My back usually hurts, but when my neck hurts, it just goes numb. like it fell assleep. It is the strangest sensation and has been happening for about a year or so. I'm only 26 I am at a healthy weight(135) and am 5'2. Do I need to have surgery or just a reallignment? When I was 16 I went to a chiropractor and couldn't walk for about a month, so I don't really trust them, but my fiance goes about once a week and feels great.
2007-02-25 07:03:58 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Your fiance may not have the same probem you do...it sounds like nerve compression, and you are correct not to trust your spinal health to a chiropractor. See a neurologist....there is help out there...though it may be surgical.
2007-02-25 07:10:23 · answer #1 · answered by bflogal77 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The numb may only be muscles pressing on nerves but if it is more a chiropractor is the best bet if a couple of days later there is still a problem (greater than when you started) go back. Most of the time a chiropractor who uses an activator is best second is one who uses wedges when this is the case.
Much pain is from muscles below is an example of what may help (based on headaches).
Begin with a couple swigs of molasses or a couple of bananas daily - magnesium (which regulates many things in the body) and potassium (a needed building block for muscles).
Drink at least 1/2 gallons of water per day. Running a body low on water is like running a car low on oil is the analogy the head of neurology at UCDavis told my husband about 10 years ago.
Now to the cause - muscles - your back, neck shoulders and head have tender spots. They are knots in the fibers of the muscles called trigger points. It makes the muscles tight which makes them press on nerves and other things causing the pain.
The cure - start with a professional massage, you will also want to go back over any place you can get to 6-12 times per session up to 6 times per day rubbing (or lightly scratching on your head) every where that is tender until the knots go away. The place where the skull connects to the spine press up under the edge of the skull (to get to those muscles).
For more information read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. It teaches what to do and where the pain comes from.
2007-02-28 00:03:01 · answer #2 · answered by Keko 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you have some kind of nerve damage going on. Like the first answer I would suggest a neurologist, then an orthopedic doctor or a physiatrist (medical doctor - treatments but no surgery). I have seen all three and they were all helpful.
Hope you feel better soon. Pain is no fun.
2007-02-25 15:17:19 · answer #3 · answered by Kay T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋