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Post by mom on Aug 9, 2015 17:57:09 GMT
Apparently I have thrown out my lower back - can't sit, bend over. Hurts to walk.
Pain is a good 7 right now after taking aleve. It feels like it's the bones themselves hurting vs muscular pain. I'm nauseated by how much it hurts.
I have tried our hot tub and ice.
Is there anything urgent care can do to help or should I just wait for a chiropractor?
Update on 8/18
Hey y'all. Wanted to update what was going on with my back. I ended up going to Urgent Care and got pain meds and then saw my dr on last Monday. The Dr scheduled a MRI on Wednesday (last week). Turns out, I have 3 bulging disks in my lower back.
I have been on bed rest except when I go to physical therapy. We have been decompressing (?) my spine this week. The pain is getting better thankfully. The pain had been so bad before that I am just thankful I can walk now.
Anyway, thank you all for your guidance and help. I *knew* something was wrong but I didn't want to be the person who runs to Urgent care for every little thing.
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Post by Nicole in TX on Aug 9, 2015 17:59:40 GMT
I would go to urgent care for some better pain relief and make and appointment to see my medical doctor asap.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Aug 9, 2015 18:21:04 GMT
I have my chiropractor's cell number so I'd be calling him. It depends on whether you need meds for the pain. Big hugs because I know what bad back pain feels like.
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Post by gar on Aug 9, 2015 18:28:24 GMT
Ice etc won't help a slipped disc which is could be from your description. Urgent care or chiro if you can get a good one on a Sunday?
Eta, I don't know what facilities your urgent care places offer. I'd prefer a back specialist personally, if that's possible.
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Post by cindyupnorth on Aug 9, 2015 18:39:36 GMT
Ice defiantly will help a slipped disc and the muscular pain around it. Yes, it won't fix the DISC, but it will help with the pain temporary and muscular relief. WHY do people do heat after an injury!  !! ugh. ICe ICE ICE!!! |
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Post by cadoodlebug on Aug 9, 2015 18:41:05 GMT
Ice defiantly will help a slipped disc and the muscular pain around it. Yes, it won't fix the DISC, but it will help with the pain temporary and muscular relief. WHY do people do heat after an injury! !! ugh. ICe ICE ICE!!! Yep, heat inflames. |
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Post by eleezybeth on Aug 9, 2015 18:52:56 GMT
Ice defiantly will help a slipped disc and the muscular pain around it. Yes, it won't fix the DISC, but it will help with the pain temporary and muscular relief. WHY do people do heat after an injury! !! ugh. ICe ICE ICE!!! I have a history of back injury w/surgery and currently 3 bulging disks. When I aggravate my back now, ice will put me down. Heat always works better for me. If the pain in unbearable, go in. If you can't pee, go in. If you lose feeling in your legs or feet, go in. |
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Post by birukitty on Aug 9, 2015 18:54:24 GMT
Personally around here our Urgent Care center is terrible and gets horrible reviews online. If it were me I'd head for the E.R. That way you'd get to see the kind of doctor you need, and get the care you need now without waiting until Monday which could make whatever you have worse because you waited before getting help. I don't know, I've never had back problems. But why take a chance, right? From what I've heard (my sister has them) they can be very debilitating.
Debbie in MD.
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Post by RiverIsis on Aug 9, 2015 19:00:25 GMT
If it is something that can be managed with medication and isn't a life threatening emergency then you may not see a specialist on a Sunday as it is considered to be being managed. I personally wouldn't expect to see a specialist doctor until Monday either way.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2015 19:01:11 GMT
When it comes to back pain, I think I'd wait for the chiro. Unless, like someone else said, you can't pee, can't feel your extremities etc. In this era of drug seeking, most urgent cares and ERs are likely to give you only the most modest of pain control/relief...and the odds of them really helping more than the OTC you've already used? Might not be enough to justify the cost and energy of an urgent care/ER visit. {{{{ hugs }}}}}
My husband "threw out" his back yesterday taking care of moving 100 bales of hay (twice...once into the trailer and then into the storage tack room) for *my* horses. I couldn't help because I have a really bad case of tendonitis in my shoulder and elbow. My son helped too but my poor husband was just miserable the rest of this day (this happened between 7:30 and 10:00am). He spent the rest of the day taking ibuprofen and using ice packs. Today he's a bit better, thank goodness.
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Post by doesitmatter on Aug 9, 2015 20:34:44 GMT
I'd wait, I think urgent care will just give a referral and you'll have to call Monday anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2015 20:37:15 GMT
Unless there's something like radiating numbness in your extremities, I would not go to an urgent care or ER for something like this. They almost never will prescribe painkillers in those situations (because back pain is one of the top things drug seekers use to try and illicitly get prescribed drugs - it's just so hard to truly confirm/prove). I'd wait a day for a specialist.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2015 20:39:39 GMT
Wait for your dr. Urgent care will do nothing for you. Been there done that. They will treat you like a drug addict. Take four aleve, if nothing happens go to the ER.
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Post by k8smom on Aug 9, 2015 20:47:19 GMT
Urgent care, you need the meds! Feel better soon!
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Post by gar on Aug 9, 2015 20:50:57 GMT
Ice defiantly will help a slipped disc and the muscular pain around it. Yes, it won't fix the DISC, but it will help with the pain temporary and muscular relief. WHY do people do heat after an injury! !! ugh. ICe ICE ICE!!! I meant 'do anything' in terms of resolving it. |
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Post by cindyupnorth on Aug 9, 2015 21:00:43 GMT
"I have a history of back injury w/surgery and currently 3 bulging disks. When I aggravate my back now, ice will put me down. Heat always works better for me."
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Your situation is nothing like the OPs. It's an acute injury. Yours is chronic.
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Post by eleezybeth on Aug 9, 2015 21:45:15 GMT
"I have a history of back injury w/surgery and currently 3 bulging disks. When I aggravate my back now, ice will put me down. Heat always works better for me." ---------------------------------------------------------------- Your situation is nothing like the OPs. It's an acute injury. Yours is chronic. No. Chronic pain patients can have acute injuries. Your all or nothing theory isn't always accurate so for you to scream ICE, ICE, ICE you could cause harm. Google it if you think I'm so wrong. There is quite a lot of research on how ice for back pain isn't always appropriate. |
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Post by ginacivey on Aug 9, 2015 22:27:00 GMT
the ER will probably only give you a narcotic pain reliever and a muscle relaxer
both of those will help with the pain - if it won't be a financial burden and you don't mind the wait
if it were me...i'd take a Vicodin from the medicine cabinet (don't bother lecturing) and call the dr in the morning
gina
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Post by not2peased on Aug 9, 2015 22:49:49 GMT
Ice defiantly will help a slipped disc and the muscular pain around it. Yes, it won't fix the DISC, but it will help with the pain temporary and muscular relief. WHY do people do heat after an injury! !! ugh. ICe ICE ICE!!! many doctors tell you to do whatever provides relief-for some heat DOES help-depending on the injury |
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Post by gritzi on Aug 9, 2015 22:51:23 GMT
For me I would choose ER over urgent care due to past experiences in our small town office. Urgent care codes the visit the same as an ER visit. Urgent care has run cultures, tests etc w/o ever calling or following up with the results. My cost wasn't less though.
I don't use ER frivolously, and have only taken my boys twice (once via ambulance and the other at the advice of our family physician).
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Post by mom on Aug 9, 2015 23:35:50 GMT
Ok I gave in and went to the Urgent Care Clinic (the ER here is scary on Sundays).
They gave me 2 shots (one for pain, one for something else that I can't remember) and then sent me home with muscle relexers and pain meds. Because of a blood condition I have (Factor V Liden) if the pain is not better by the morning, I am go to the ER to get checked for a blood clot in my siatiaic nerve.
I truly feel like this is *just* throwing my back out though and not a clot so I am at home, in bed, taking my meds.
Thanks for the input.
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Post by cindyupnorth on Aug 9, 2015 23:47:32 GMT
You should use ice on an acute injury for the 1st 72 hrs. THEN you can use heat, or alternate it. You guys do know I treat backs in PT? Heat will increase bleeding/circulation to the area. It will feel good at the time, but in the long run, it will cause increased bleeding, swelling and pain.
And yes, everyone IS different, but that is usually the golden rule of use of ice, in the 1st 72 hrs, which is what we are talking about in the OPs post. NOT someone else.
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Post by mom on Aug 19, 2015 3:20:24 GMT
bump with update in OP.
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Time to get off the internet!
!! ugh. ICe ICE ICE!!!
