I have pain shooting from hip and down the Right leg that feels like stinging/burning Pain?I was injured at work and sent to their doctors and dont have the opportunity to see my own doctor over this injury. They are trying to tell me it is all in my head and I only have a sprained lumbar. I went to see a specialist and paid for it on my own and he said I had 4 herniated disc and hip displacement and sciatic nerve. Works doctors are extremely rude and are not offering treatment and are trying to mask it with medication. I asked the first doctor to send me to a chiropractor or sports medicine doctor for treatment and they said they will not refer me to a quack and chiropractors are bad. Instead they refered me to a ortho specialist. When I saw him he rudely asked what is supposed to be wrong with you? I was in awe. I started to explain. He replied ya ya ya. What company u with? I told him oh so their the bad guys. What? I was suppose to see him because he knows what he is doing instead he treated me with disrepect. What can i do in the meantime to help the pain?
john m
it may be a sprained lumbar, but what I believe is the pain is caused by the second reason because that pain is almost always related with the sciatic nerve, most likely, your work doctors don't want to have to pay for something that is most likely their fault, I would, if you can, go to a real doctor, not related to your work, because that is really bad what the company is doing to you, and go back to the company you work for, say, hey, your guys have been treating me with disrespect, give me the money and I will choose the doctor and in return I wont sue you or something...I dunno
IAINTELLEN
Try looking up a good massage therapist. I had the same problem for about 6 months. I was seeing a chiropractor twice a week, and using a tens unit with no results. I had one very deep, and somewhat painful massage and PRESTO, the pain was gone in 2 days! It may not work out exactly the same for you, but what the hell have you got to lose?
the crusader
I hate to agree with doctors who have treated you so badly, but chiropractors and sports medicine will not help your injury. You may need surgery for the herniated discs. That will help to relieve the pain. However, the sciatic nerve injury is what is probably causing you the most pain, the pain you mentioned that starts at the hip and shoots down your leg. The best treatment for this type of injury is pain management. Your doctor should prescribe narcotic pain medication for the pain as well as a drug called Neurontin, which is a drug for nerve pain (for the sciatic nerve pain you are experiencing). I don't know what advice I can give you for the poor treatment you have received and rude doctors you have experienced. Unfortunately, there are many people who are serial worker's compensation abusers and these doctors have probably experienced many of them. They are probably burned out from it, but it is still no excuse for treating every patient as if they are one of these people. The best advice I can give you is to call your worker's comp insurance and complain. perhaps there is someone else that they can refer you to. I'm sorry that's all I can provide you with. I wish there was more I could do for you.
DeltaQueen
Welcome to the frustrating and nasty world of back injuries and Insurance Quacks!!!!
Sounds like you are really getting the worst of the worst.
The only thing that I heard in this that they said right is to stay away from Chiropractors!!!!
Now, lets help you......When you saw your paid specialist, I assume that he gave you a MRI to determine your injuries, which are severe and considered an emergency in the real world, by the way. You need to get copies of that MRI and head straight back to your "work doctors", do not let them try to wiggle out of anything that they have done to you, because you are in pain and you have a Sciatic Nerve that needs relief or it is going to be permanently damaged!!! Once they have looked at the MRI, you let them know that you want an Emergency appointment with a NEUROSURGEON, and if you are not on any pain medication tell them you want the appropriate medication for you pain ASAP.
If......they do not respect your wishes (they are supposed to be working for you, actually) you will have to have a plan B.
Plan B: You are going to have to fight back, even if you don't feel like you have any fight in you. or you are not usually a fighter. (if you aren't a fighter they will eat you alive, unfortunetly) You'll need to find a GOOD, well respected Injury Attorney, no one that advertises on the Television, a real one. Money shouldn't be an issue, because they usually work off of your settlement. By the way, with your injuries, you could also end up disabled especially if they are not addressed. You aren't suing them for money at this point you are suing for medical attention. If by chance you are in a Union, then their attys. would be perfect.
You don't deserve this treatment, and ever since the government started cracking down on Doctors concerning the distrabution of Pain Medication , people with Back problems are treated horrible, because these doctors are so parinoid that you are faking. Well, you have a MRI that proves differently and the poor treatment should have stopped there.
The reason that I know about this is because I am now disabled from being prevented treatment when I had a herniated disc that pressed my Sciatic Nerve so bad that the nerve is damaged clear to my big toe and will never totally heal. It was almost 2 years before I was able to have the operation that I needed and by then I was almost Insane with pain and frustration. No exageration!
I am so upset for you I can't even remember if there is anything else I should tell you. Other than Don't let anyone touch you at this point other than a Neurosurgeon and youl simply cannot play these peoples game, you must get treatment. With a MRI sitting infront of them they will/should be hard pressed not to treat you properly. Unfortunetly you may have to threaten them and involve an attorney, but you have to do whats best in order not to be disabled for the rest of your life. That shouldn't be what doctors do, they are supposed to be helping.
Good Luck, if you have any questions because i probably didn't make total sense I'm so mad feel free to email me.
Barb
2NewHips
It really sounds like your sciatic nerve. A REALLY GOOD CHIROPRACTOR should be able to help you. Try a rheumatologist also.
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