Quote Originally Posted by KnottedYet View Post
Regina - have you worked with PT, or just with acu and chiro? I'm wondering why they have you going to pain management, when you have weakness (motor) as well as sensory symptoms. Did they explain things well to you? Can you ask the doc's office or the pain management folks the same questions you asked us?

I've just started working with a McKenzie clinic, they do some cool stuff. I'd be interested to know if you've done any McKenzie stuff, since it's all about getting discs to behave. (Have you seen the book "Treat Your Own Neck"?)
Thanks, Knot. I think the Orthopod addressed things pretty well - other than what the actual process is like. I intend to ask the Pain Management folks lots of questions. These...and more.

I have not seen a PT, to the extent that my Chiro had been doing things like massage, e-stim, ultrasound, traction, and the like. Orthopod said that weakness was directly related to the foraminal stenosis (hope that's the right term) in the neck and would go away when the nerve issue is resolved (assuming the epidural works). You can almost trace the sceaming nerve from my neck, down through my back, behind the arm, past the elbow, and into the hand. Oh, the joy.

I've been suspecting that chiro and acu were addressing the symptoms and not the cause, and I'm hoping (?) that this will address the "cause" and get me over some hump I have thusfar been unable to get over by way of other methods. Am I off base with that?

I'm not familiar with McKenzie's "stuff". Gotta link?