| Severe Back Pain ... No Fracture
Hi...I'm new to the boards. Right before Christmas, I did something to my back. I was just sitting in a kitchen chair and jerked around quickly to look behind me. All of a sudden I had this horrible pain in my back on the right side, and it felt like burning fire in my back. I thought for sure that I fractured something, but the CT scan did not show anything. A spine specialist looked at my CT scan and did not see anything either. Now, almost 2 months since this happened, the right side of my back is in spasms most of the time. If I do something like vacuuming, I can only do it for about 5 minutes without taking a break as it just murders my back, and I am just hunched over. What could I have done to my back? Will it heal? My doctor said to go to a physiatrist or physical therapy. He just told me to take Aleve for the pain. It really doesn't help. I don't want anyone poking around on my back until I know what happened. I don't think that is asking too much. Would an MRI show anything? Do muscles, tendons, and ligaments heal? Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you!
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