Hi all,
Wanted to ask your advice on what to do or where to seek treatment for a sharp, constant pain on the left side of my neck. This pain started around October 5 and at first could be controlled by Advil.
I believe that the pain was caused by my visit (first time ever) to a chiropractor. I went to 3 sessions. On the last session on Sept 26, I had a headache after treatment and then 5 days later experienced the sharp constant pain on the left side of my neck.
I attempted to swim through the pain and just take Advil. However, one week later, the pain is so intense that I now cannot swim at all. As of yesterday, my shoulder and left arm are numb. It hurts to inhale deeply on land or in the water.
I've alerted the chiropractor (although I will not go in for another session!) and am making an appointment with my general doctor. Advil, Tylenol and Aleve no longer work.
Do you guys have other recommendations like:
See a Physical Therapist
Get deep tissue massages
Apply heat and/ or cold
Get X Ray
CAT Scan
Something else?
Sux to not swim! :cry: Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Kristina
Paul I am going to make you jealous. I get a massage every Wed OMG they are wonderful. The woman I go to specialized in athletes she was with the Ice Capades for years until she settled down and had kids. I love her:applaud:.
That's just mean. :bow:
I keep trying to get in more often but he's just absolutely packed all the time. And since I work in DC and he lives near Frederick, getting in on late notice cancelations during the week is :notworking:. So it's once every 4 weeks on Saturday. Which is great cause practice is over at 10, I go home take a quick nap and off to the massage. :bouncing:
Paul
(S)he-man,
Does it feel better today? Advil may help. I think it will resolve in no time and you will be back in action. What's the deal with the scoleosis? I had an X-ray of my back and it showed that as well, but in my case I think it was due to spasms so maybe no cause for concern for you either.
The whole spinal column is a crazy thing!!!!!
Kristina
Okay so things sound a little better than you thought they would. That is awesome. No swimming:fish2:hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. So what are you going to do with all your time and energy?
As I am new around here lol. What does Mark's wife do? I need to know, is she a massage therapist ....?
Paul I am going to make you jealous. I get a massage every Wed OMG they are wonderful. The woman I go to specialized in athletes she was with the Ice Capades for years until she settled down and had kids. I love her:applaud:.
George it sounds like your daughter has had a rough go. I hope she can get back into the swimming soon. I have really bad knees and they are sometimes sore but I think the swimming is good for them.
Okay I am off :coffee::coffee::coffee: as it is 7:18 am and I am sitting at my desk at work.
IT is my dd's 14th birthday today. OMG she is excited
Katie
George, sounds like she's still an incredibly fast swimmer if she's hitting 30 seconds in the 50 FR - and with all those injuries! I'm so sorry that she's had so many accidents. It sounds like she's a very dedicated, determined young lady to be able to work hard and recover after so many mishaps. Remind me not to go to Richmond BC! :laugh2: Seriously though, my prayers and best wishes are with you and your daughter for a good recovery.
My chiro said I have scoliosis (curvature of the spine) which I saw on my own xrays. It's crazy and does NOT look good. The good news is that I'm not supposed to run - ever. I'm not crying over it. :laugh2: Is this why I always sucked in running? I think this malformation hurts my freestyle (as I tend to snake through the water) and helps my fly (snake through the water). Ah well. Don't think my coach will let me use this new info as any kind of excuse. Darn!
Massage my daughter gets them every week since her three car accidents and neck injuries.
She was a great little swimmer before a car accident when she was 11 years old. She was riding her bike home from school and a driver ran into the back of her bike and injured her leg. She would train, reach the top of her age group then her knee would blow up and she would have to stop training. We decided no more swimming when she reached the age of 13. It was too painfull for her.
She did get ready a few years ago to swim masters after her first neck injury and operation. Then another accident and another neck operation. Again she took a slow recovery and started swimming almost ready to swim masters and another car accident, no major damage this time just soft tissue damage. Her 50m free is about 30 seconds at the moment.
All of her last three car accidents were in Richmond BC. drivers coming through stop streets and broadsiding her car.
Kristina
I don't run either. Bad legs and my body shape is just not condusive to a nice run around the neighborhood. YIKES. You are probably right. Your back has made your running difficult.
It is always good to know ones limitations. That is why I like swimming I can still feel vibrant and sporty.
Have a super day
Katie
Linda has an almost perfect stroke. When we swam at the pool the other day we did the minor change in here stroke and that was to get her hands into a slighty more open position. She has always had the high elbow position, a very nice roll but since the accidents she does not reach after the hand enters. A very quick to the catch but finishes quite low on her thigh but not too low and the hand rolls out comfortably. She is a no splash swimmer.
This is Linda with Jamie her nefew, my grandson. You can see Jamie does not like his hair cut.
Paul
I thought you might be jealous :D. I am so addicted to them. They really do help. It is the ultimate in pampering our sore muscles.
Sorry to hear that you cannot get in more often. But at least you get there once a month.
George. Great photo. Does your grandson have an eye patch on. AHHHH
Katie
He is down syndrom and Aunty Linda works with him 8 hours a day to help my son and his wife. He does have an eye patch that he wears a few hours a day for an eye correction. He does not like it.
I had him in the pool the other day he loves the water. He was upset when I took him underwater a couple of times. First time was good, when he came up he squirted the water out of his mouth like a fountain and laughed. The second time he did not like it.
I love massages. I had a bad fall on ice last February. I could bearly sit or stand and running was out-of-the question. I had a knot that looked like I had a half a softball in my back pocket (no exaggeration). The military doctors said nothing broken so wait.
I found a therapist and she workied it out and took care of other issues from the fall.:)
Had one (near) bad situation with massage. I was in DC years ago and ask where I could get a massage. Yep, you guessed...I was sent to a house of ill repute.:bolt:
I'll be more clear next time I'm in a strange city.:doh:
George
What a sweety. I noticed the eye patch right away as my daughter has Retinitis Pigmentosa www.blindness.org/content.asp so I have been to many many eye clinics. She has not had to wear a patch but I can imagine that kids would not like it.
I bet swimming would be great for your gs. How wonderful that he has many family members involved in his life. My co-worker here she is 47 has custody of her brother 45 with ds. He is doing fabulous. He is very lucky to have her. She has no children and she just loves him.
Sometimes you never know what life is going to give you. When my dd was diagnosed with RP it was heartbreaking. But we are doing wonderful now and so is she. No sense in moaning about things we cannot control. We are involved in lots of charity groups and hope one day they find a cure. Her RP and my thyroid cancer was a huge part of why I started swimming again. I need to be fit and old to help her out.
Cheers
Katie
