Back pain

When i had my Scoliosis surgery back in 2001 sadly I was told that this is something i was told i would have to deal with for the rest of my life. Bad posture , unhealthy life style and lack of exercise in the past years have only compounded the problem. Two years ago i decided i had had enough and went to my GP. He in turn sent me to a Neurologist. Upon stepping foot into the Neurologists office he told me he wanted me to do 6 weeks of PT prior to him saying anything else. I rolled my eyes as i have been though PT before and wanted a second opinion (something you should always ask for when it comes to medicine). I decided to go see a Orthopedic surgeon , he in turn told me the same thing. I walked away thinking the crock doctors don't want to look at me and only brush me off. 

Shortly after my run in with the doctors i found out i needed to have my Mitral valve repaired (this is a story for another day). After my surgery i went to PT for my heart for 9 weeks and felt rather healthy. The day to day back pain had all but faded away. In October i started to feel a chest cold coming on so i took an anti biotic that i had left over and it faded away. After about a week or two i started to feel really bad, so bad i stayed home from work one day. Mandy made a deal with me i could stay home from work but i had to make an appointment to go see the GP. Whenever i showed up to the GP it was getting hard to breath without being hunched over. The pain became so great that by the time the doctor finally got around to seeing me he told me i had to go to the hospital. I asked the Dr what hospital should i go to he laughed and said your not going anywhere we can call an ambulance for you or you can have someone take you. Through the pain called my wife and had her pick me up and take me to RR hospital. She didn't realize how much pain i was in till she arrived at the Dr office. After a few hours the Dr on call diagnosed me with Chest pain and Pleurisy. The ER sent me home and on my way, a little after a week later Mandy and i were headed to Houston to visit family when i had another episode. This time the pain meds they gave me would not subdue the pain in my chest we were forced to call an ambulance.

After all of this was said and done my back pain had arrived back again. Oh how i thought i had gotten rid of you, i dealt with the pain for a couple of months before going back to the GP due to lack of sleep/ability to sit at my desk. He refered me back to the Neurologist who in turn gave me a prescription for physical therapy again. This time i went with it and found a place close to work. I happened upon Hands on Physical therapy.  They are not your normal teradmill/weight physical therapy place. As their website puts it

"Hands-On Manual Therapy, Trigger Point, Myofascial Therapy, Manipulation, Expert Guidance and Individualized Exercises that the physical therapist provides in one-to-one sessions." 

I have had Myofascial massages before but not Therapy so this is new to me. I go for an hour session once to twice a week. I have been for 5 sessions and i can tell you this if anything it is making me more aware of my bad posture and habits (sitting on my feet at work). In addition to this i have started the biggest looser Wii game to try and strengthen my core. I say start because i have only done one session however yesterday i did about 2.5 hours of house work leaving my brow sweaty and my knees week. Hopefully i will have an update later this year telling you my back pain is now gone.