Lumbar Laminectomy

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I am hoping my problems aren't going to require surgery or anything

but I am happy to discover that the potential exists. A Lumbar

Laminectomy sounds scary. I went to the chiropractor 3 times and got

a deep tissue massage twice over the last two months and the muscles

feel real weak and I have a sharp pain in what I believe is called

the lumbar area. It is right at the corner of the shoulder, neck,

and back and more painful on my right side with joint pain out to the

shoulder. I'm hoping it is just worn out and swollen muscles but

this is the worst it has been compared to other intermitten pain I've

experienced before. I'm just going to let it be for a month or two

and go from there. If I need a Lumbar Laminectomy for some reason I

might not have to regard it as an emergency surgery and do it when I

am more sure of it if needed. That's a big " if " in my mind right

now. Maybe I need to move around more since I seem to be in the car,

in the office, or in the living room alot in sedentary positions.

> stay away from the chiropractor. after my lumbar laminectomy

when all

> other therapies didn't work they sent me to a chiropractor for my

lumbar

> area. he told me I was totally out of wack....my neck was

crooked. he

> proceeded to make an adjustment on my neck. let me tell

you....about 30

> minutes later I started with such neck and head pain I thought I

was having

> a stroke! I told him NEVER to touch my neck again. I only went

to him 1

> or 2 times after that. that was in 1993....then in 2004 they find

severe

> degenerative disk disease and vertebraes riding over one another.

I can't

> prove it because 11 years had passed before I had any x-ray of my

neck etc..

> but I think HE screwed up my neck big time. I never had a

problem with

> it before he touched me.

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> just from experience, don't let him touch you again. hey, some

people

> swear by them, my sister and sister-in-law go to them and say they

feel 100

> x's better.....NOT ME.

>

> what did they find in your cervical area if you don't mind me

asking? I

> understand totally...I've been in chronic pain since 1990 when I

hurt my

> lumbar area. what about regular Physical Therapy? have you

tried that

> yet? I tried everything with my cervical and lumbar area only to

have

> surgeries on BOTH. I wish you luck, .

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> -- searching for answers

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> My story:

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> chronic pain in both shoulders 15 years

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> chronic pain in cervical area of spine 15 years

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> cracked shoulder blade in off road motocycle accident - not sure if

> still an issue

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> spend hundreds on massages

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> recently sought chiropractic help and made matters worse

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> Any suggestions???

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[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone,

I'm usually a lurker and read each and every one of the posts. I've picked up a

lot of useful information and now have a question that I don't recall having

been addressed.

I've already had my cervical fusion of C3 through C6 and posterior decompression

laminectomy on March 3rd of this year. I have recovered nicely with no more

pain from that problem. Now I will be scheduling a lumbar laminectomy of L2

through L5.

I have no idea of what the recovery will be like - the level and duration of the

pain directly after surgery and what I might expect of total recovery time. I

will be going to a rehab facility afterwards and wonder if sciatic pain can be

expected to disappear after surgery.

If anyone has had this surgery, could you fill me in on just what I should

expect. I would be very grateful.

Arlene in Michigan

I now have pain from the right lumbar region, into the hip, then down my leg to

about knee level. The pain I had in my left leg disappeared after my cervical

surgery. It was the same pain I'm having now in the right leg. I had the same

kind of pain in both rear thigh areas. I can't figure out why it went away on

one side but not the other. I use a walker to get around and am on pain meds

for that pain.

I still do have balance problems but I haven't fallen so I don't want to push my

luck,. My cervical surgery was postponed because I did fall about 3 to 4 days

beforer and I broke my pelvis. So, the pain from surgery was exascerbated by

the pain of the fractures (2).