Hi! Im 14 years old and I have been having a lot of back pain mostly in my lower back and then shooting up my spine, so I went to my doctor and had x-rays taken and when they came back I had slight scoliosis. I have to go to physical therapy and my therapist is telling me that another thing that is hurting my back is that I have rounded shoulder blades. When I do some exercises like laying on my stomache and putting my arms straight forward and lifting them, I can barely lift them at all. She tells me that I am very weak. so…my question is do you think this is that big of a deal like doing the exercises or just do you think it is sort of serious????
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14 Years Old, Back Pain?
Feb 28
I was involved in a car accident almost 5 years ago. I’ve been to one chiropractor for almost 2 years with no results. Then to 2 different physical therapy, with little relief besides when they pulled my neck away from my body. I’ve had many injections in my back, 1 lasting 3-4 months, another for 1 month or so, and the others maybe a week or so, sometimes nothing at all.
I’ve had 2 Epidurals done, one lasted 3 months the other a month.
I’ve gone to a sports medicine doctor, a few other specialists. Most not recommending surgery because they cannot find the problem. I had a cat scan and a MRI and showed there was something a bit strange in my T 7-8 in my back. I have to take vicodin everyday for pain, and sometimes it doesn’t even work. I’m a healthly 22 year old. Working out at the gym seems to help my back sometimes. It’s a sharp pain in my upper right side of my back, near my spine too. If you push on certain spots on my spine near the pain, its really tender.
I’m running out of help and ideas, please someone, guide me towards someone to see, or some kind of doctor, I will not do surgery as i’ve been recommended not to, so I’m not sure what to do. I just need help, I want to be normal again and not in pain. I still can barely do the things I love and it’s really starting to take effect on how I live my life and my mood. Please someone…. Help..
I live near SF, California if that helps.
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I’m 21 and after I badly dislocated my kneecap 2 years ago, I never even been to the hospital or gotten any MRIs, so I have no idea the extent of my damage.
The time I injured my knee, a guy helped me pop it back in and I was taken home instead of the hospital. My dad built a knee immobilizer for me and it took 2 months to walk again. After that I never had physical therapy, just regular workouts.
Now this is where I got REALLY stupid: Last summer, a year after my serious injury, I was running barefoot ON SAND 3-4 times a week for an hour each time for 2 months. I weighed 125 pounds at the time. One day I stopped running cuz the knee pain got too bad to continue. I heard that running is the first thing to avoid for a bad knee.
Eventually I’ll go see an orthopedic surgeon and get an MRI.
For now all I’m curious to know is:
WHAT’S THE WORST THAT COULD BE WRONG WITH MY KNEE AS THE RESULT OF MY NEGLECT? FOR EXAMPLE, LIGAMENT OR MENISCUS DAMAGE?
let me start off with a brief history. i have bursitis in my right hip. i’ve had it for 9 years. i also sprained my knee on the same leg 7 years ago. about 2 months ago my knee started hurting again. (my hip kind of aches all the time, but my knee i usually have no problem with) i also have flat feet. my knee has been hurting every day for 2 months. i take advil for it which lowers the pain but it always comes back, i ice my knee twice a day for at least an hour. but my knee keeps getting worse and worse. i can barely walk up and down the stairs in the morning, its also hard for me to climb the ladder at work. i basically have a permanent limp from my hip problems, and my spine is slightly curved from putting all my weight on my other leg, so basically my leg is messed up. i have been to physical therapy for my hip and gotten cortizone shots in my hip. i would go to the doctor but i have no health insurance and i can’t afford any treatment. fortunatley, i just started working at safeway, so in 6 months i will have health insurance. until then. i have no idea what to do for the pain, or what might be wrong with my knee. any ideas? it keeps getting worse and worse, i don’t know what to do. i’m only 23 years old and i don’t know how worse this is going to get. any help or ideas would be awesome
I will like to get in the Physical therapy field
My father has been on several different types of antibiotics over the last two years to treat a rare bacterial infection in his eye. he is so run down now that he was hospitalize and now in a rehab center. Dr saying no physical reason he just has given up. I think is is the long term use of antibiotics and dehyrdation. I cant find any research on the efffect of long term antibiotic use. Anyone know of any simular situations???
19 years old. Just had a breast reduction. I have mostly treated depression/anxiety. I also get kidney stones. Have had horrible back pain for 6 years now. I’ve always had a larger chest, but this back pain effects my life to the point where I cant work, drive, go to school. I need to be on narcotics for pain sometimes. Its been a few weeks since the surgery and I am STILL in the same amount of excruciating pain. We never knew if this would solve the problem but we hoped. Doctors have run tests, blood tests, x rays, ultra sounds, massage therapy, chiropractor, physical therapy, NOTHING has shown up, and NOTHING has helped. I have extreme fatigue, I can sleep for 19 to 20 hours a day if allowed. This pain is NOT the same as when I get my kidney stones, it’s totally different and it has taken over my entire life. Does anyone have any clue or idea of what could be the problem? I feel like there is something that the doctors are not seeing. I need to get this taken care of, I HAVE to live. Any ideas or help or suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated. Thank you.
I’ve Had Chronic Back Pain For About 2 Years Now. I’m Only 17, Anybody Tried Spinal Decrompression?
Jan 31
vicodin and physical therapy just arent enough. i have a really mild case of serpintine scoliosis and my hips are misalligned. the pain just will not subside. somebody help me. please. oh god please.
i am 17 years old and am trying to figure out what i want to go to college for? i am considering being a physical therapist but i don’t know how many years of college that requires? or about how much they make a year? someone help please!!
How Many Years Do I Have To Go To School To Get My Doctorate’s Degree In Physical Therapy At Uconn?
Jan 26
I want to get my doctorate’s degree in physical therapy at the University of Connecticut. How many total years of schooling will i have to go through?