QuestionHi, I hope you can help me, i had a fall 2 months and a half ago, I was ice skating, someone pushed me , Ihit my back on the ice, since then I had alot of pain in my lower back, I took antiinflamatories for a month or so, I massaged a little bit of deep heat, can yuo tell me what I could do and if this could be a pulled muscle?
AnswerAdriana,
Despite not knowing details about your age, physique, or other parameters, suffice it to say you had, at best, a simple strain to the muscles/tendons/fascia of your back, or a sprain to the ligaments that hold your bones together (or the combination = "sprain/strain"). At worst, you fractured a bone in your back. If you are an older female, possibly osteopenic, and lack a lot of muscle, fracture to the spine is a possibility. You first need an xray to rule this out. Get this done at a hospital xray facility since they usually have the best equipment, as opposed to xray performed in a private doctor's office. Then book an appointment with a chiropractor that can perform joint manipulation AND soft tissue work. This should help. If you did fracture a bone, then the antiinflammatory med's will impair the healing.
'Hope this helps.
Dr. G