Physiotherapy (for us, not the animals lol!!)

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loopylou711 — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:22:03 GMT

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Lou maybe cruciate disease or meniscal injury! maybe your Dr will referr you for an arthroscopy

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lol! yeah theres prob something wrong and I will eventually have to go to docs but would rather avoid tht! Hate doctors!!

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Why is it ppl in health care are the worst patients in the world lol

the OH (who is a nurse) slipped on ice and bashed his wrist on the ground, swollen an unable to move. I came home early to take him to A&E. got in and he was like "oh I prob just sprained it nothing too serious......

Took him to A&E practically had to drag him and turns out yeah he did break it, need a plaster cast for 6wks!!!

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lol i would have been the same!

I was a sick child and forever in doctors getting tablets for this or that and now i tend to avoid them! Plus my doctor is mean! Last time i eventually went, after having the col/flu for 2 weeks, he said i was too late has i was getting better and to go home and sleep it of! So have to say since that day have still not gone to a doctors, that was 3 years ago lol!!

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Nick Shackleton — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:02:02 GMT

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Lou maybe cruciate disease or meniscal injury! maybe your Dr will referr you for an arthroscopy

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lol! yeah theres prob something wrong and I will eventually have to go to docs but would rather avoid tht! Hate doctors!!

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Why is it ppl in health care are the worst patients in the world lol

Took him to A&E practically had to drag him and turns out yeah he did break it, need a plaster cast for 6wks!!!

hehehe

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loopylou711 — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:52:41 GMT

[quote user="Nick Shackleton"]

Lou maybe cruciate disease or meniscal injury! maybe your Dr will referr you for an arthroscopy

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lol! yeah theres prob something wrong and I will eventually have to go to docs but would rather avoid tht! Hate doctors!!

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Nick Shackleton — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:36:58 GMT

Lou maybe cruciate disease or meniscal injury! maybe your Dr will referr you for an arthroscopy

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loopylou711 — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:33:14 GMT

talking of sore things,i got terribly pains in my knees and have done for the last year or so!

My bf thinks its all in my head and thinks I just like totake paracetomol! Think he is sick of hearing about it 2bf! but well i know that its real pain!!! One knee(the left) gets sore if i walk loads like when am at uni and can ache for days after. The other gets painful if i bang it even the slightest bang can leave me in agony for a day or 2! What did I do? No idea! the left one has always been like that 2bf and the other one joined in the fun about a yr ago!

I realise that am not normal and really should have went to my doc a while ago but i shall be fine hopefully!

Anyways i went of topic! Glad it all went well Paula!! Hopefully your back shall be pain free in no time!!

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Donna France — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:23:38 GMT

Aw im so pleased it went well, it's such a nice feeling to be relatively pain free for a little while isnt it!

I hope next week goes well for you.

Im on here if you need any further help.

Donna x

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Vicky RVN — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:18:05 GMT

Glad it went well Paula

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Vicky RVN — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:17:23 GMT

[quote user="Caro Laithwaite"]Interesting thing is that people who have damaged their ankle and find every so often it collapses when they are doing something and assume they have a weak ankle generally don't have a weak ankle. When you damage your ankle you damage conections to the brain. So if you are on the flat it is usually ok but if you step on a loose stone or something different then your brain carn't react to the change hence your ankle collapses. So also have excercises for that. [/quote]

That is very interesting, i didn't know that! When i was at school (prob about 8-9 years ago) i badly sprained my ankle by managing to stand on a hockey ball in a pe lesson (still to this day don't quite know how i managed it!). The outside of my ankle swelled like a balloon and if i tried to weight bear i collapsed. Went to a & e, xray showed no damage so given crutches and told to rest it. They said it would probably take longer to heal properly than if i'd fractured it. Was on crutches for weeks. For years after i would frequently twist the ankle, and like you say, i assumed it was a weakness! It doesn't happen anymore thankfully.

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Caro Laithwaite VN — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:02:31 GMT

One of B's team members is a physio. We have been trying to get together so she can check my ankle for some time. l need to do exercise and get it sorted as still lots of pain. Finally she managed to have a look today. I have a list of exercises to do and if strength is not back within 8-10 weeks then she is going to do me a letter for my idiot dr and see l get sent for scans to look for ruptures

Interesting thing is that people who have damaged their ankle and find every so often it collapses when they are doing something and assume they have a weak ankle generally don't have a weak ankle. When you damage your ankle you damage conections to the brain. So if you are on the flat it is usually ok but if you step on a loose stone or something different then your brain carn't react to the change hence your ankle collapses. So also have excercises for that.

Did not do much with excercises she was just checking movement and showing me how to do exercises but by time l finished my leg/ankle knew l had been working them. What surprised me was how simple the excersises are, just bend and stretch.

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Saskia Quinn — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:36:40 GMT

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SaskiaVN, how have you got on today?

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Hey Donna & Vicky,

It went brilliant thank you - much better than I thought!

Once the paperwork was out of the way, which only really took 10mins, the rest was very 'hands on'. My physio reckons approx 70% of my neck/spine fully functional, which was surprisingly good as I told him that I feel 80 years old some days!

He done all these manipulating and stretching exercises, which were painful, but felt better afterwards.

Had to lie on my front on the bench and he manipulated (if thats the word) every space between my vertebrae from my cervical right down to my lumbar. I was quite stiff and sore for a few hours afterwards, then towards the evening I felt such relief!! AND yesterday, I was properly able to bend down to pick up a dog!!

I am going back next week and I cannot wait!!

Thanks everybody for your input - it was a tremendous help!

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Victoria93 — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:47:34 GMT

Has anyone else tried Cranial Osteopathy? Light touch, nothing manipulative but it's amazing!

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Vicky RVN — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:59:34 GMT

My mum has back problems, she think it stems from her brother dropping her down the stairs in her teenage years!!! After she had me she was pretty bad, my sisters had to look after me, bathing me etc. Docs just gave her pain relief, which she wasn't happy with. She found it difficult to get out of bed or walk at times! So went to chiropractor who said if she hadn't gone to him and had just stuck on pain relief she'd have ended up in a wheelchair within not long! She then changed chiropractor because her old one was making her feel sick and uncomfortable after each session. She is very happy with her new one, she used to go on a very regular basis but has now managed to cut it down a lot and her back is so much better.

Hope it gets sorted for you Saskia x

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:18:30 GMT

I go to a physio, but not an NHS one... there are 2 and they are fabulou, the elder one was the top physio at ninewells for years, and her partner was the physio for the south african and new zealand rugby teams for yrs. They give you about 40 min warming uup of the muscles etc, then they massage and use ultrasound massage too, finishing off with more heat using heat and stimulation pads. whole process takes about 2 hours.

Normally you are a bit sore the following day, but after that the amount of free movement is amazing. I have a rotator cuff injury that comes and goes, sometimes I cant even put on my own clothes if it is really bad, but these sessions leave me pain free for months, or until I do something silly like tensing up when holding a dog.

Claire, I cant believe they had you filling in forms!!! and never even touched you to find out where your injury was, they have to manipulate and do certain movements to find the cause of the pain!!

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littlehays — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:03:47 GMT

i've always wanted to try chiropractic, had shoulder pain for years from an old riding accident and just general wear/tear on the back that comes from years of yard work...seriously looking into it now....

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Donna France — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:51:36 GMT

SaskiaVN, how have you got on today?

yes Jen, It sounds very similar indeed! it really is hard work isn't it!

Donna x

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Jen — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:05:19 GMT

When is your appt??

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Jen — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:04:48 GMT

I have had a fair bit of back trouble too. Pretty similar to Donna by the sound of things, had an MRI showing badly worn discs in my lower back. My first phsio appt was very boring....paperwork, lol. In all honesty I have stopped physio now as it was not doing any good (did wonder if it might just be my particular physio) have been to osteopath who definately helped.....might try chiro though from what you guys have said. I am still on Co-codamol, amytriptine and gabapentin and am also banned from lifting anything over 6-7kg at the min..............has been a very stressful year! lol but hey never mind, these things are sent to test us!! and I am still here!

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SmegSlayer — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:25:28 GMT

I suffered for years with back probs following a car accident. Tried physio and osteopathy. Then went to a chiropractor and have been converted Within 2 sessions all sorted and not been back since last summer

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Donna France — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:17:10 GMT

here here! I agree,it's not a competition to lift the heaviest, just ask for help! wish I had done that 10 years ago!

it got to the point last year I had to seriously consider leaving the profession because of the pain each day. It got to the point where I got home and literally had to crawl up my stairs because I couldnt straighten up once I had sat down, but my chiropractor certainly keeps the muscles relaxed.

I was on codeine (which im now off thankfully) and they trialed gabapentin to help relieve the nerves I think but It didnt agree with me and didnt even know what day it was etc so had to come off it.

Now just on diclofenac on bad days,

I find going to the gym and using a gym ball has helped too, it helps build up the core muscles and when I cant get to the gym I can do the exercises at home now, the physio may give you exercises using a ball.

Donna x

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Saskia Quinn — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:08:32 GMT

You sound like me Donna! I blame my problems now on my earlier nursing days of lifting heavy dogs on my own. It just goes to show - for all those young 'fit' nurses or trainees out there - dont lift the heavy animals on your own - you may feel it is doing no damage at the time - but I am living proof that it DOES have a CUMMULATIVE effect!!

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Donna France — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:01:39 GMT

Good luck,

im banned from lifting heavy dogs and also banned from any large animal work, which been a farmers daughter I miss dearly and get very upset about but putting into perspective my health is more important, I just have to keep telling myself this!

It is something I put up with for a number of years and probably stems from lifting stupid weights on my own in my younger nursing days! the poor students get such a telling off when I see them lifting heavy dogs etc on their own!

im lucky i work in a very understanding practice with people around who always help me out when needed

Keep us posted and look after yourself

Donna x

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Saskia Quinn — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:54:36 GMT

thanks for that Donna, its actually very reassuring to hear your story!!

I cannot even bend my knees 'properly' to lift a heavy dog!

Will let you know how I get on tomorrow! x

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Donna France — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:43:48 GMT

hiya, Ive suffered back pain for a couple of years now, after a MRI indicated 'worn' discs I was referred to a physiotherapist, it worked ok, but felt I was been taught a lesson about manual handling (which is also important, but a different subject!) rather than sorting my back.

I decided to visit a chiropractor instead and what he does is AMAZING!

I started off seeing him twice a week initially and 18 months later im down to once every 3 weeks.

He can pinpoint the pain and also feels the tight areas, im usually more sore for a few hours after my appt but then relatively relaxed and painfree for about 7-10 days now and pretty much off the painkillers unless I have had a really busy day.

The problem with me is that I 'guard' myself which subsequently leads to shoulder and neck pain.

A chiropractor isnt a cheap option, I pay £40 a session but as long as it works and keeps me nursing then I will carry on paying it.

Oh and yes, my chiropracter has seen me in my underwear more times than my ex!!!!

hope all goes well and you get sorted

Donna x

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Claire Cameron — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:24:08 GMT

[quote user="SaskiaVN"]I was sort of hoping I may have some physio done, you know, like palpate my problem areas etc but I will wait and see what happens[/quote]

Mine just asked, didn't really do a massive amount. Said to see how I got on with exercises, but tbh she wasn't the best

[quote user="SaskiaVN"]I must shave my legs if I want to save my vanity as I will have to put on a pair of shorts!! [/quote]

Yep! I forgot about that

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Saskia Quinn — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:19:23 GMT

Thanks for that Claire.

I was sort of hoping I may have some physio done, you know, like palpate my problem areas etc but I will wait and see what happens! I am actually quite looking forward to it! My work colleague - who attends him regular has told me that I must shave my legs if I want to save my vanity as I will have to put on a pair of shorts!! So off to the bath for me shortly lol!!!