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What Does This Test Results Of MRI And X-ray Of Back Indicate?

I am 43 years old.I have done hair for 26 years. I was changing clothes last january 2014 and my left shoulder popped. I thought maybe I just pulled or strained a muscle so I let it go. Was painful for a few weeks. Then shortly after that I started getting upper back pain in the muscles. Dr sends me to get MRI. It showed I have protrusion of c5 and c6..doctor at ortho Indy says as long as my left arm is not going numb and I m not getting week in that arm no big deal..hmmmm..I m there for excruciating pain in upper back and neck..I go back for pain again a few weeks later he wants to send me to pain specialist...I don t want pills I want it figured out and fixed. My muscles feel like they have been takin out of my body and wrung out dry and put back in. I can never get comfortable. Try to get a good posture going and never works. I went back to my dr in tears from so much pain and tightness..put me on muscle relaxes..don t work..off to the ER a couple months later. They find everything but what my back pain is. Send me home with muscle relaxes. Don t work..then I go to a very good neurosergeonhere in my home town. He said physical therapy or surgery.so I had physical therapy for about 2 weeks. She had me doing neck and upper back exercises with my shoulders. That took me to another level. My upper back got so tight I couldn t move my shoulders or neck. So I went to a local chiropractor. The first day he did an assessment. Took lots of xrays. My body is off. Left shoulder higher than right. Hips slightly off. My body is leaning when I think I m standing straight. And my cervical spine is straight. No curve. Caught me by surprise that a chiropractor finds the problem that was right in front of a neurosurgeons face. I do not have insurance and have paid thousands of dollars in cash to find out how to get out of this pain. I m the one that calls the doctor to suggest sending me somewhere to figure me out. They don t seem to know and are done with me so I move on to someone else. It s real. I have children that see me lay on the couch day after day. A 4-5 hour work day puts me out of commission when I get home..I cry alot and wonder if the rest of my life will be like this. It s been over a year and no changes. Depression sets in and I can t live like this. Please help me
posted on Wed, 11 Mar 2015
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