pain treatment

[janerosedaisy]

does anyone know about nerve burning for chronic pain? my pain dr recommends this for the herniated disk in my neck..   had cortisone shots and they helped.,i hesitate to try nerve burning because I know so little about this.  help!

[fusionc3t1]

I agree Tree48 I am fused c3-t1 i have permit weakness in my hands because they waited so long and wanted to try injection first.

[Tree48]

I can tell you that I am not a supporter of nerve burning... those are what tell you that something is wrong.. I have a very aggressive case of DDD. When my hands and arms started to burn I knew something wasn't wrong and my pain management Dr. pretty much saved my live by refusing to do any shots or blocking etc... he told me to get back a hold of my Neuro Dr.  it was a good thing.. I ended up having to have  C3-C7 replaced. I also had a bone spur that was cutting into my spinal cord..had I ignored it or he had tried to treat me.. I prob would of ended up either A paralyzed from from the neck down..or dead.. Please make sure you have your MRI's read by a Neuro Dr. I also had to have L4L5S1 fused/replaced. Now I do have some permanent nerve damage in my Rt foot/leg..but its better than the alternative.  Please be careful .

[fusionc3t1]

works well if it is Arthritis pain. Doc should be able to tell you if you have Facet arthritis  work great if you have that!

[richyb1950]

Had it done in my lower back 3 1/2 weeks ago. Did not work..Works in less than 70 per cent of people..