Ok, maybe I should explain, as briefly as I can manage, my back problems and my doctor’s seemingly unwillingness to help much.
I am somewhat small boned. I wish I could say I was large boned, but I am very small boned with medium muscle structure (and more fat that I’ll admit to right now!). My back problems are due in part to this. Hmmm, how?
Well my chest wall measurement, taken bellow the bustline is 33 inches. My bust taken at peak (with bra on) is a whopping 43.5 inches. Thus the back muscles are pulled out of alignment, which then pulles the discs and vetabra out of alignment, and thus creates pain.
Now there isn’t much a chriapractor can do. I have gone for adjustments and for a time they help. Then I ended up going from his office one visit straight to the ER for a shop of demerol for the pain. Since the muscles are first effected, and I also have a muscle spasm condition besides, a chiropractor can only do a limited amount.
My docto has said that he will do little more than basic pain management for the spasms until I become willing for breast reduction surgery, something I have in the past been whole sale against, thus his unwillingness to do more to help. You see without the reduction surgery (removal or recuction of the cause of the problem) there isn’t realy much my doctor can realy do.
Pain used to only get this bad once every few years. Then once every couple of years. Then maybe once a year or so. Now it’s been nearly constant for the last several months. I have had it. I just cannot take it anymore. I am tired of the homeopathic remodies (yes folks, I still do my Luna Yoga, scalding hot showers {can’t up and down from tub to soak} etc etc) and the scripts………I want full time relief!!! If that means (please excuse the vivid vulgarity here) having the boobage wacked down in size……WHACK ‘EM DOWN AND WHACK ‘EM DOWN NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
a friend here, locally, had the breast reduction surgery done last year. She was ready to do it. I think that is the important point. It didn’t seem like she had a lot of after surgery pain etc……. in fact, I thought she started back at everything a little too quick.
But, she’s very happy she had it done…. the “worst” part was that her stomach now appeared bigger without as much up top to balance it out…… she and her hubby went on a diet and started working out to get into better shape.
I hope your back feels better soon……