My 28 year old daughter was in an automobile accident the end of November and has had severe pain in her neck, back, hip, shoulder, elbow and wrist since that time. Her doctors have had her seeing a physical therapist several times a week since then. At least twice she has had to have her shoulder put back into place after the inflamation and swelling pushed it out of it's socket. They have told her she has some nerve compressions in her neck that will require surgery to keep from creating additional problems. In the months since the accident she has lost the feeling in her arm and hand and has almost no strength to grip things with her hand. She has developed carpal tunnel syndrome in her wrist and now has a cyst on the tendon in her wrist. Today she saw a spinal surgeon and was told that she has scoliosis that curves one way at the top of her spine and the other way in her lower spine. They also told her that her 5th vertebrae is slipping because of the accident and her 7th vertebrae is compressed. She goes tomorrow for a neck MRI to determine the extent of the need to have surgery on her neck.
She was checked for scoliosis as a child/teenager both at school and at our family physicians office. No one had ever noticed a problem with her spine before. Could this be a result of the accident she was in? What kind of resources are there to find out more information on her problems and the possible solutions to them? Are there doctors, surgeons or even chiropractors who specialize in this type of condition? What kind of questions should she be asking her doctors?
Any help or direction you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
She was checked for scoliosis as a child/teenager both at school and at our family physicians office. No one had ever noticed a problem with her spine before. Could this be a result of the accident she was in? What kind of resources are there to find out more information on her problems and the possible solutions to them? Are there doctors, surgeons or even chiropractors who specialize in this type of condition? What kind of questions should she be asking her doctors?
Any help or direction you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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