Hi all, I recently had a c-section with my daughter 5 weeks ago. They gave me a spinal tap to numb me, during the spinal while I was bent over, I felt a shooting pain down my left leg. Once I told him, he somehow made it stop. For the last 2-3 weeks now, I have this same shooting pain down my left leg, when I sit down. I went to see the chiro, which took x-rays and told me that I have a mild curve of my lower spine (I'm 24 and I had no idea of this), and this is what is causing a pinched nerve. I thought it may have had something to do with the spinal tap. I have never had any complications due to this curve (I didnt even know I had it).
So he now has me coming in 3x a week for adjustments. He tells me that this will help the bone move away from the nerve. I am also taking advil and using ice packs every 4 hrs for the swelling of the nerve to go down. I am still in pain. I'm now getting worried, being that my maturnity leave ends in about a week and I have a job that I have to sit down for. Its hard to sit down and since I have been going to him, now my lower back hurts, which he said thats normal in the beging of therapy.
Any advice for this. I'm especially concerned of the pinched nerve. What else can I do about this? Does this eventually get better? Come back? When I ask him these things, his answers are not exactally to the point. Any advice will be helpful. Thanks
Sorry this is so long and boring.
So he now has me coming in 3x a week for adjustments. He tells me that this will help the bone move away from the nerve. I am also taking advil and using ice packs every 4 hrs for the swelling of the nerve to go down. I am still in pain. I'm now getting worried, being that my maturnity leave ends in about a week and I have a job that I have to sit down for. Its hard to sit down and since I have been going to him, now my lower back hurts, which he said thats normal in the beging of therapy.
Any advice for this. I'm especially concerned of the pinched nerve. What else can I do about this? Does this eventually get better? Come back? When I ask him these things, his answers are not exactally to the point. Any advice will be helpful. Thanks
Sorry this is so long and boring.
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