Upper Cervical Care And Treatment (Non Surgical) - Spinal Cord Disorders Message Board

SueK888 · 08-15-2008, 08:36 AM

Hi All,

I've had lifelong neck and back issues which were originally caused by a car accident, but aggravated over a lifetime of job-related activity, mostly repetitive motion and heavy lifting and extensive computer usage.

I'm in my early fifties, female - and now find that my daughter is suffering from the same sorts of problems (hers due to a fall about five or six years ago) and job related stress and strain.

Just recently I've found that in both of our cases, for different reasons, this pain is mostly due to upper cervical damage. I am not even making ends meet, so the option of getting an extensive workup and treatment at an upper cervical chiropractic office is not an option. For me, surgery and prescription pain medication has never been an option either. I will use little more than the occasional extra strength tylenol or advil/motrin on intense pain days.

For me, swimming is the best non-impact exercise I've found, and walking but due to extreme plantar fasciitis in both feet I can't spend a whole lot of time on my feet either - trying to exercise.

Has anybody else who is familiar with this kind of upper cervical injury any further suggestions for me?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions you might have on pain management.

Sue

Mod08 · 08-15-2008, 11:28 AM

Your post has been relocated to the proper message board - spinal cord disorders message board. All posts concerning the cervical neck should be posted here on this board.

All posts concerning lumbar back problems should be posted on the back problems message board.

Thank you for your cooperaton.
Mod 08

SpineAZ · 08-15-2008, 12:38 PM

Sue:

Have you had any testing to define what upper cervical injury you have? There are a variety of different type of cervical spine problems so it's hard to help without knowing your test findings, diagnosis, etc.

SueK888 · 08-15-2008, 02:57 PM

No, actually I haven't. I've simply lived with it my entire life. And at the moment, without medical insurance and savings, there's no way to get a diagnosis.

SueK888 · 08-15-2008, 03:01 PM

Just wanted to say also, that it's fairly obvious to me that this is what's going on. I had a car accident in my late teens which has disclocated the top bones in my spine, and whenever I am able to receive chiropractic adjustments, it's always that area of the neck and back that need the most work. Once they are released and realigned, I start feeling better immediately. At this point though, without the money for the adjustments, I'm wondering if there are any non-surgical, non-prescription or OTC solutions that would help beyond what I do right now.

Thanks for asking.