Rhamma
2/28/2006 1:37pm,
Okay the general topic may have been discussed before, but I have some specific questions.
First let me say I am not a new age, crystal carrying, sprout eatter.
I had a compressed disk in my neck from a judo injury about 27 years ago. It took time, but the disk calcified over the years started pressing a the nerve to goes to my right trapesious, tricepes, and index finger. I had many year of intense pain and lose of strength in this arm, which I went and got my neck cracked the the chiropractor for.
Eventually it did no good and I had to have surgery to remove the part of the disk the was pressing on the nerve. I had this done August 1 of last year. It worked, and it didn't work...
In order to do the surgery they had to go in and push the nerve out of the way to trim the disk back. I believe the pressure is off the nerve now and the pain in my shoulder is nowhere near as bad. The strength has come back to my right arm, but there is still some pain in my neck and shoulder and numbness in my index finger. I think it may come back with time. I don't think there is any "medicine" that can help me at this point (except pain killers) Is there any kind of Chinese herbal medicine that is recomeded for nerve damage? Or do you know of a site where I can go and look. My local herbal/health food store most likely has what I would need, but they have their own agenda and products to push.
On another subject (part of the body) I have really sore knees right now. At first I couldn't imagine what I had done to them to make them so sore. I had not done anything different in my usual work out that would acount for this. Then I remebered that I had jogged a for about an hour for about 4 nights about a two weeks ago on my wifes teadmill. The pain started not long after that. I think that is what did it. I never jog I walk or I run, but I don't jog, be that in training or on a football field. I'm a football offical and I'm 45 years old and I guarantee when a 17 year takes off running and I am trying to keep up I am NOT JOGGING! Is there anything I can take for joint pain? I don't think the damage is permanent.
First let me say I am not a new age, crystal carrying, sprout eatter.
I had a compressed disk in my neck from a judo injury about 27 years ago. It took time, but the disk calcified over the years started pressing a the nerve to goes to my right trapesious, tricepes, and index finger. I had many year of intense pain and lose of strength in this arm, which I went and got my neck cracked the the chiropractor for.
Eventually it did no good and I had to have surgery to remove the part of the disk the was pressing on the nerve. I had this done August 1 of last year. It worked, and it didn't work...
In order to do the surgery they had to go in and push the nerve out of the way to trim the disk back. I believe the pressure is off the nerve now and the pain in my shoulder is nowhere near as bad. The strength has come back to my right arm, but there is still some pain in my neck and shoulder and numbness in my index finger. I think it may come back with time. I don't think there is any "medicine" that can help me at this point (except pain killers) Is there any kind of Chinese herbal medicine that is recomeded for nerve damage? Or do you know of a site where I can go and look. My local herbal/health food store most likely has what I would need, but they have their own agenda and products to push.
On another subject (part of the body) I have really sore knees right now. At first I couldn't imagine what I had done to them to make them so sore. I had not done anything different in my usual work out that would acount for this. Then I remebered that I had jogged a for about an hour for about 4 nights about a two weeks ago on my wifes teadmill. The pain started not long after that. I think that is what did it. I never jog I walk or I run, but I don't jog, be that in training or on a football field. I'm a football offical and I'm 45 years old and I guarantee when a 17 year takes off running and I am trying to keep up I am NOT JOGGING! Is there anything I can take for joint pain? I don't think the damage is permanent.