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New drug for lower back pain could be ‘a gamechanger’ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/28/new-drug-for-lower-back-pain-could-be-a-gamechanger #Medicalresearch #Antibiotics #Backpain #Science #Society #Drugs

Scheduled for a #RadioFrequencyAblation for the #LumbarSpine on Tues. This is a treatment for #BackPain which I have found quite effective for medication-free pain management, because the meds are dangerous for my heart.

The treatments aren't successful for everyone. In fact, before the first time, they have to do a test. But that was long ago now fo rme.

The nerves normally grow back, but my insurance allow the treatments to be repeated every 12 months (6 or 7 if you make a fuss). This will be my 4th time.

They only treat one side at a time. So I have to go twice usually several weeks apart because of healing time, follow-up visit and insurance approval.

My insurance does not like paying for this which really adds to the stress of the pain when they issue a denial-of-coverage. Out of pocket could $700 per treatment (ie per side). But my pain doctor is quite good at proving to the insurance that it's in fact absolutely necessary. So they pay even though they're unhappy about it.

The treatment only takes about 15-20 minutes, is done with local anesthetics and with xray guidance, to identify the exact nerve to zap.

The drawback is that I cannot take pain medicine for 5 days prior (bleeding risk), so it can be hard to function for those days if I have a lot of heavy work to do.

After two years of not being able to do anything in my #workshop due to #backpain, and a subsequent spine operation last year, I spent all day today moving tools around with the help of my wife and my mother-in-law. We managed to get the workshop back into an almost-usable condition, ready for me to start #woodworking again Just a few more things left for me to sort out, and a tool chest to give to my brother, then I'll have so much more space to work in!

Struggling with #ChronicPain or Stress? Experience Relief with This Ancient Solution https://ko-fi.com/post/Struggling-with-Chronic-Pain-or-Stress-W7W51AN1DO

#painrelief, #therapy, #bettersleep, #stressrelief, #wellness, #antistress, #chakrahealing, #backpain #relief, #selfcare, #naturalhealth

How to keep gardening with arthritis, back pain or other joint problems - pacing is the key!

#gardening #pacing #arthritis #backpain #gyo #exercise #phyio #physiotherapy #keepactive

https://www.mandycanudigit.com/2025/02/07/pacing-and-gardening-enjoy-your-hobby-even-with-health-problems/

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Placebo injection demonstrates ‘modest’ benefit in chronic back pain

Key takeaways:

A non-deceptive #Placebo injection reduced chronic back pain with effect size similar to typical treatments.
Secondary outcome benefits and brain changes lasted up to 1 year.

A single saline injection, openly prescribed as a placebo, yielded approximately 1 month of chronic #BackPain improvement, along with longer-term benefits in depression and sleep, according to data published in #JAMA Network Open.

https://www.healio.com/news/rheumatology/20241022/openlabel-placebo-injection-demonstrates-modest-benefit-in-chronic-back-pain

I’m 3 muscle relaxers and 4 pain killers in for today and my back doesn’t feel any better than when I woke up.

MRIs are so cool. The results of the one on my lower spine this week are not cool (stenosis, degenerative endplate changes, arthropathy, bone spurs, blah blah). And why do I see a face in there? I must have pareidolia, like people who see the Virgin Mary's face in grilled cheese sandwiches and garage floor stains. It just needs some googly eyes. #Spine #BackPain #Medicine

Medical Mysteries: A new mother is felled by ferocious back pain

While breastfeeding her new baby, she developed intense, unexplained pain that kept getting worse.

“Her friends who’d had babies had dealt with a variety of ailments and Lucido was no stranger to back problems. In July 2021 she had slipped and fallen at home, smacking her back on the edge of a wooden stair. An X-ray revealed a compression fracture of a vertebra in her spine.”

#osteoporosis #backpain #breastfeeding
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/06/22/pregnancy-backpain-breastfeeding-medical-mysteries/

I'm struggling in the face of adversity. How do you cope?

I did manage to do stuff today. Clean the bathrooms, wash up and mix ink.

But my back is really getting me down. As is this annoying shoulder pain I have. As is my stupid hearing aid.

I have been unable to print because of my back but I am hoping to in about 9 days time.

I have to make screens this coming week.

I managed to actually push through the back pain today but not sure if that's a good idea. Will ask the osteopath on Tuesday.

I am used to wanting things to be perfect. I know things aren't perfect but they seem insurmountable at the moment. Like I just feel like doing nothing. But I can't do nothing.

Simple things! I’ve suffered with lower back pain for some time - a couple of weeks ago it became acute, and I could hardly move, let alone bend down to pick things up or put my socks on, for which I’m fortunate to have a husband at hand at the right time in the morning. I didn’t know this simple, wonderfully designed object existed - I can put socks on with ease…. simple things.. amazing #SockAid
#today #socks #BackPain #lgbtq