65 year old male with cervical spine (neck) pain. The pain is significant at times and will cause his shoulder and his hands tingle. He has also had injuries in the past to his lower back due to a military incident. At this time we are more interested in seeing someone who can help with neck pain. VA has x-rayed it and says there is nothing wrong. We don’t believe that. We might also need assistance with his lower back issues somewhere down the road. Please let me know what type of doctor to see?
26yr old male – rib injury about 4 months ago in which the front part of my 11th rib pulled out of place.
I was told originally that after a couple months this would heal and come back in place with proper healing procedures. However 4 months later and it is still in same placement (out of place).
Is the 11th rib since its floating, once out of place always going to be out of place? Or is there a medical procedure to put it back in place?
I’m experiencing symptoms of Sciatica/Piriformus spasm
I’ve been struggling with this for about a year now and failed many times to reduce the pain.
can’t really see a doctor about this since i have zero medical cover and can’t pay for it either.
just want some advice on how to reduce the pain so i can at least walk.
For the record i’m 20 and otherwise perfectly healthy.
I am a 60 year old male in good health . I work a physically hard job. I have a full thickness tear in the supraspinatous tendon with 9 mm retraction. Do I have to have surgery ?
Hello. I’m a 22 year old woman who has had tendinitis in my wrist for the past few years. Now, it seems as though I have a ganglion cyst on my the top of my wrist, where my tendinitis pain occurs. I’m wondering if I could use my electronic pulse massager around this area to help?
I am a 41 year old female. I take medication for blood pressure, a water pill and a statin. My tonsils have been removed and I was diagnosed with vitiligo at age 8.
The past two nights I have experienced severe pain in both my knees. It is a constant pain that I describe as a sledge hammer coming down on my knees. There is no redness and no swelling and I can move without worsening or lessening the pain. The pain will eventually taper off on it’s own, only to return at bedtime. I have had xrays and blood work done and have been advised of nothing to explain what is happening. I have had no injuries and do not participate in sports. I have no prior issues with joints, or my knees. I do walk daily for exercise. I am wondering what could be causing this sudden issue?
My 17 year year old daughter was diagnosed with leg length discrepancy after going to the doctor for pain in her back and right leg. Her right femur is 1.8 inches shorter than her left. Due to the tilt of her pelvis it has also caused her spine to have a slight s curve and her rib cage to pertrude of her left side. The doctor we went and saw recommended we go and get a shoe lift. She has worn that for almost 6 months and the pain has not gotten any better. She suffers from lower back, hip, knee, and ankle pain. I took her back to that same doctor two times and he just keeps on insisting the lift will work and we haven’t given it enough time. I was just wondering if there’s anything else we could possibly do and what other treatments are available.
Pain all the way down the outside of my left arm, left 3 fingers and arm goes numb, right hand and arm go numb off and on.
Pain in left shoulder and neck.
Pain between shoulder blades (pain gets worse when I cough or sneeze and if standing up makes my knees buckle).
Pain lower back
Pain down back of right leg into foot and with in minutes of sitting right leg goes numb.
Having a hard time urinating, have to really push to start then not much comes out, have to go tot he bathroom all the time.
I’ve had an MRI of my c-spine and l-spine and it shows:
C5-6 Facet Hypertrophy, no stenosis
C6-7 Facet hypertrophy right grater than left, broad-based disc bulge, and uncovertebral hypertrophy right grater then left. There is a right foraminal encroachment, no stenosis visible.
L4-5 Mild concentric disk bulge with shallow midline protrusion, and mild facet hypertrophy, giving bilateral foraminal encroachment. No frank stenosis
L3-4 Concentric disc bulge, with a small midline disc protrusion, facet hypertrophy, and relatively narrow spinal canal. Ventral CSF is near completely effaced, with thecal sac cross-section 0.8cm AP by 1.5cm left right. There is right foraminal encroachment.
Is it possible that the problem is a disc bulge in my T-spine?
I am a 65 year Male with no medical prescriptions, in excellent health exercising five days a week (tennis). I have cholesterol numbers of 165 Total, 60 HDL, 85 LDL.
An x-ray of my hand showed tendinitis but also atherosclerotic calcification in the artery.
What should be my treatment (statins) or should I get additional tests such as a CT scan?
My 12 year old son has been complaining about pain on his front thigh (quadriceps), since he was 3 years old for both 2 legs. It happens to him after playing and doing activities like sports and after school. It happens to him at least once a week. and it lasts between 12 hours – 72 hours. some time he feels clicking on front quadriceps and he feel relief after clicking. Sometimes he says it is burning and stinging.
Sometimes he needs rest to get rid of the pain. sometimes it is saviour and he can’t walk even for a day and need pain killers. I could say it is always with him. This isssue has affected his running, sport and activities. He is always the last person in all sports activities. Mean he is too slow. we visited many doctors and different x rays and blood tests and many physios. But nothing has been diagnosed. I need help to know what to do and what is his problem. His health and life has been affected because of this issue and he has lost his confidence as he is always looser in all activity games.
I visited my doctor because of my lower back pain. It causes sleepless nights and decreases my daily activities. The pain is worse when laying down, sitting down or walking/running. My doctor sent me for an xray that showed I have a 2.5cm spot on my Iliac Bone. The doctor then sent me for a Bone Scan and here are the results. Should I be concerned and demand an MRI?
1. Increased uptake in the mandible more so on the right
2. Slight increased activity in the right temporal area is noted on the lateral view of the skull though unlikely to
be a lesion.
3. There is a small focus of mild increased uptake in the right posterior 10th rib. This is not well-visualized on the lumbar spine films. This could be a fracture though other considerations including neoplasia
are not excluded.
4. The uptake at the hips is mild.
5. There is mild periarticular uptake at the shoulders.
Age: 38
Allergies: Penicillin
Chronic Lower Back Pain/Sometimes mid back pain
Ongoing for nearly a year
No injuries, no personal history of cancer (although I have a huge history of cancer in my family), hysterectomy surgery in June 2016. No other surgeries or major illnesses.
I am 18 years old and in severe pain in my lower back and legs. I was wondering if someone could explain these MRI findings for me and explain what my next step should be.
L4-L5-There is moderate right neural foraminal stenosis related contribution from a right eccentric disc bulge with probable right foraminal disc protrusion. There is mild left neural foraminal stenosis due to disc bulge. There is a broad central disc protrusion, which narrows both lateral recesses, left more than right. The central canal remains patent.
L5-S1- There is mild left neural foraminal stenosis. The right neural foramen is patent. There is a small central disc protrusion with annular fissure. The central canal is patent.
I am 44yr old Female and For months I haven’t been able to lift my arm above my shoulder and was suffering pain throughout upper and lower muscles of my left arm… I can’t put any weight on it and have ruled out rotator cuff…. steroid injection and physio, ibruprohen and anti inflamatories no effect it is getting worse to the point pain occurs without movement and is enough to take my breath away, also recently noticed swelling to the left of my left breast and my under arm is tender..
I had a radiofrequency surgery done on the back of my heels and lower part of my Achilles to burn scar tissue and I’m still having pain from the surgery!! I had my right foot done in late July early August 2016and my left on done this past October and its making it hard to walk especially after sitting or laying for awhile!!! I also having braces/orthotics that I’m suppose to wear and they are hard material and it to painful to wear them when I look at where I had the surgery the location looks like a big lump but it’s hard and tender!!! I don’t know what to do…should I get it checked out or get it x-rayed or scanned??
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