Spinal Instability

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Hi,

 

I have been going to a holistic chiropractor for about

10 months now. He has helped me a lot in the areas of

digestive problems, GERD, diet, pain, etc.

 

Currently I am going to an acupuncture doctor and he

has helped me with some of my neck pain, etc. But his

treatments are short lived and keep returning.

 

I have all kinds of " little things " wrong with me

according to the medical doctors. You know, stuff

like " arthritis, degenerative disc and joint disease,

bulging discs at multiple levels, facet joint

arthropothies, GERD, gastritis, small hiatal hernia,

irritable bowel, etc. "

I do not have diabetes (I check my own blood sugar)

and my heart rate and pressure are normal.

 

The problem is with all the nutritional changes I have

made and the supplements, etc. some things have just

not gotten better.

 

My problem is this.

 

At the level of the bottom of the esophagus but in the

back/vertebrae/bottom of my bra, my spine feels

unstable. I am fine in the mornings up to early

afternoon most of the time. But the longer I am

upright, the worse the problem gets. When I stand,

walk and bend, such as to fold laundry, it becomes

extremely painful, the muscles spasm in that area and

I become nauseous. I tried lying flat on my back;

then raised my legs at a 90 degree angle and pressed

my back to the floor. VOILA, all the spasms and pain

left me while in this position.

 

Then to get up and start moving around and the pain

(throbbing and nagging) starts all over again.

Sitting at my desk is not comfortable either - leaning

into reclining position is more comfortable.

 

I have similar problems in the neck area between C3-C7

(Cervical spine) with bulging discs and spondylosis

and L5-S1, spondylolisthesis and pars defect.

 

Surgeons do not want to touch me and refer me to pain

management doctors. Of course, their

" treatment/therapy " is more pills. And I totally

fight the pills until there is no choice.

 

My question is, if surgery is not an option and taking

meds makes you sicker, what else to do? Will the

spine every fuse together by itself without medical

intervention? Or better question, will the disc every

re-hydrate itself so one can again become whole?

 

I have been to numerous doctors already. The last

general practitioner I went to at Loma Linda, Calif.

told me " you are falling apart " when I asked her what

her diagnosis was of my various problems. The drugs

she gave me for my " falling apart DX " worked on the

central nervous system and made me very ill. I went

off all drugs since then since most of them give me

too many problems.

 

I have done Hulda Clark's parasite cleanse and I feel

better in some ways but the spine thing stays with me.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

 

Ingrid from Hemet, California

 

 

 

 

 

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