consistent back clicking,and discomfort!

[sceron]

Wonder if anyone can help! About two years ago i had a sharp pain in the middle of my back,around the T8 T9 region.It quickly went away,but only to come again from time to time.Gradually over time i found myself becoming short of breath while exercising,it took about a year until one day i felt real numbness in my left and right arms,especially left and some around my chin and lips.Also i have bad wind problems eating any kinds of food and have felt not much feeling towards anything mentally! Ive seen some doctors which doesent seem to help.I,m becoming quite depressed!! Can anyone help,Please!

 

[MCRchick]

Hi bodey,

Sorry to hear that you have been suffering.


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Hi bodey,

Sorry to hear you have been suffering with your back. Have any of the doctor's asked for an x-ray on your spine ? The other symptoms you describe could be caused by bad posture which in turn could be caused by a change in the alignment of your spine. I must hasten to add I am NOT medically qualified, this is just something that has 'come' to me while reading your post!

I hope more medically minded people will be able to offer you some help, good luck!

Love and light


reikiangel


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[rabcnesbit]

Bodey

Probably the best person to help you with your problem would be a good osteopath. See if you can get a recommendation in your area from someone.

Lesley

 

[Xavierts29]

Dear Bodey,

I have sent a personal message with some other possibities, but can kick around a few mechanical senarios here for you. [sm=1syellow1.gif]

Also, without your location in you profile, I'm unable to look up an osteopath in your area, but you can check Yellow Pages in the General Osteopathic Council box. By law all osteopaths have to registered with them anyway, so I don't even know why we still pay for this box - I digress. [sm=banghead.gif]

The pain in the lower thoracic area, may well be a simple facet joint (small paired joints at the back of the spine) irritation or irritation of one of the joints between a rib & the spine. Your doctor will have been more concerned that it isn't referred pain from one of your internal organs & presumably checked you out for that.

And as said above an osteopath could sort that out for you.

The irritation in this area may have made your system reluctant to use your diaphragm properly for breathing, as this would aggravate the joint/s in question. So you may have adopted 'upper rib' or 'stress pattern' breathing with your upper ribs. To maintain this pattern of breathing, the body recruits what are known as the accessory muscles of respiration.

These include the pectoral muscles at the front of the shoulder & attaching into the upper ribs, the scalenes & SCM at the sides of the neck to first few ribs & collar bones. [&:]

The significance being is that some of the above muscles, if overused in this way will tighten & shorten over time & can cause a condition called 'thoracic outlet syndrome' of which there are at least 3 types. In short it means that they start to compress the nerves & blood supply to the arms, causing numbness in either or both sides. Again an osteopath should be able to help you sort that out too & check for other possibities, such as cervical ribs (extra, short ribs that can occur in the lower neck), etc.

Stress pattern breathing, either 'breath holding' or 'chronic subclinical hyperventilation' (longterm overbreathing that isn't obvious when examined) can effect the pH (acid-alkali) balance of the blood & gut. This can encourage non friendly bacteria ( often referred to as candida species/albicans) to overrun in the gut. This will starve your own sytem of nutrients including some of the B vitamins, which may result in an inability to relax properly & keep the whole thing going. Have written on this elsewhere on HP, so won't go on. [:-]

A young lady I treat had simillar symptoms & she discovered that avoidance of alcohol, sugar & MSG resolved the symptoms. Such sensitivities seem to be common & a relatively new treatment in the UK called NAET may help to desenstise to these. See links page on Holistic Centre site below.

Well I think I'm done for now - hope you find your answer soon.

 

[HiS MAiN BANG!]

Hi Bodey,

I am not medically trained to be able to offer the reason for your back discomfort but for several years I have also suffered with my lower back and neck - both of which click all the time and can cause extreme discomfort. I didn't actually bother with my GP but instead went to see a chiropractor who is able to relieve a lot of my symptoms within one or two sessions, and to be honest they cannot tell me what causes the pain either, but the sessions certainly help - as does the Alexander Technique but the real reason I am rattling on here is to ask if you have tried taking pure Aloe Vera drinking gel? A friend introduced me to it 12 months ago - and although not the cheapest or the best tasting of stuff it has done wonders for my back pain - again I don't know how but it works!! at one check up with my chiropractor I was told that whatever I was doing to keep doing it as she had never seen my back and neck in such a good state. It took about 2-3 months but the clicking eventually stopped and I was pain free. The sadist in me evern stopped taking it to see what happened and a few months down the lie the clikcing and discomfort is back!!! I am not syaing that it is a cure or will work for you but it might be worth a try and I do know that is also meant to assist the digestive process. If you want I can put you in touch with my friend as he has much more knowledge and information than me. But whatever please don't give up speaking with your GP or Chiropractor or give up trying to find your answer. But please do not leave it. Good Luck

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Babe
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