I saw two orthopedic doctors. One whom I had order an MRI to rule out disc problems with my neck. The mri was great but the regular xray showed reversal of cervical lordosis due to my upper back neck being spasmadic caused from the lower extremeties. He tested for strengthness and basiclly told me the second time I went that I needed to calm down and get on an anti-depressant. Well, I was not depressed when the symptoms came on. It was from typing that day. Would be a bad idea to get on an anti-depressant right now due to the other meds that I am taking. He said it could be stress and Fibro even though I dont have 11 points of tenderness and pain. That does not add up. The other doctor was a Neuro who did all the hand tests on me and was going to have me come back for a Nerve conduction test and I was told it would cost me $500 even though I had met my deductable. I told him I would try to rule out cheaper alternatives because he told me that sometimes, a nerve conduction test is not always accurate. I just went to the hand specialist and he did the hand tests on me and he said he could not pin point any issues.. I asked if it could be tendonitis or tennis elbow and he said it was possible. all he did was refer me to somone else and gave me prescription for physical therapy. I will go but what Im I soppose to treat. I read that for some issues, activities should cease before returning to the activities that cause my pain. I have not had one doctor try to give me an MRI of my arm/elbow or check for inflammation using by means of an Ultrasound. What do I do,demand it because Im about to but I dont want to tell the doctor what he is going to do but I may ask them to please check anyway. Im throwing money away everytime I walk out those doors without ruling something out. Seems Repetitive Injurys are hard to diagnose but I have not been given all the options that they have of diagnosing it. I am going to try another docotor soon. I've been taking or have tried taking every med out there and no relief. I've already exhausted concervative measures other than cortisone and physical therapy but i do light stretching.
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I saw two orthopedic doctors. One whom I had order an MRI to rule out disc problems with my neck. The mri was great but the regular xray showed reversal of cervical lordosis due to my upper back neck being spasmadic caused from the lower extremeties. He tested for strengthness and basiclly told me the second time I went that I needed to calm down and get on an anti-depressant. Well, I was not depressed when the symptoms came on. It was from typing that day. Would be a bad idea to get on an anti-depressant right now due to the other meds that I am taking. He said it could be stress and Fibro even though I dont have 11 points of tenderness and pain. That does not add up. The other doctor was a Neuro who did all the hand tests on me and was going to have me come back for a Nerve conduction test and I was told it would cost me $500 even though I had met my deductable. I told him I would try to rule out cheaper alternatives because he told me that sometimes, a nerve conduction test is not always accurate. I just went to the hand specialist and he did the hand tests on me and he said he could not pin point any issues.. I asked if it could be tendonitis or tennis elbow and he said it was possible. all he did was refer me to somone else and gave me prescription for physical therapy. I will go but what Im I soppose to treat. I read that for some issues, activities should cease before returning to the activities that cause my pain. I have not had one doctor try to give me an MRI of my arm/elbow or check for inflammation using by means of an Ultrasound. What do I do,demand it because Im about to but I dont want to tell the doctor what he is going to do but I may ask them to please check anyway. Im throwing money away everytime I walk out those doors without ruling something out. Seems Repetitive Injurys are hard to diagnose but I have not been given all the options that they have of diagnosing it. I am going to try another docotor soon. I've been taking or have tried taking every med out there and no relief. I've already exhausted concervative measures other than cortisone and physical therapy but i do light stretching.
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