Spine & Spinal Nerve Disorders

I am looking at spinal fusion to C7 T1 full herniation due to a car accident

I am looking at spinal fusion to C7 T1 full herniation due to a car accident. Have already done 36 sessions of physical therapy in addition to 2 cortisone injections. How long is the recovery time and do I need someone home to take care of me. Due I need to wear a cervical collar...

by George over a year ago

trouble standing straight, I had a lumbar laminectomy and extension of lumbar fusion with hardware

I had a lumbar laminectomy and extension of lumbar fusion with hardware 7 months. This is the second time for this surgery the first my screws came loose so this time they had to take all the old hardware out and put new in. My recovery was fine but I am having trouble standing straight up. When I...

by Guest over a year ago

Pains in lower back upper crack

I’m 16 and I’m going through pain, it’s right at the top of my crack and send me a agonising pain around the area and hurts a lot more when pressure is added and when I sit down, bend my legs in bed and when I’m lying down, my mum thinks it might have something to...

by Guesttt16 over a year ago

1 year after lumbar puncture it still hurts when I sit or stand for too long

I didn’t have a experience like you my he had me lay on me side in fetal position, they had 6 doctors hold me down along with my mom an continued to do the test while I had a anxiety attack, I fell asleep on my back an don’t remember much after, it’s been a year an it hurts to sit to long...

by Yumyum over a year ago

Annoyed back tingling with movement in my back

I've been feeling tingling in my back and feels like something is moving all most like a pregnant woman who has a baby moving but in my back or like I have something balled up in my cloths in my back...it doesn't hurt just annoying.

by Ltowles 727363364 over a year ago

Just some tips on how to cope with scoliosis

Hi I have Scoliosis and it sounds like yours is quite similar to mine. I’m 16 and my chest wall is uneven and my ribs go out further on my right than the left. If you don’t mind me asking, have you been to see your local GP because that helps to sort out and see what treatments you need. I feel...

by Ellie Walton over a year ago

Numbness setting in 3 months AFTER cervical fusion

At he end of July I had cervical fusion surgery (c4- c7) fto correct a gait problem with my left leg. At the time my right foot and leg were fine. 3 months AFTER the surgery numbness set into the right foot with tingling in the right leg. I might have expected this numbness shortly...

by Teddy over a year ago

upper posterior cervical back surgery. Pain is getting worse

I had a posterior c3-c6 lameinectomy December 2016. I felt relieffrom the sharp burning pain in my left hand. The pain returned along with it came the same burning pain in my r hand. I have a follow up at Duke Medical Center. I was told by the surgeon to give it 12- to 18 months for the nerves to...

by Cinnamon363010 over a year ago

Scoliosis Pain all of a sudden and I started visiting the chiropractor

These stories had me in tears bc I've had all these problems for years now I believe I was 12 when I had my surgery, I am now almost 32. Sunday I painted my mailbox & Monday I woke up & couldn't walk. I am 32 how can this even be happening? Like all of you I imagine you have to develop a...

by Tasha over a year ago

I had C5-7 ACDF. Did anyone wake up with betadine from neck to groin?

Hello, I am 3 months post C5-7 ACDF. This has not been the 1 to 2 weeks recovery my neurosurgeon told me to expect. This is painful. Anyway, my question is: After anesthesia, my body was prepped with betadine. Fine. Did anyone wake up with betadine from neck to...

by Mary over a year ago