Hello everyone. I am a 33 year old male from B.C Canada. Life is pretty good lately, I have a great wife, a one year old son and business has been good for me the last few years. Everything seems to be on track except for one little problem, which I now know to be scoliosis. Up until a few years ago I never had a stich of back pain. About that time I gradually started getting a pain in my mid left back area.The pain eventually progressed to be quite constant and aggrivating. It felt like a constant muscle tension concentrated into a small area. Since then I have spent ridiculous amounts of time and money on family physicians, physio, chiro, massage, accupuncture etc. I have had xrays, bonescans, ultrasounds and even an MRI. A mild scoliosis was initially detected but it was explained to me at the time that it was quite common and not generally associated with pain. Since then a number of self proclaimed back experts (note my sincism Haha!} have told me the same thing and have spent countless hours treating me for god knows what. Most physiotherapists cant even read an xray anyway. It kind of seemed like they use the same treatment for every back problem. Little electro stimulation here and some core exercises and we will see you next week!
I now understand that this type of electro stimulation is useless in my case because the painfull muscles are already overstimulated, fighting the convex side of the curve. The way I now see it, it would be like treating a sprained ankle by running around the block. Anyways, the latest chiorpractor I have been seeing (number four or five now} has been the only one to step out on a limb and say"scoliosis is what is causing your pain.!"He did his own xrays and it became blatently clear to me that this was in fact the problem. I did have xrays just prior to that by a medical doctor and I have a 25 degree curve to my left in the thoracic region. I am on about session number 30 now and I have seen some changes. Instead of constant pain to my left, I often have spine pain or muscle pain on both sides and numbness on my right{neither of which feel better}It is often a crapshoot as to which surprise pain of the day i will have when I wake up!. Chiro guy remains excitedly optomistic! Although I am sure he is somewhat biased at 35 dollars per session! Haha! He seems to suggest that this is all part of a transition that my body is making to compensate for my curve. He feels that no change would be a bad sign. He does not claim to be able to straighten me.Naturally being the skeptic that i am, my concern is that the new pains are just the worsening of my curve and I am just throwing my money out the window. Has anyone gone through a similar experience? Has anyone got pain relief from a chiropractor? I have been watching this forum for a few months now and my heart goes out to those with much more severe cases than mine. I guess I am just feeling bumbed out from the constant pain and my new favorite pastime is taking a nap. I feel like I am 75 and I am only 33. I kinda feel like all my energy and enthusiasm is being drained out of me. I have lots of dreams and a family counting on me and I would love to get rid of this pain. Also if anyone knows a genuine scoliosis specialist in my area Fraser Valley, B.C Canada or are near me and just want to gab, you can email me anytime (even if you have had surgery I would like to talk to someone who has been through it} All the best, Bish
P.S sorry about the novel
I now understand that this type of electro stimulation is useless in my case because the painfull muscles are already overstimulated, fighting the convex side of the curve. The way I now see it, it would be like treating a sprained ankle by running around the block. Anyways, the latest chiorpractor I have been seeing (number four or five now} has been the only one to step out on a limb and say"scoliosis is what is causing your pain.!"He did his own xrays and it became blatently clear to me that this was in fact the problem. I did have xrays just prior to that by a medical doctor and I have a 25 degree curve to my left in the thoracic region. I am on about session number 30 now and I have seen some changes. Instead of constant pain to my left, I often have spine pain or muscle pain on both sides and numbness on my right{neither of which feel better}It is often a crapshoot as to which surprise pain of the day i will have when I wake up!. Chiro guy remains excitedly optomistic! Although I am sure he is somewhat biased at 35 dollars per session! Haha! He seems to suggest that this is all part of a transition that my body is making to compensate for my curve. He feels that no change would be a bad sign. He does not claim to be able to straighten me.Naturally being the skeptic that i am, my concern is that the new pains are just the worsening of my curve and I am just throwing my money out the window. Has anyone gone through a similar experience? Has anyone got pain relief from a chiropractor? I have been watching this forum for a few months now and my heart goes out to those with much more severe cases than mine. I guess I am just feeling bumbed out from the constant pain and my new favorite pastime is taking a nap. I feel like I am 75 and I am only 33. I kinda feel like all my energy and enthusiasm is being drained out of me. I have lots of dreams and a family counting on me and I would love to get rid of this pain. Also if anyone knows a genuine scoliosis specialist in my area Fraser Valley, B.C Canada or are near me and just want to gab, you can email me anytime (even if you have had surgery I would like to talk to someone who has been through it} All the best, Bish
P.S sorry about the novel
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