| Last Updated June 29, 2005 |
My TOS :
I started feeling twinges and twitches betweeen my shoulder blades. While on duty at work I lifted a super heavy piece of luggage for a customer and I felt electrical shock through my body on the lft breast side. I never experienced that before however years before I felt a tightening under my left armpit like a band or belt it was also confined to the area around my lower left chest. As the years went by I developed neck and shoulder pain much like a burning sensation as I sat at a computer terminal for 14yrs 40 plus hrs a wk. I continued to work the remainder of the week with the shocking sensations as I put it. Then the weekend came I awoke to screams getting out of bed in a raging burning pain and went to the emergency room, county hospital stayed 13hrs and never had another episode until I arrived home. They could not treat me nor did their pain meds. help. I started going to a chiropractor who found a degenerative disc between the 4th and 5th cerv. vert. and after 6months I have found complete relief for now. I wake up stiff every morning and I do my neck and shoulder stretch exercises. I take a mild muscle relaxer and more than anything I must do these exercises if not it will return. I must be very carefull or this will return I watch what I lift and tug on now. Hint: My faith was not in the chiro. because I wasn't getting much relief from him however over prayers and time it subsided. The pains were so bad I would time them. Minutes, down to seconds then finally every other day they would come. I sleepon a cervical pillow only. They truly help if you get used to it but start out only for a few minutes. If you have suffered from this my best wishes are with you along with my prayers.
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