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bulging disc and bone spurs
by fresnoborn, Dec 17, 2005 12:00AM
i have a bulgin disc at my c5 and bone spurs at my c2 c3. the bone doctor says they should not be causing me pain but i have severe pain. the worst pain is in the nap of my neck and my shoulders hurt and so do the muscles around my neck area. all day long my neck pops and grinds. if it's not the spurs or the disc what could it be? neurontin and baclofen are the only thing that help with the pain. an emg showed just severe muscle spasming. if these spurs and disc are not the problem then why would the muscles be spasming? i don't understand it.
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When they did the surgery they found that the problem was far more complicated than they had thought. They found he had a long pointy bone spur that was pressing on nerves in his back. They ended up having to remove half of the vertebra, the bulging disc and the bone spur. They said the area was severely inflammed so they injected it with antibiotics and steroids to help reduce the inflammation. His dr told him after the surgery that he'll probably need another surgery within 5 years to have a plate put in (I don't fully understand why though). It's been 6 months and he still has problems with sciatic pain (he's only 29).
Is chiropractic care an option for you?
Kelly
Another thing, cronic pain messes with your brain, my mom was told to go see a shrink, and this made her mad because she thought the doc thought that she really wasn't in as much pain. Turns out though that people that suffer from cronic pain do benifit from talking to a shrink. A pain specialist. The only thing that has helped her out a little is getting acupuncture.
I was told i have sacrilization where my lower vertebrae is noe attatched to my tailbone is this common