My thoughts...I should have gone with my grandmother on this one, but I had so many people telling me that they helped them so much! I bet that my friends who have gone regularly haven't had the kind of back pain that I've been having. I decided to finally make and go to an appointment with a physical therapist this morning and I'm already feeling a great weight off my shoulders. The chiropractic form of treatment just made me skeptical and nervous as to my course of treatment.
**Disclaimer, my chiro was so nice and a great person, I have no doubt. And I'm sure there are conditions that he is a miracle worker for, but my issue just isn't that kind I guess.
I went to a Spinal clinic yesterday too, so I am running the gambit of specialists here. Back to physical therapy...my therapist first of all, had to deal with some tears. I've been dealing with this back pain for a while and some of my symptoms come and go so things have been a little overwhelming to explain especially now that I have gone to: a chiro, my general doc, a spinal clinic, and now a PT. yikes. If I had a job, this would have been a really tough year! It has really made me feel sympathy toward people who deal with serious chronic issues. I can't even imagine trying to juggle insurance, appointments and the stress of the pain on top of work stressors and pressure. At least Kai can't fire me for missing work or taking him along on appointments.
Next steps from my PT:
Do 15 reps of this push up/cobra move every hour of every day...or more!
Sit with better posture (use a bolster or something in the small of my back), and not sit indian style while I play with Kai. I'm supposed to lay on my tummy...which I'm doing as I type too!
Check back in next week to see if this has relieved pressure (she thinks I have a disc issue). These exercises could fix this situation, or if not we can move on and see if it's a hip/muscle issue. That way if I have to get an MRI (ew.) They will be able to scan the correct area, and not make me have to have a 2nd scan. I'm claustrophobic so that is super helpful! But fingers crossed that as I strengthen up that my back just heals itself.
*Note: the PT said that we naturally bend forward thousands of time in one day! I didn't think that was true until I got home and started moving around my home. The simplest things...when I drop something, pick up the cat, brush my teeth, do the laundry, do the dishes, cook, look for stuff, give the dog her food, not mention all the things that relate to having an almost one year old! I just never realized, so these exercises are helping to counteract all that and help move my discs back into alignment b/c when I stand back up from bending over something isn't returning back into place right. At least that is how I understood that.
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