I was hurt in the military?

Question

I had an emg in 03 with peronial neuropothy. The pain has gotten worse so i finally had an mri which showed mild disc protrusion with no nueral forminal stenosis. How can this be with the earlier EMG results? Any orthos out there?

Answer 1

Hi there... Im not an ortho, but I have had signifcant back problems for about 11 years with two lots of surgery ten years apart. The Peroneal Neuropathy is general term denoting functional disturbances and pathological changes in the peripheral nervous system with the peroneal nerve starting in the sciatic nerve and goes to the calf and foot. You can still have this with no stenosis, which is basically narrowing as the disc bulge may be pressing against this nerve, and others causing the pain.
There are heaps of ways to manage pain with this - which I can tell you about, but I would say from experience do not see a chiropractor with a disc protrusion. I would be more than happy to help you out with any questions if you have them.
Good luck with it!

Answer 2

Try a chiropractor and massage therapist with the info below

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.


*******PLEASE PASS ON
This week 2-25-07 - 3-2 I heard on National Public Radio (KXJZ) a lady talking about PTSD.
She had been working with females in the military and found that talking about (instead of talking around) the incident made it better. She then worked with males seeing if this was true for them also - IT IS
(my comments - maybe it is the fear of talking about things that lets them have a hold on us)