Knighthunter 3rd Gear June 30, 2019 Share June 30, 2019 Hi all, Suspected diagonsis with the above. my right arm in pain. feel like nerves are been pulled. just did a MRI and will be seeing ortho specialist What can be done about this? specialist say most likely start with physical therapy and oral med. and monitor progress for 4-6 weeks. Any other advice? how about taking any particular supplements? couldn't sleep properly. I had numbess and weaken left foot end of last year, after 2 opinions decided to go for TLIF operation on L5 to S1. I was combination of undetected old broken bones that lead to narrowing nerve canal compunding with disc burst pinched left foot nerve badly from MRI. Operation cost me 70k plus at private hospital since I decided to op within 1 week and I don't want to wait. Now long road to recoevery but I felt much better. ↡ Advertisement 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lala81 Hypersonic June 30, 2019 Share June 30, 2019 I had numbess and weaken left foot end of last year, after 2 opinions decided to go for TLIF operation on L5 to S1. I was combination of undetected old broken bones that lead to narrowing nerve canal compunding with disc burst pinched left foot nerve badly from MRI. Operation cost me 70k plus at private hospital since I decided to op within 1 week and I don't want to wait. Now long road to recoevery but I felt much better. Good to hear. Who's your surgeon? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender Hypersonic June 30, 2019 Share June 30, 2019 The routine is for the spine. How about the neck? My problem is at the neck C5-7 Neck one refer to this video. https://www.mycarforum.com/topic/2710057-exercising-and-losing-weight/page-775?do=findComment&comment=6700243 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusnel 6th Gear July 1, 2019 Author Share July 1, 2019 I had numbess and weaken left foot end of last year, after 2 opinions decided to go for TLIF operation on L5 to S1. I was combination of undetected old broken bones that lead to narrowing nerve canal compunding with disc burst pinched left foot nerve badly from MRI. Operation cost me 70k plus at private hospital since I decided to op within 1 week and I don't want to wait. Now long road to recoevery but I felt much better. Feel for you. I know that kind of pain, though mine may not as bad as yours. The anxiety and stress will already be enough to disrupt yr life. 70k?! That's alot of money! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kusje Supersonic July 1, 2019 Share July 1, 2019 I had numbess and weaken left foot end of last year, after 2 opinions decided to go for TLIF operation on L5 to S1. I was combination of undetected old broken bones that lead to narrowing nerve canal compunding with disc burst pinched left foot nerve badly from MRI. Operation cost me 70k plus at private hospital since I decided to op within 1 week and I don't want to wait. Now long road to recoevery but I felt much better. Good that you are feeling much better. 70k is a lot of money to most, was it covered by any sort of insurance? I worry... Feel for you. I know that kind of pain, though mine may not as bad as yours. The anxiety and stress will already be enough to disrupt yr life. 70k?! That's alot of money! I guess sometimes really no choice. SG public hospitals still not up to standard especially for really critical illnesses. Imagine someone with cancer being asked to wait months for an appt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buadongdong Twincharged July 1, 2019 Share July 1, 2019 (edited) The routine is for the spine. How about the neck? My problem is at the neck C5-7 Bro, i use this to relieve stress on my neck. Sort of decompresses too. After a 10min session, the whole neck and shoulders feel less stiff and achy. Mods, delete if its inappropriate.. Not trying to sell anything here Edited July 1, 2019 by Buadongdong 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanCoe Hypersonic July 1, 2019 Share July 1, 2019 I had numbess and weaken left foot end of last year, after 2 opinions decided to go for TLIF operation on L5 to S1. I was combination of undetected old broken bones that lead to narrowing nerve canal compunding with disc burst pinched left foot nerve badly from MRI. Operation cost me 70k plus at private hospital since I decided to op within 1 week and I don't want to wait. Now long road to recoevery but I felt much better. What is TLIF op?? Did you have sciatica?? How old were you when operated ?? Are you doing any weight bearing job or extreme sports ?? Or it just happened so suddenly Also how long was there any physio you have to do post surgery and do you feel like in “stock condition “ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etnt Turbocharged July 1, 2019 Share July 1, 2019 We all do too much flexion of our neck and our lower spine as well. Doing extension can decompress your spine but need to do it carefully especially if your muscles/ligaments are not use to it. Athlean-X recommends waking up and hanging off chinup bar for 1 minute or longer. But ... u must have the arm and grip strength to do so first haha use inversion table? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etnt Turbocharged July 1, 2019 Share July 1, 2019 I guess sometimes really no choice. SG public hospitals still not up to standard especially for really critical illnesses. Imagine someone with cancer being asked to wait months for an appt. I feel that govt is ok actually. usually it's the first appt that's the longest. Thereafter it's not that bad depending on the severity of the condition. For laminectomy, after deciding on op, it's about a month+ and meanwhile I was at pain center managing the pain. For kidney ccrc, once they detected it after a regular checkup, it was less than 2 weeks before scheduling for op to remove the kidney. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lala81 Hypersonic July 1, 2019 Share July 1, 2019 (edited) use inversion table? Some people do. But an inversion table takes up space. And it seems hardcore. Haha for myself, I don't think i would like to be inverted What is TLIF op?? Did you have sciatica?? How old were you when operated ?? Are you doing any weight bearing job or extreme sports ?? Or it just happened so suddenly Also how long was there any physio you have to do post surgery and do you feel like in “stock condition “ cannot be no physio one lah. Your muscles will atrophy when the nerve is being compressed. Without exercise and muscle building after op, how the muscle enlarge again? Edited July 1, 2019 by Lala81 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kusje Supersonic July 1, 2019 Share July 1, 2019 I feel that govt is ok actually. usually it's the first appt that's the longest. Thereafter it's not that bad depending on the severity of the condition. For laminectomy, after deciding on op, it's about a month+ and meanwhile I was at pain center managing the pain. For kidney ccrc, once they detected it after a regular checkup, it was less than 2 weeks before scheduling for op to remove the kidney. But that's the problem. Wait 4-6 mths for first appointment. If you have cancer or what not, might end up dead cuz of the wait. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etnt Turbocharged July 1, 2019 Share July 1, 2019 But that's the problem. Wait 4-6 mths for first appointment. If you have cancer or what not, might end up dead cuz of the wait. ccrc was the cancer lor, as I say based on severity. Once know got cancer then fast tracked. But problem would be, if dunno cancer then how? Some people do. But an inversion table takes up space. And it seems hardcore. Haha for myself, I don't think i would like to be inverted Not that bad lar, I was using the inversion table regularly before laminectomy and it does provide temporary relief. Typically can let you adjust angle to gradually get used to steeper angle and eventually fully 180 inversion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knighthunter 3rd Gear July 1, 2019 Share July 1, 2019 (edited) Good to hear. Who's your surgeon? Orthopaedic international in Mount Alvernia Dr.Ngian. Covered with Aviva but still came out about 10k from my medisave portion. It's no pain but I can felt slowly lost control on my left foot, sometime I can tripped myself because the ankle suddenly lost power and twisted when walking. I ignore it quite sometime, but I felt something really wrong when it become numb and tingling for weeks and never go away. It was 8 hours operation and recovery in ICU for 2 days before transfer to normal single bed ward. Now after operation my left foot almost back to normal, I can cycle again and do more activity. But recovery is expected 1 year after operation, now every 3 months control and xray so far so good. Now I carry special card for flying because I have titanium implant at my spine but so far it never trip any machine in airport. I still not flying as much as before. Edited July 1, 2019 by Knighthunter 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knighthunter 3rd Gear July 1, 2019 Share July 1, 2019 (edited) Feel for you. I know that kind of pain, though mine may not as bad as yours. The anxiety and stress will already be enough to disrupt yr life. 70k?! That's alot of money! If not treated may become paralized if the left food nerve damage is getting more serious, the only way is decompression operation. I did scuba diving and few sports including badminton last time, but I think somewhere I have broken bones never detected because I am quite tolerable with pain and healed by itself but it deformed the nerve canal. First opinion too extreme, I hate the doctor he wants to fix L1 all the way to S1 (what an a**hole!) then second opinion discussion is better we discuss pro and cons fixing more than one section. Doctor adivse me either fix L5-S1 or L4-L5-S1, the L4 disc is not healty on MRI but not damaged. So I decide no damage no need to repair. He also sewn damaged nerve casing Edited July 1, 2019 by Knighthunter ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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