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Severe Back Pain, Fractured, Pinching Spinal Cord, Undergoing Therapy. Wake Up With Cold Sweats, Unable To Ride. Suggestion?
Hi my names is James Scott and I am having sever back pain my T11 is fractured and my C5,6 is pinching my spinal cord and they are having me do therapy that is pulling on my neck with a bag of water and it makes me hurt worse when I do it to where I can not move when I am done for the rest of the day they have me on very low pain medication that I get into so much pain when I sleep that I wake up in cold sweats it seem like nothing I do is comfortable I cant ride in a vehicle for more than twenty minutes without hurting. What so you recommend I do ?
Thu, 26 Sep 2013
Hi, thanks for writing to HCM.
You need to have a dorsal support for a fractured D11 vertebra and a soft cervical collar for your neck.
Use of intermittant muscle relaxants will help in alleviating the muscle spasm and thereby reducing the pain.
Moist heat fomentation over the painful areas will relax the underlying muscles. Gentle massaging of the painful areas with a painkiller gel will ease up the pain.
Gradual stretching and strengthening exercises of the involved areas will regain the normal muscle strength thereby providing good soft tissue balance and eliminates the pain.
Hope this information is helpful. Good day
You need to have a dorsal support for a fractured D11 vertebra and a soft cervical collar for your neck.
Use of intermittant muscle relaxants will help in alleviating the muscle spasm and thereby reducing the pain.
Moist heat fomentation over the painful areas will relax the underlying muscles. Gentle massaging of the painful areas with a painkiller gel will ease up the pain.
Gradual stretching and strengthening exercises of the involved areas will regain the normal muscle strength thereby providing good soft tissue balance and eliminates the pain.
Hope this information is helpful. Good day
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