Broken Back

[vaulter870]

i recently discoverd that i have a fractured L-5 vertabre. i am wondering what other people here have gone through on here ie:hunter and shank i know both of you guys had some back problems. i cant be part of the team at MSU this year but what did you guys do after you found out what happened?

[GeorgeN]

I have had back problems in the past that were corrected using "prolotherapy". This shortens and strengthens stretched vertebral ligaments which have been damaged thru use and allow the vertebrae to move and cause back pains.
I am curious to know what alerted you to th e broken vertebra. Was it pain, and injury, or was it found during normal exam? Most people have slipped disks, stenosed nerves, curved spines, etc and these are not pathological ( cause no problems), and do not require to be repaired.

George

[vaulter870]

i felt some pain while lifting last tuesday and went to the trainers because i was a little concerned about why it was painfull.they couldnt make a diognosis so they sent me for x-rays and read them on friday morning and told me it was a stress fracture. and it has just been a kinda dull pain since tuesday but nothing before tuesday so i dont really know what happened

[GeorgeN]

I would be very skeptical. X-rays cannot determine pain in the spine. Look up prolotherapy online. NFL players use it now instead of surgery.
A famous study was performed by the US Army about 15 years ago on 10,000 new recruits. The conclusion was that x-rays, MRI's and cat scans cannot be used to determine the cause of back pain, unless you have a tumor or were in an accident ( fracture). Almost every one at some time in their will have back pain and 99 percent of the time it goes away in 6 months.
Get another opinion.

[vaulter870]

that is what i am doing this coming week i am getting a bone scan and seeing another doctor so that i can dertermine what is wrong.

[hallvaulter]

Make sure you see a good doctor.

Get CAT Scans.

Have a real doctor (Back doctor) look at them.

Go from there.

It will be fine....back stuff works out I guess.

I have almost recovered 100% after surgery...so yea.

[nitro]

ya hunters right about what to do... but it does heal pretty quickly and all that im doing right now is phisicly getting stronger so when i do come back i will be able to start off better then i ended last year....

best of luck

[vaulter870]

yeah thanks guys. i am looking for a good back doctor right now. i am logans friend from the beach vault so we have met. i was the kid that was not very good and kept running slow and coming up short. and to think i started running and jumping well on some big sticks and i get hurt. oh well all i can do now is rest and get better

[rainbowgirl28]

If the x-ray really showed a stress fracture, you must have had it before Tuesday.

Stress fractures don't really show up on X-rays, it is the bone's reaction to the fracture that shows up.

It is entirely possible that the pain is not caused by the fracture, that something else is causing it.

Whatever the case, more tests ought to help make things more clear.

[bvpv07]

The bone scan will tell you whether it really is broken or not. I was under the impression for over a month that my back was broken from two x-rays and an MRI that they had taken....bone scan set them straight and saved me from three months in a plastic brace.

[vaulter870]

yeah i am deffinetly getting a bone scan this week and i am going to see a back specialist

[nitro]

If the x-ray really showed a stress fracture, you must have had it before Tuesday.

Stress fractures don't really show up on X-rays, it is the bone's reaction to the fracture that shows up.

It is entirely possible that the pain is not caused by the fracture, that something else is causing it.

Whatever the case, more tests ought to help make things more clear.

ya i took an X-ray and it showed it wasnt broken so i decided to jump in sectionals reginonals and state with it like that