I am a 26 y/o Female in average health, no major health problems. About 8 months ago I started having left sided back, flank (between my pelvic bone and ribs) and over to my abdomen near my belly button. Pain comes and goes throughout the day and feels like it is swelling. My back and flank are VERY tender – there is a spot in the flank that if I push on, it feels like I have ‘hit the spot’. Any idea what this could be? I do have a history of back injury in the same area about a year prior but had been treated with physical therapy and had been OK. I have had two CT scans, first without contrast showed nothing, second with contrast showed “minimal diverticular changes” and “slightly prominent mesentric lymph nodes”…had a course of strong antibiotics but this did not effect the pain at all. Lymph nodes worry me. Have a colonoscopy scheduled for next week. I almost wonder if it might be a nerve or muscular problem instead? Anyone have any insight at all on this?
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About two years I injured my shoulder in a P.E. class, and it hurt ever since.. I went to the doctor around 6 months ago, and got an MRI done, and they said it was tendinitis. I was told to go to 4-6weeks of physical therapy. I went for about thirteen weeks, and when it wasn’t working, or getting any better, (Almost getting worse, still!), I had to stop going. It’s been about two months since then, and it feels worse than ever. I am getting huge knots in my shoulder, by the spine in my neck, and between the bottom shoulder blade and spine. And any little thing will set it off! I really don’t do anything physically exhausting, all have to do is draw. or sew for 15 min. or so and it burns and sting. What should I do?? I have to start a new job soon as a courtesy clerk at fry’s, and i don’t think i can handle the pain of that at the end of the day!
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks so much!
seem to find out what is causing this. I have had an ex-ray on my hip and nothing, even no arthtitis,I had a cat scan done on my abdomen because the pain also centers on the lower part of my abdomen. I had a hystrectomy when I was 35. So a few weks ago I had a MRI done which showed degenerative disk but not enough to have the pain I have .So I;m nowhere. I suffer from my hip at night, I can no stand or sit for any lenghth of time .I’ve taken pills for pain , depression. I’ve been to a chiropractor who helped many years ago but deosn’t anymore. They say Physical therapy but i walk 20 min everyday and it just brings it on more. anyadvice for LOST IN PAIN
I Am Having Lots Of Pain Now.looking For Help. Please Help Me, W/ Advice Or Anything, Thanks.?
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I have had surgery on right heel, now in physical therapy. My left knee needs surgery that will be 4-6 months heeling process. A Lot of pain. I am willing to travel for a pain specialist and I have the best doctor willing to give me a referral .Please, if someone knows of what I can do, let me know. Thanks…And there is more of the story, but I know everyone has one…
I shattered my left ankle and sprained my right ankle by falling off a horse and landing on my feet. The impact was so strong that one of my ankles fractured and the other one resulting in 3rd degree sprain. I’m pretty much in the process of healing for the fractured ankle after 2 surgeries, but I am concerned about the sprained one because I’m still having pain, epecially when I rotate it around.
I also get a sudden sharp pain occasionally whever I’m walking. It’s been 4 months since the accident and I have been going to physical therapy for 2 months already.
Do you think these conditions are considered normal? Am I going to be able to get any better?
I have had alot of pain in my knee since about July.
Symptoms:
*The Pain is right above my knee cap
*It hurts when my knee is bent(sitting, walking up stairs, jumping)
*Once I am sitting for a while, then pain decreases to a dull ache, and then when i go to extend it, it hurts again.
*It is my left knee
*I have VERY FLAT feet. I’ve had physical therapy on my feet because i have flat feet and VERY BAD OVERPRONATION. My bone in my foot actually rolls over onto the ground when I walk, when in a normal person it stays up and supports your foot.
*I also have a screw in that same ankle.
*I think the pain is caused by my knee trying to make up for what my foot is doing, and it’s injuring my knee.
Any advice? What do you think it could be? Tips?
Thanks! 
i want to do a course in physical therapy aid its only like 8 weeks but is less than 600 bucks. i heard to be a physical therapy aid you dont have a certification so does it makes a difference?
My left knee gives out on me frequently and at random times…this causes a lot of pain. I take glucosamine and have tried numerous pain meds, physical therapy for 2 months after surgery, knee brace and a post-surgery cortizone shot less than 3 weeks ago. I had a knee scope with lateral release on my right knee in August and the left knee done in December. The right knee is doing ok while the left knee is giving me fits. I am also getting pain along my shin when trying to extend my knee.
My son is 13 months old and about a month or two ago I started getting these really bad pains in my back. I have scoliosis and I had a spinal fusion to correct it. I guess the bottom where the rods weren’t placed has gotten worse. That isnt where the pain is.
Anyways…. My doctor said that pain is common after having a baby and is having me go into physical therapy. He says that if the physical thereapy doesn’t help then he wants to get a bone scan done to see if it is a “false joint”. I had my surgery five years ago this july.
I was wondering how common it is to have have pain after a spinal fusion and after having a baby when you have had the operation.
I was hit by a drunk driver last Christmas, and at the time felt no pain. Later that night, I went to the ER with knee pain, had x-rays, and was given a knee brace. I was referred to an orthopedic surgeon and had an MRI done on my knee, and he told me to go to physical therapy. The only problem was that I couldn’t go immediately since I had no car to drive and nobody to take me (it took weeks to get a car, and my parents had to work). I went back to school in mid January, (I’m a college student), and continued to have knee pain. Over spring break, I finally went to a physical therapist. I was in physical therapy until the last week of May, and was discharged. I felt fine the rest of the summer. Now school has started up, and although I’m walking a lot, I actually think I’m less busy/physically active than I was this summer. My knee is absolutely killing me with the same type of pain, and I don’t understand. Should I go back to physical therapy, or what action should I take?