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Question:
I am suffering from chronic back pain since 5 years. The pain gets
worse when I am stressed. A doctor diagnosed a protruding disc between
L5 and S1 and muscular insatability around the hips. This is sometimes
so bad that I can hardly walk. I have been to an osteopath which
always helped for a week and I am currently going to a
physiotherapist. However, as I am having problems since 3 month in a
row now I am getting desperate. I just can't enjoy life at the moment
at all.
Any help will be massively appreciated. I wonder if besides the
physical side there is a connection to a food allergy. I feel I have
to eat regularly at present. Any alternative medicine advise would be
appreciated as well.
Answer:
Regarding your food query, you can test this by removing foods one at a time. Alcohol and coffee are
also probably good to get rid of (they tend to cause tension which makes
the pain worse). I find I can drink two cups of coffee but not three.
The World Health Organization and several US medical groups (and I've seen
one British study as well) all say that the best medicine for chronic pain
is opiates. Discuss this with your doctor.
Also try a web search on "chronic pain". Try narrowing your search to "chronic pain medications" or
maybe even "chronic pain treatment".
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