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[dogkittygirl]

I had herniated disk surgery for C4/C5, eight months ago.  I am still having stiffness and pain in my spine, and it feels like it is bulging outward.  I am also experiencing numbness and pain from the same area that I had it in, before the surgery, running down my left arm, and my ring finger and pinky finger stay numb.  I cannot sit or stand for long, and I have been out of work for over a year.  My doctor says I have nerve pain from nerve damage, and there's nothing more they can do.  I cannot live with this pain, and he says they will not give me anymore pain meds, so I've contacted a lawyer for help,  What can I do about my pain?

[Tsengel84]

Hi, I have a neck problem too. I have neck pain just by sitting and tingling and numbness in my right arm. Anyways, I found this book on how to treat your back and neck by Robin McKenzie. It gives you exercises you can do. I started doing them my condition improved a lot. I still have problems but getting better. You should give it a try, let me know how you feel.

[msnova74]

I would see an interventional pain specialist.  There are certain blocks and PT that they can do to help.

[Kalvin]

A couple questions.Were you sent to have another MRI due to the fact that you still had so much pain? Did you every consider going to see another Surgeon to get a 2nd opinion?

Who has been doing your prescribing, your Surgeon or your Primary? Has either of these Doctors offered to refer  you to Pain Management?