taking Ibruofen tablets but its not working, wot else could i try tohelp my ears im waking up crying with pain

2007-08-14 02:58:00 · 1 answers · asked by ? 1

2007-08-13 23:18:29 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have had some low back stiffness/tenderness for about a week. I've had this on and off for 4 or 5 years and frankly it really isn't concerning to me. However, it was pretty sore today, and tonight after reaching for something I ended up with SEVERE pain. It hurts to move and is nearly impossible to get up out of bed without help. I went to the urgent care clinic and got a shot of Toradol and a Valium. It barely put a dent in the pain. I was told to take Ibuprofen and Vicodin at home. I'm feeling little relief. It is tolorable when I am at rest but getting up is pure agony and causes several minutes of severe pain. Should I just deal with it and rest my back and see if things improve? Should I return to urgent care for further pain relief? Or should I see a family doctor today? I am generally distrustful of physicians and really I want more aggressive care then they are willing to offer. I need to return to work and need the best and quickest outcome for relief.

2007-08-13 21:46:40 · 5 answers · asked by binga_4980 4

What does it mean when I can lolonger sit criss-cross due to extream hip joint pain after only a few moments?

Note: This also effects many other activities I do as well.
And this might also be because my back has been out of alignment for the past 6 months, and within the four have my hips experienced such pain.

2007-08-13 20:06:29 · 8 answers · asked by Valerie 1

I'm 15 and have had a spinal cord stimulator implanted (for complex regional pain syndrome/reflex sympathetic dystrophy in my right leg) in my spine (which has requied 3 surgeries to sucessfully implant). My lumbar spine where the leads are implanted is very sore, and often times I have trouble standing up straight without pain. I also have Keloid scarring condition so I have lots of extra scar tissue around my spine. What would be some suggestions as to what to do to help with my back pain? I have been using ice, streching, and taking Advil which don't seem to help much.

2007-08-13 17:19:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

on the right side of my rib it feels swollen (in the center of my body)it has been hurting for about a week know .my left side feels just fine.

2007-08-13 16:38:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

please ,let me know if vacodin an tramadol are similar

2007-08-13 15:07:11 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have to admit, i'm a complete wuss when it comes to needles. I have to get 3 tomorrow. Any advice?

2007-08-13 13:03:41 · 20 answers · asked by 6 5

when i eat certian foods i get excrutiating stomach pains that will only go away if i make myself sick ,i also bloat out and it realy drains me .its getting more and more foods that i cant eat anymore ,could some1 tell me what it could b coz my doctor doesnt have a clue .

2007-08-13 09:39:17 · 12 answers · asked by CARRIE P 1

For the last 2 months or so, I've had a constant but not excruciating pain in my upper right arm. I played softball this summer, but the pain was there just prior to my playing. Whenever I turn my arm a certain way or when I reach for my coffee cup, that is when I feel it, a sharp, pinching pain. Should I be overly-concerned about this? Is this serious enough to go have it checked out?

2007-08-13 09:38:37 · 5 answers · asked by joet5402 2

my doctor diagnosed me with menstural migraines about 4 years ago.. once a month i would get a migraine when i was on my period.. i always expect it. well in the past 3 or 4 months, i have been getting them more often, not around the time for my period. and for the past week i have had one everyday... does anyone know what it could be??

2007-08-13 08:28:20 · 16 answers · asked by blakesmommie 2

doctor pain

2007-08-13 07:29:34 · 4 answers · asked by #18 1

I think its my cartledge.

2007-08-13 07:25:41 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a pain in my left side under my rib cage and I've had it for a couple of weeks and it comes and goes. Is there any explanation for this? I can't think of anything that I might have done to cause it.

2007-08-13 07:25:38 · 1 answers · asked by lucky star 4

I started work today to realize that I have pain in my eye. My eyes aren't itchy or irritated, but if I look up or down or sideways too quickly, it really hurts my eye muscles. Is there anything I can do for this? Should I move it around a lot, or try to keep it closed?

2007-08-13 07:12:55 · 3 answers · asked by Zoe 6

2007-08-13 06:57:54 · 7 answers · asked by N O N A M E 2

i am not a Diabetic I have had carpal tunnel surgery 20years ago

2007-08-13 06:32:04 · 3 answers · asked by shorty82 1

Im only in 7th grade.
Ive had it for 7 days now.
Started to have pain in soccer.
Please don't give me answers relating to doctors.

2007-08-13 05:55:18 · 8 answers · asked by LordWafflesロードワッフル 4

to make it straight. I have just spent 2 hours on it.Iknow as soon as I walk through the door it will start going curly again
especially the front.

2007-08-13 05:49:11 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

My husband has cronic migraines and was seeing a Neuro for sometime but then stopped going. He has an appt now but in October. He has this migraine that keeps lingering and keeps taking Tyneol PM non stop. Is there any other type of Migraine medicine that is over the counter that would work better than the Tyneol PM?

2007-08-13 05:22:20 · 10 answers · asked by happynay 2

2007-08-13 05:07:47 · 2 answers · asked by junglette1 1