... only going to get worse, and you can only go so far with conservative management. Eventually it won't work for you anymore and by that point the pain will be so severe and use of your hands so affected you will be begging to get the surgery. ... (7 replies)
... d shoulder blade. I'm sure it has something to do with my body being out of balance thanks to the extra weight of the surgical dressings on my left arm, but the back spasm becomes excruciatingly painful at times during the day. ... (11 replies)
... Open MRI examination of the lumbar spine without intravenous contrast shows mild levoscoliosis. Diffuse degenerative arthritis is seen with diffuse narrowing of the intervertebral disk spaces and spondylosis. ... (1 replies)
... Since I have weaned of the pred I have suffered severe poly arthritis. A bone scan showed it in virtually every joint. ... (3 replies)
... My stenosis diagnosis came after having a lumbo-sacral MRI. My MRI showed several levels of central canal stenosis due to: osteophytes (bone overgrowth), thickening and buckling of a spine ligament (it buckled into spinal canal plus was overly thick, which also contributes to compression); as well as severel disk herniations. When I had surgery, they also found several levels... (18 replies)
... Sorry no one replied to your post. Arthritis in general is just that ....arthritis, which usuallyis referred to as Osteoarthritis.....Rheumatology Drs treats Arthritis. ... (1 replies)
... I have severe back pain. ... (3 replies)
... I have been in so much pain since 2003..well not that severe back then but enough that it motivated me to seek help and I have been diagnosed with everything under the sun from Lupus to polymyalgia rheumatica! ... (1 replies)
... I am a 37 year old female sufferring severe back pain most of the time. ... (9 replies)
... Do you have arthritis? If so what form
many drugs talked about here are called dmards = disease modifying anti rheumatic drugs such as methotrexate, arava imuran
then there are the anti tnf/biologics such as enebrel humira remicade
then the classic nsaid's
ibruofen, difene/voltrol/diclofenic, naproysn. Arcoxia, celebrex
people do take painkillers but most can... (6 replies)
... I have severe back pain, I've had ct, mri and xray. So far no luck finding out what is causing this pain. I am young 27, but I had a hysterectomy 3 yrs ago and have been on hrt. ... (2 replies)
... I am with Barbie, I have severe RA and DDD along with having a cervical fusion 7 years ago. ... (6 replies)
... weather, I will be one hurtin' puppy! I have this heating pad type thing that straps into my computer chair, covers the entire back and seat of the chair. I put that on. ... (13 replies)
... As far as the arthritis itself here's some basic information. Also has your doctor indicated which type you actually have? ... (1 replies)
... Psoriatic arthritis is very real. ... (18 replies)
... I am now a week away from starting to wean off the brace. In two weeks of therapy I have back the end joint ROM completely and the second one is almost there. My wrist has almost full ROM as well. ... (28 replies)
... I had my left hand done a year ago(in February) and my right in June. My left hand is probably 75-80% better. I still have some trouble with gripping with my thumb and forefinger in the right hand. I'm probably not the best to use as a comparison. I also have Dupuytrans Contracture and that may be a factor in getting my strength back. (28 replies)
... yes, what was your outcome? I'm a pianist and need to know if I will be able to play like I do now with the condition. Do you have all your strength back, at least as much as you had with the condition? (28 replies)
... I'm getting back to full strength, it will take a while. Occasionally there's maybe a Jar top I can't grasp with enough strength to get it to turn but that will come with time. ... (28 replies)
... t pain relief for "X" amount of time before hitting a plateau, then staring to wind down, giving less and less relief. I suffer from what the doctor refers to as severe rheumatoid arthritis, and Enbrel can be given once a week, and once there, there isn't any room for play. ... (4 replies)
