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I had a whiplash injury 6years ago and didn't go for physiotherapy until a late stage. The dr said I only have anxiety. I read here and I see lots of ppl with problems worse than my own,still I struggle. I haven't had severe symptoms for a year and half but I started getting very bad symptoms of burning and cold sensation in my throat after doing a strecth exercise that was wrong for me. I am also struggling with anxiety that goes with this. I have nerve damage that causes spasms....

hi i have been off work for 8 monthe now,i twisted myself at work and had terrible pain,after 6 months on tramadol and naproxen,i eventually had a scan,which showed the lower three in the spine had degeneration,which would have caused no pain til i twisted myself,well im now on morhine 10mg patches ,how high do these patches go up to , as to be honest its not doing much but giving me dry mouth,and loss of appetite which is a bonus as i need to lose 2 stone,,, how long can i go on taking naproxen...

It has been a bit since my last post. I have had a rough couple of days and I am trying not to write this from a place with overwhelming pain. I am trying to stay positive in this space, while still addressing the negative and when I am bad, I tend to see through black coloured glasses rather than rose. On to this post…

This post will bring me up to actually getting my spine fused, exactly one year and one week from my injury…

After making the decision to go for surgery,...

This post is going to focus on my steady decline after the most hellish night I have ever had. Read on…

Some night at the beginning of June I woke up drenched with sweat and shaking violently. I had an unavoidable need to vomit, but it hurt my head to just open my eyes. At this time, I had no idea what was wrong with me, but I felt more horrible than I ever had. It wasn’t just the nausea, my body ached, my head ached and my back pain was excruciating. Soon, I realized I hadn’t taken...

Hi again! This blog is going to try to chronicle the extremely turbulent time that followed my diagnosis. By this time, I had tons of questions and, if I am completely honest, I didn’t really understand what exactly was wrong with me those first few months. I started physio mid-March and slowly and painfully I learned the physiological and kinesthetic reasons for my pain.

I am going to try to go back about thirteen months to the beginning of my first ’recovery’, but first I thought...