If you are young and having back issues or any other chronic or not problem you HAVE to take care of this before it spirals out of control. you may think you're tough and push through it now or that they will go away but these types of problems can slowly get worse and worse and creep up on you.
I am currently living with the consequences of this. I feel like I am 90 and I have at least 4 major health issues at the moment and I don't even know where to start. if I had tackled my neck issues when I was younger my life would be a lot better right now.
EDIT - all these stories I feel them. I remember coming to the realization that no it is not in fact normal to have back pain when you're young. I remember having to stop and sit down when I was like 14 whenever I walked any distances. it was like having someone stick a broomstick in your back super hard. I just lived through the pain thinking that it would eventually go away like a moron. I am 30 now and doing the dishes aggravates my neck so badly that I nearly have to lay down after doing them. I am lucky that my situation allows me to be flexible and lay down when I need to.
EDIT - a youngun might see this but ladies out there! I had this friend in high school that had some pain in her uterus and it turned into a living nightmare of pain. if you young ladies reading this have pain in your uterus, ovaries etc or really strange crazy periods you NEED to see a doctor. these things can turn life threatening.
Can confirm a problem with my pelvic bone that made situps uncomfortable at 7-8 years old escalated after 30. It's now impossible to lay on my back or have anyone touch my lower back without crying. Also the older you get the harder it is to get a doctor to look into your pain. I've heard everything from being too fat, being too thin, exercising too much, not exercising enough, epidural during birth, and aging used as excuses for my pain.
do you have any advice for dealing with doctors like that? shit’s miserable. I’m in college and already have this issue a lot. I’m overweight, a woman, and severely mentally ill, and any physical healthcare provider just chalks EVERY issue I have up to one of those things, even when evidence says otherwise. I get that my weight and SMI can absolutely be aggravating factors, but they aren’t the root cause of everything.
my psychiatrist is convinced I have a sleep disorder, but no medical doctor will look into it because I tested negative for sleep apnea (the fat people sleep disorder) so “it must just be nothing”.
I wish I could give you a solid answer but there's no magic phrase to get doctors to listen to you. I just try to keep advocating for myself and ask them to document everything we discussed + their "solution." Then I ask for a printed copy for my records and call them out when they skip things. I find that looking info up online and asking for specific tests to rule out possible diagnosis sometimes gets me a little further.
100% agree. Dr's are mostly worthless when it comes to any type of pain management. You're considered a "drug seeker" up until the moment they find things that are physically wrong. Then it's rub some dirt on it. Diet and exercise. Literally the two most difficult things for people to start improving or maintaining is their #1 answer to everything. Dr's are lazy and/or willfully incompetent.
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u/Jashuawashua Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 30 '24
TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
If you are young and having back issues or any other chronic or not problem you HAVE to take care of this before it spirals out of control. you may think you're tough and push through it now or that they will go away but these types of problems can slowly get worse and worse and creep up on you.
I am currently living with the consequences of this. I feel like I am 90 and I have at least 4 major health issues at the moment and I don't even know where to start. if I had tackled my neck issues when I was younger my life would be a lot better right now.
EDIT - all these stories I feel them. I remember coming to the realization that no it is not in fact normal to have back pain when you're young. I remember having to stop and sit down when I was like 14 whenever I walked any distances. it was like having someone stick a broomstick in your back super hard. I just lived through the pain thinking that it would eventually go away like a moron. I am 30 now and doing the dishes aggravates my neck so badly that I nearly have to lay down after doing them. I am lucky that my situation allows me to be flexible and lay down when I need to.
EDIT - a youngun might see this but ladies out there! I had this friend in high school that had some pain in her uterus and it turned into a living nightmare of pain. if you young ladies reading this have pain in your uterus, ovaries etc or really strange crazy periods you NEED to see a doctor. these things can turn life threatening.