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thanks for your resonse , i will diffenatly seek a second opinion , am going to see a neurologist , if there is a nerve compression  is there  a cure for it surgicaly , if not how is it treated
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PLEASE HELP, MY HUSBAND FELL 1OFT FROM A LADDER IN MARCH 2004 , THE HOSPITAL SAID HE HAD WHIPLASH AND SENT HIM HOME , LONG STORY SHORT AFTER 6 MONTHS OF PAIN THE HOSPITAL DID AN MRI AND FOUND THAT INFACT HE HAD A BURST FRACTURE OF C7 . BUT STILL THEY SAID IT WAS STABLE AND SENT HIM HOME WITH PAIN MED , HE WENT TO SEE A PAIN TEAM DOCTOR WHO TOLD HIM TO CUT DOWN YHE MEDS AND GET ON WITH LIFE , HE HAS RETRAINED AS A LECTUER AND HAS TRYED TO IGNORE THE PAIN BUT AT THE BEGINING OF THIS YEAR HE STARTED TO GET WORSE , BOTH ARM ARE NUMB TO SENSASION , HIS LEGS DONT RESPOND TO HIS MOVEMENTS WHICH CAUSES HIM TO TRIP AND STUMBLE , HE HAS NO GRIP ANYMORE AND HIS STRENTH IN BOTH ARMS IS TERRIBLE , BUT THE WORST THING IS THE PAIN WHICH IS GETTING WORST , AT 30YRS OF AGE HE MOVES LIKE A 90YEAR OLD , HE IS CURRENTLY TAKING 8, 300MG GABAPENTIN , 4 MST 100MG TRAMADOL , 8, 500MG PARACETAMOL , 8, 30MG CODIENE , AND 2 AMERTHIPOLINE A DAY AND IS STILL IN AGONY ! , THE DOCTORS DID ANOTHER MRI BUT SAID NOTHING HAS CHANGED SO THERE IS NO SURGERY TO OFFER AND DISCHARED HIM , IN THE MEAN TIME HE IS STILL GETTING WORST AND IS GOING TO HAVE TO STOP WORKING SOON BECAUSE HE CARNT GRIP OR HANDLE THE PAIN , WE DONT NO WHAT TO DO ANYMORE PLEASE HELP ! yours thankfully , mrs allen
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Dear Mrs. Allen,

The loss of control you describe indicates nerve compression.  The pain may be muscular or nervous in origin.  The drugs can only hide the pain but cannot correct the condition.

I wish I could see your husband, personally.  Lacking that, find a clinical somatic educator near you.  list:  www.hannasomatics.com/practitioners.

I would also get a second medical opinion, meaning with other doctors.

with regard,
Lawrence Gold

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Surgery is not a good option when the cause is muscular.  It's painful, expensive, and does nothing to end the muscular contractions that cause the problem.  Avoid "nerve ablation"; it's drastic, causes loss of function, and it's permanent.

Please see the article on whiplash injuries at somatics.com/page4.htm.

with regard,
Lawrence Gold