Request for advice: This is a long shot, but are there any shops or specialists in the Seattle area?

[MicroBunneh]

I’m looking for an experienced person to help with natural ways to help back pain. I have spent the past four years trying everything under the sun, but haven’t reached in this direction.

Any advice would be welcome.

To be more helpful, here is everything I’ve tried in the past four years: two fusion surgeries, 31 injections, many radio frequency ablations, a spinal cord stimulator implanted, muscle energy technique, muscle activation therapy, hydro therapy, PRP, ketamine infusions, lidocaine infusions, cold laser therapy, craniosacral therapy, DBT, CBT, chronic pain therapy, Feldenkrais method therapy, ROLFing, Neural Integration Systems, acupuncture, energy work, cupping, Postural Restoration Therapy, Intra-Muscular Stimulation/Dry Needling, Epsom/Arnica baths, Prolotherapy and ozone injections, massage therapy, reiki, chiropractor, CBD/thc in lotion, edible, and smokeables, Ice packs and/or heat packs, naturopaths, and capsaicin.

Discussion

[kidneypunch27]

Physical therapist is a good place to start!

[Ok_Internet_9516]

It depends on why it’s hurting. It’s it muscular, nerves or a skeletal issue? I have muscular pain, no bad discs or anything, and I take boswellia extract daily. Boswellia (also commonly known as frankincense) is a potent anti-inflammatory with no negative side effects other than heartburn if you take way too much. It can take a couple weeks of taking it daily to get results, but then the pain is significantly reduced.
For immediate relief, I also make my own tinctures and have found that a half and half mixture of leonurus cardiaca (motherwort) & achillea millefolium (yarrow), makes a fantastic muscle relaxer.

Of course, talk to a doctor about interactions if you’re on medications or have any other issues. I’m not a medical professional, just an herbalist. This is not medical advice.

[mushmushhh]

I’ve had good luck with Low Dose Naltrexone. There is a pharmacy in Mt. Vernon (just north of seattle) that compounds it for me. My doc was willing to give it a shot. Very few potential side effects (except potentially weird dreams while you taper onto it). I went from living on a diet of Meloxicam to needed milder NSAIDS only maybe once every 6 weeks if I over work my back. It got better enough that I stopped remembering to take my doses reliably and then the pain comes back.

[magic_otter]

I find laying flat on the floor helps relieve pain and then stretching my arms back behind my head.

I had two disc surgeries and relatively young. I imagine i’ll be a chronic pain person eventually.

Not natural but extra strength advil and tylenol and liquid gels help that edge when things aren’t too serious. Just make sure you eat something and drink water.

For me I know twisting my body is really bad. I try to be cautious of posture but I still have pretty bad posture.

Laying flat on my stomach or back really helps me the most personally. Get a hard mattress if you haven’t done that.

I know you tried massage therapy but maybe give that another go? I had one massage that the person tried to re align my legs and did more damage but then I did another massage later that was a deep tissue back massage and it was great!

[kidneypunch27]

Oh damn. Was trigger point release on there? Nerve ablation? This sucks, I’m sorry you are going through this.

[Purplekaem]

I don’t have anything near your level of issue so take my advice lightly, but my most major source of inflammation and pain relief was when I was doing a Whole30 and intermittent fasting(18:6) combo. To the point where it even spontaneously reversed a sun spot on my face. My body just finally cleaned up the garbage. I found that difficult to keep up long term (and my shoulder is *killing* me this week… maybe month), but it was incredibly effective.

Is there any other therapy you have done that could coincide well with a major nutrition experiment? Also, the elderly people I know with severe back pain swear by starting their day with water aerobics. Not sure how intensive your hydro therapy was, but might be worth trying to do something every day.