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[ams1989]

Hello everyone this post might be long but I am desperate for help. I am about to be 25 and I am lost. It all started when I was 22 and went to a chiropractor and she adjusted my low back and I had severe pain for months and I started cracking my lower back a lot. Just turning my back would crack like 5-6 places. Well eventually I went to a different chiropractor and  she helped my lower back and everytime I went back it would hurt so eventually I stopped going but symptoms kept getting worse. I used to plY basketball alone very hard and do drills. This all go so bad my dreams were lost and quit April 2013. I stopped exercising at all for six month and felt amazing. I started exercising when my girlfriend of 4 years left me in September. And now everything has just went to crap. Every joint pops and my muscles ache. Everytime I exercise I get bad aches and pains and not good sore ones neither. For instance if I play basketball my upper back will hurt my neck will hurt. I also have major tmj disc displacement. My left elbow pops if I bend it my right elbow has had tennis elbow since last October from lifting weights. My right knee I can sometimes feel it shift when I am walking and the cartilage shifts in my knee. Whenever I do exercise that involves repetitive movements I will be in pain. My neck will have burning sensations up the right side my low back will be burning my mid back will feel like it needs to crack. I have OCD too and the anxiety is horrible. I have contemplated suicide for a long time cause this its been over two years. I know its not fibromyalgia cause its only when I exercise. Its like my body is not working right. I feel fine when I do nothing but that's not fun. I can't run or my right hip hurts and this is not specifically the joints per say the cartilage as more of a tissue issue. Ligaments and tendons Nd muscles. Please help me I am desperate. Every step I take my ankles crack. I wake in the morning and my hip will make a huge pop. I lift my shoulders straight up and but will make small cracking noises. If I am ever on my knees even on cushion the next day my knee will feel loose and unstable. I am lost I feel like I am dying everyday. I am going to see a doctor when I get money. Just standing to long I get back pain walking to long my right hip will hurt until I loft my leg fast and I will usually hear a small snap in the hip and I have to stretch it for a sec and then it goes away for a little bit. The biggest problem though is the exercise any movement causes the muscles to throb and ache in my neck and back. Its like they are nit getting nutrients or they I have a nerve problem but its only during exercise the mucles actually hurt. And my job makes it worse I am always bending down low to get to machines on the ground. I used to wear knee pads and just get on my knees but I stopped cause my knees hurt and upper back but now when I try it again it causes pain as if my body is telling me not to do it again it weird cause I did it for months and at first it hurt then my body adjusted and now it don't want to adjust. I also can not sleep on my back or stomach. If I so much as lay in a position I am not used to for 5 minutes I will feel it the next day. As for stretching that is an absolute NO. If I stretch at all he next day I will be all messed up low back pain my knees will be hurting. It seems like when the muscles get loose they get hurt with exercise or stretching or anything I seems to have some sort of muscle disorder

[scottma]

TMJ orthosis（ occlusal appliance, night guard device), and/or foot orthosis may help you. Seeing a tmj specialist or podiatrist is advised.

[konnimah]

Of course I'm not a doctor so I can't say for sure what's going on. I'm just putting this out there as a possibility and you can ask a professional about it when you get the chance...

My friend had back problems for years after a car accident. I had gone to this Airrosti provider for TMJ (jaw joint) and related migraine/pain problems. The doctor helped me a lot so I recommended him to my friend. My friend went and it helped him tremendously after 3-4 visits with the same doctor. His back pain disappeared after a couple of visits and it has been something he can maintain on his own with minimal effort months later.

They see a lot of patients with sports injuries, too. One of the things we both really liked about it is that they empower you with stretches and exercises that you can do to help yourself in the healing process and to keep yourself pain-free.

Please check out their site: http://www.airrosti.com/

The cost is about $250 a visit (without insurance) and the average person just needs 3-4 visits (which was the case for me and my friend.) I know it's not cheap but they do payment plans and can span that out so you pay them back in a year...so that comes out to $62-83 a month.

I don't know where you are but I saw Dr. Nick Askey in San Antonio, TX. They have locations in other cities and states.

I hope things start looking up for you! Hopefully this helps!