Treatment for Arthritis of the Spine

Dr. David Fairleigh speaks on arthritis of the spine, along with causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options offered and recommended by Gulf Coast Pain Institute.
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[@jwvgoethe77]

July 7/21, I injured my back at work. 3 days later the pain was so severe, that I had an MRI. The results were shocking; 3 herniated disks, 4 disk bulges, spinal stenosis, disk degeneration in all disks, severe arthritis from neck to lumbar. I had no symptoms of back pain until I injured it. But, for the past year, at night, my legs would jerk/vibrate whenever I shifted positions....that was damn eerie...I had no idea my body was trying to tell me something was wrong. No surgery as of yet, just lots of visits to my Chiropractor, anti-inflammatory, and a prescription for epilepsy meds ( which slows the brain function down and masks the pain ) to help with the healing......still ongoing. My job for the past 32 yrs involved heavy lifting and pounding on the legs and back. Take care of yourself, people!

[@ItzDenzelYT]

How are you doing? Any surgery yet? Pls give update. How is your pain? Sorry to hear what you going thru.

[@ANGELSURS]

Sounds like 2.1 million to me

[@salmash9471]

How are u doing now may Allah bless u with good health

[@desireelong785]

This was extremely helpful & thorough, thank you

[@BartAssink]

Dr. Faileigh is right, lower back pain has a big influence in your well-being. You’re simple not as chearfull when your back joints have inflammation. I got my numming injections today. Painreleaf for about 30min. After that the pain was wurse then before the injections. Meaning! I’m going for the heating procedure of the facet joint nerf ends. I can’t wait to get some quality of life back!

[@rae0521]

A good general overview cloaked in a 7 minute infomercial. But that MUSIC! Holy cow... I think it caused my Th12 - L1 to flare up again!

[@lostinwonderland6873]

My back pain causes me to be in tears, nothing helps nothing in not even 40 and i feel like I'm falling apart, i just beat covid, no falls no accidents nothing besides epidural 4x even laying down hurts, the pain is so bad it makes me throw up, pain up and down my spine, I'm in so much pain and yet don't get nothing from it. They see that i do not take any medication of the narcotics never but they don't give me nothing for my pain. God please I'm in tears looking for help

[@marcellanorfleet4438]

Please go to another doctor, who will value you as a human being! I have spine pain myself everyday and I have to have pain medicine to keep me out of so much distress!

[@lostinwonderland6873]

@@marcellanorfleet4438 I've been trying to find one that will superficially treat my back pain, the doctor I see she says it can be a form of after effect from covid, but I'm not buying that. It's really hard to find one since their are patients who take advantage of this type of medication.

[@lostinwonderland6873]

@@marcellanorfleet4438 thank you❤

[@lostinwonderland6873]

@Vipul Patel I've tried that too, and it seemed like they hurt me more, but I I get diagnosed with plantar fasciitis so when that is hurting my walking is not normal because it's painful which hurts my lower back, I also had multiple torn ligaments too, I don't do much walking I don't stand for long periods of time so it must come from when I was younger

[@momentswithyahya4239]

I hope you are doing better! 🙏

[@mrkipple2080]

That turning off the nerve needle thing really sounds great and promising

[@nickbrydie5649]

Thank you so much

[@robinhood6684]

Please invent some medicine or some process that can create cartilage or stop growing arthritis.

[@MarieAssaf-kv2vu]

Thank you for the great information

[@tifflovemyfamily2160]

I've been through a few procedures and nothing has helped I have pain in my upper back and I was told I have arthritis 😖 it's painful everyday all day until I lay down and I had a MRI but was told by a Dr who gave me a second opinion that he couldn't believe a radiologist excepted it that it was a horrible MRI 😖 so now I have to get a second MRI, I'm hoping for some answers to my back pain it definitely steals who you are 😖 I feel like I have arthritis in my spine and scapula 😖🙏

[@lisalegault275]

I am Praying for you. I have it also. I heard that Lavender helps pain. So I just soaked in tub in some herbal lavender bath soak. Laying in tub in warm epsom salt Also seems to help enough to get a more restful night of sleep

[@glw5166]

I wish you a healing that returns normalcy to your life. Stretching seems to help me. Are you getting any physical therapy or a steroid shot? Steroid shots can stop pain for a long time. I really wish you well. I know how this type of pain can limit your quality of life.

[@tifflovemyfamily2160]

@@glw5166 Thank you 🙏 And yes it definitely takes the normalcy from life 😔😔😔 I have kids so I try to deal with it 😔😔 and I e had a shot recently it didn't help I'm going to ask my Dr to try it again 🙏

[@trey2735]

Yeah my MRI was garbage as well. Sucks to pay for crappy quality tests

[@jeannineodlum]

Hi there I was just reading ur comment . .I recently got tould the same thing artheristies in my upper back is so sore in pain all the time do u have any tips

[@garyr4211]

I got shots in the back for arthritis and it last about a month. Went twice for this. It works but doesn't last. Looking for something permanent.

[@user-up8jx3mt6j]

It is true, constant and continual pain can and does completely change the person that you would otherwise be. I kept an ongoing list of things which I employed to treat the very bad stiffness and pain in the lumbar-sacral region of my back. Once I began approaching fifty different modalities, I simply gave up. Surgery has always been out of the question. Since then, I have tried many more different things. So for myself, even of those things which worked best at managing to eliminating pain, two things have forever remained in force; complete and entire relief is never accomplished, and anything and everything can only ever be only temporary. I've had cursory manipulative exams, CT scans, MRI's, as well as multiple X-rays. I have been encouraged to believe that my peripheral neuropathy and the arthritis in my back are somehow related. I tried reading the notes from the result of the MRI which I took. In layman's terms, my spine very closely resembles a bloody train wreck. I will reluctantly admit, that when it becomes real bad and just non-stop, I have truly wanted to die.

[@wesley5nipes]

Hey. What is your experience with yoga and basically any yoga like stretching, movement and strengthening? Also, may I ask if you're an ideal weight and what your issue is? I have quite severely degenerated disks in the L4/L5 and L3/L4. I've had pain for twenty years, but just this year it's become all day every day even at night. I'm interested in how this type of management has treated you. Also, if you did it, were you dedicated enough to draw conclusions?

[@meilih2030]

I thought he would say "no pain no gain" 😆 I cleaned up so many nasty mealy bugs in my plants and now i have very stiff painful hips. I feel so sick of this when I squat or clean bending squating, and feels like I will break. Last night my right arm is tired I was just poking my phone or typing in keyboard but my right extremities are always heavy and tired.

[@denzelwashington6222]

I am victim of this at 40 years old 😂😂😂 i thought i have spine tumors when the pain attacks

[@ceedellaweekes262]

I have spinal arthritis I got epidural for two surgery ( C-section )for my kids. It cause me to get spinal arthritis I'm in a lot of pain every day .I wonder what could be done about it is there any home remedy that I can use . I live in Trinidad so I'm not close to where you are . The Institute sounds great is there's any advice you can give me please I need some relief from this pain it's been years now

[@nicolabrewer2011]

I’m 50 and suffered with this for the last 13 years I can barely move now I had cortisone injections in my spine but never helped at all

[@huviba5826]

Have you try PRP or PRF ?

[@donnakolo1013]

I CAN BARELY WALK. LOST MY SPOUSE ALMOST 2 YEARS AGO. I'M IN SO MUCH PAIN IT'S NOT WITHIN RANGE! ARTHRITIS OF THE SPINE! I DID HARD WORK ALL MY LIFE WITH HORSES, MOTORCYCLES, COUNTRY GIRL. USED TO THROW HAY BALES ON THE HAY TRUCK! 67 AND I'VE HAD IT. A CAR CRASH DIDN'T HELP!

[@ANGELSURS]

Retire please

[@raymondperrelli2539]

I got supernatural healing; one time , by a Christian man from India; all inflammation gone, no more pain twenty years later! ( check out Cathryn krick, on you tube; taking my wife to see her in August, she has severe back pain; doctors can’t fix it, so taking it to Jesus!

[@indigosky83]

Crestview out chea throwin sets up. Getcha back right. Taln bout!!

[@rebelliousfineart8202]

When he said we can turn that nerve off for up to years down the road. I shuddered with enthusiasm at the thought 🥴🤤 I'm only 32 years old but for the last 6 years I've been in denial about the feeling of my body deteriorating. I've always been able to be really hard on my body and then shrug it off and I'm starting to lose that composure altogether. I've medicated it with Kratom and NSAIDs for years and it's getting worse and worse all the time. I've chalked it up to getting older and maybe I'd be able to handle it better if I had an easier job but, I feel like it's worse when I'm not moving. I work on oil rigs to give a frame of reference and I spent most of my life doing full contact martial arts and cage fighting. I look fit, and I'm flexible but I struggle to get in and out of vehicles, I grit my teeth bending to pick things up and I've had to pass up opportunities to make extra money or do something fun just because I'm so sore. I know that I have nerve damage because I don't feel half of my toes on either of my feet and I know physiology well enough to be aware of what nerves are referring the burning/stabbing sensations. I'd be willing to turn off all of my sensory nerves if I could 😭😭

[@JonesMwangi-od4zd]

My lower back aches when i bend or lift something....is there a cure for this osteoarthritis....?

[@MrGreglarry]

I've not seen anything yet. Just treatments to help reduce the pain.

[@debbiefarrell2651]

What is the treatment called - when you mention a warmed needle to turn off the nerve?

[@josea6935]

I think he's talking about RFA ( radio frequency ablation) I just got rfa on my facet joints in myblower back and that cured me from pain.

[@nandakumarrao5667]

Is the pain relief from RFA permanent 😊

[@siphiwechimukazulu2804]

I'm having serious lower back pain due to spine anthraitis.i need help

[@elizabethnambengele4920]

You are not alone my sister me too

[@nettiesanders676]

why 9h why do these really informative information has music over it ? its not needed and makes following what is being said 😢please please stop it

[@ANGELSURS]

Huh

[@indigosky83]

P COLA REPRESENTIN I SEE 👀

[@the3-ooos864]

what?

[@MrGreglarry]

eh?

[@aminah761]

🙄

[@Unknown4935]

wow this doctor is so negative

[@MrGreglarry]

Kind of a downer and add in the music ... yikes.