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What Kind Of Specialist Should I See About My Hip Pain?

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:23:44 +0000

I’m in frequent, moderately-severe pain. Please help! Recommendations and “talk to the doc about ____” diagnosis are welcomed…
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I’m a healthy 22 year-old female who suffers from hip pain during rest and activity.
Back in Elementary school (~10 yrs old), I experienced discomfort in my groin– the tendons, I think– when running the mile. It was minimal and very temporary, so my family decided not to do anything about it: we thought it might be brought on by the gym teacher’s insistence on certain performance levels regardless of the student’s athletic ability.
There were no more problems until High School, when I happened to be walking with my hands low on my hips. I could feel the right joint ‘popping’ when I took my weight off it, but there was no discomfort The left hip was fine. Again, we decided to let it go.
In college (~18 or 19yrs old) I discovered that being highly active would cause temporary pain in my hips (localized in the outside-center of either buttock). My right hip was worse and inevitably, the pain started to occur more frequently, even when I was seated. My boyfriend (a paramedic) insisted that I go to the doctor.
I gave her the information above, and I asked her to feel the hip movement as I walked across the room. She told me that she didn’t need to, she believed me, and so she had me lay on my back as she manipulated my legs in different directions (looking for unnatural tension or movement, I guess?). I told her that I didn’t have problems while on my back and she told me that I might have a “loose” ligament that might require physical therapy, or some kind of deformity that might be keeping the joint out of proper alignment.
The x-ray came back negative, so she told me to take two asprin twice a day and call back in two weeks.
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I’m not ashamed to say that I was furious at what I feel was an act of incompetence. I maintain a healthy weight, am active and young, so I firmly believe that I was dismissed on the basis of my appearance. Since I was angry and had informed her repeatedly that I had a chronic problem, I decided not to take her advice and I never called her back.
Surprise, surprise, my hips got worse. It hurts a lot, so please don’t berate me for what I know was a stupid choice. At this point, the pain is interfering with my daily activity (driving, sitting at a desk, during sex, after visiting the gym, prior to going to sleep, etc) and so I don’t have any options but to return to the doctor and get a recommendation. I don’t blame a General Practitioner for overlooking what must be a fairly specific problem, so I’d like to know what I need to say to be fair and get her to direct me to the right specialist. For my hips, should I see a joint specialist or someone else? Is this something a Podiatrist would treat, or a Chiropractor? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks so much.

What Kind Of Drug Could I Request For Pain? I’ve Tried Quite A Few Things Nd Nothing Seems To Help! Look Below?

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:01:17 +0000

I don’t know what to do! Please help as much as possible…
I’ve had back problems all my life, and i’m only 21. march of 08, I was getting ready for work. I went to stand up from sitting on the couch, and I realized I couldn’t get up. I couldn’t feel from my hips down, but what I COULD feel was unbelievable pressure in my lower back and legs. I ended up having to be carried to the hospital. The doctor there did nothing but push me to bend over and see how far i could bend until i touched my toes (by this time i was in incredibly serious pain). He, without doing an mri or xrays, automatically prescribed me anti-inflammitories and muscle relaxers. after a few months, I had to go to another doctor.
She told me they werent helping me any, and she took xrays and an mri. She found out that my spinal discs are deteriorating and slipping in and out of place. So she prescribed me multiple things at different times to figure out which ones helped and which ones didn’t.
I found that high doses of lortab mixed with flexeril and oxycodone and flexeril worked. everything else didn’t even touch the pain.
Over the past few months, things have been getting worse. I can’t get through work without feeling like something is going to break. Most often, it’s my tailbone. I feel if I put pressure on my right foot, my tailbone will snap completely in half. it sends searing pain down my right leg, and up to my head, causing migraines. I’ve been in physical therapy, and it makes it worse.
I don’t believe it’s muscles, but i don’t know what to say to the doctors to get them to help me and believe me.
I recently went to the doctor for this problem. He mentioned to me that he won’t give me those medications because of high addiction rates?
I don’t know what these rates are, but my question would be:
What is a pain killer you have tried that helped and did its job?
also, when muscle relaxers make you sleep well instead of relaxing muscles, what else could be used to help relax you?
PLEASE help, like i said, i’m only 21 years old. I need to figure this out before it gets too much worse.
thankyou, megan.

What Kind Of Exercises/treatment Is Involved In Physiotherapy/physical Therapy? See Details?

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:18:49 +0000

We know that physiotherapy (Physical therapy in the US) is when people [who have problems with movement] go for therapy. This is a very crude understanding, but could you give examples of how the physiotherapist can help patients with their conditions?
Thanks.

What Kind Of Pain Killers Would Be Good For Long-term Pain Issue?

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:48:58 +0000

I have been suffering from back pain since 1993, when my ex husband and i, along with 2 of our friends and their baby were in a head-on collision with a drunk driver. I was young and dumb and continued to do things as if there were no injury to my back, after going periodically to see a doctor or chiropractor, which made me re-injure it several times. About 7 years ago, they diagnosed me with having arthritis in three different areas of my spine, and it has steadily gotten worse and worse since then.
I have been through physical therapy a number of times, and it never seems to help anything, just makes the pain worse. I am on 1000mg of Alieve a day, along with Flexeril, which is a muscle relaxer, up to 3x a day. While it helps reduce the swelling, inflammation, and muscle spasms in my back, it does nothing for the pain levels i am experiencing on a day to day basis.
I know that narcotics are hard on your liver, and it’s not good to take them for a long period of time, but i need to find something that has the strength of a narcotic that i can take regularly that will help the pain in my spine, without being to rough on my liver.
Ultram does nothing for me, hydros make me sick from all the tylenol, i can’t take a lot of tylenol because it makes me sick as well, and i just don’t know of any others that would be beneficial that are non-narcotic.
Right now i’m on percocet for an infected tooth, and let me say my back pain is way less than it has been over the last year, but i know i can’t take it a real long time because it’s another one that’s hard on your liver. Does anyone know of any kind of pain medication that doesn’t destroy your liver?

What Kind Of Pain Medication Would Be A Good Step Up From Ultram?

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:22:51 +0000

A little back info: I had a major car accident in 2006, and came out with what I assumed was nothing more than a seat belt shaped bruise. I declined offers to go to the emergency room, as I thought I was fine, but a few days after I found that I was in increasingly bad back pain. By the time I found a doctor and was put through physical therapy, most of the muscles in my cervical and thoratic spine had atrophied to some degree, and this limits my mobility and gives me daily pain. Since 2006 I have been on both Ultram and Flexeril to control pain, but they are both doing a whole lot of nothing.
I plan on seeing my doctor today- how should I approach the topic of receiving stronger pain meds without seeming like a junkie? It’s not as if I’m asking to be on morphine… I just want to be able to do things my peers are doing. Being 20 and in pain all the time is pretty depressing.

What Kind Of Yoga Would Be Best For Me?

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:22:37 +0000

I have a 3mm disc protrusion at C6. I have been in physical therapy to help aleviate the nerve pain and numbness. I would like to try yoga for strengthening and flexibility. Which kind would be best me with this injury? I am also a beginner so I don’t know where to start. Thanks:)

What Kind Of Education Do You Need To Get Into Physical Therapy?

admin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:19:20 +0000

What kind of degree do you need for physical therapy?

What Should I Do For This Specific Kind Of Pain?

admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:48:52 +0000

A few years ago I dislocated the patella of my right knee, and tore the patellar ligament, as well as various others. I did physical therapy to no avail and still have immense pain regardless of activity. I saw a doctor about this problem (both right after injury and recently) and have been given various NSAID’s, such as ketorolac and entodolac, neither work, so I assume inflammation is not the reason for the pain. I may see someone else about this, but what should I maybe do in the mean time?

What Kind Of Things Affect My Settlement With A Car Accident?

admin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:47:37 +0000

When the car insurance company decides to give you a settlement from a bad car crash that you were a passanger in.. what kind of things decide how much money they will give you or if at all? My neck and back were injured and I have headaches everyday. I’m currently in physical therapy.
What can I expect in the future as far as pain and money?

What Kind Of Jobs Can I Get With A Dual Degree With A Doctorate Of Physical Therapy And Ms In Athletic Trainin?

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:18:52 +0000

I am interesting in attending a graduate school that offers a dual degree of doctorate in physical therapy and ms in athletic training. What kind of jobs are available for this career field that will give me a salary that is high?