Alternative medical treatment

In 2003 I was on a bus that had to do an emergency stop, a week later my lower back was in agony. At the time I was a student nurse on my first placement in a general hospital with heavy patients, it got to the stage where I could hardly move and I couldn't feel my left leg with the exception of sciatic pain.

I went to the doctor, they said there was a 6 month waiting list for physiotherapy, at that stage I couldn't wait that long and went to see a chiropractor. In one visit she worked her magic and my back was as good as new.

Since then I have taken care, done my exercises to stretch my back and on occasion used ice packs to relieve it when I've felt it aching and have been scared that I've done something again.

Two weeks ago whilst having 'fun' I ended up in pain again, two days later my back was in agony, I was again having sciatic pain down my left leg. Then to top it off I ended up with flu, I couldn't sleep simply because I couldn't find a comfy position to lay in. It all subsided and all the pain went, only I couldn't feel my leg, it was numb, not just the leg but everything on the left from the waist down.

Yesterday I went to the chiropractor again, this time he cracked my back and told me that I had an sacroiliac joint injury, the sacroiliac joint is a firm, small joint that lies at the junction of the spine and the pelvis. The sacroiliac joint does not move much, but it is critical to transferring the load of your upper body to your lower body. By the end of my night shift last night the feeling had returned to my lower left side.

Even though you have to pay for this treatment in the UK as opposed to seeing you doctor and being referred to physio for free I would recommend doing it, physio takes longer anyway.

Alternative medical treatment

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