Back Pain & Orthodicsby (no login)I visited a Poditrist to remove a plantar wart. The treatment was successful. In the course of treatment, the doctor asked if I played golf, and I said no, it hurt my low back on the right side. He suggested that pain may be due to the fact that I have one leg shorter than the other. I agreed to further consultation, complete with measurements which confirmed about 1/2 inch discrepency, which led to orthodics. The first set led to pain releif and I was very pleased. The doctor said he had to continue to adjust the mechanics of my gait and after a 5th set of orthodics over a 2 year period, I am still free from low back pain, but now have pain below my scapula and bursitis on my right second toe. The doctor treated me for the bursitis with injected cortisone and suggested that he tried to adjust my biomechanics too fast. Is this a reasonable explanation? After a holiday period of walking and standing, my upper back pain is worse and the bursitis is back. I am concerned that there may not be a correlation between low back pain and trying to relieve it with orthodics. Are there clinical studies which show that orthodics may fix chronic low back pain? Is it reasonable that changing the orthodic casued pain under my scapula? Can someone direct me to literature on this subject? David from IP address 68.120.160.251 Goto Forum Home |
| Response Title | Author and Date |
| David | JJL on Jan 7, 1:30 AM |
| Re: Back Pain & Orthodics | Dr. M, DC, MD on Jan 7, 9:39 AM |
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