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Do you have questions about your back pain?

February 8, 2009 by admin  
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4 Responses to “Do you have questions about your back pain?”

  1. Darisse Smith on February 24th, 2009 3:31 am

    I just want to thank this organization for helping soldiers out with their back pain. The Army’s illogical attitude about back pain seems to be that every soldier will experience it; thus, why should they treat it? I started feeling an ache in my lower back while I was deployed to Iraq. I am not sure what exactly caused it, but I am sure the bad beds, heavy equipment and poorly equipment helicopter seats (all they need is a little lumbar support, Army) were the culprits. This back pain just got worse and worse throughout the deployment. I was fortunate enough to have access to acupuncture that helped control my pain. By the end of the deployment, I had severe shooting, searing pain down my left leg. I couldn’t walk, stand or sit for more than 15 minutes at a time and it was absolute misery. When I returned home, I was completely blown off by the medical staff. They mismanged my treatment so greatly that I ended up with permanent nerve damage in my left leg and an eventual L5/S1 fusion. I deal with severe pain on a daily basis, although now that I am in the civilian world, I have found better treatment options. I have a permanent spinal cord stimulator that controls the leg pain very well, and a combination of medicine and physical therapy controls my back pain, to some extent.

    Thank you for acknowledging the inevitable wear and tear that harms every soldier’s back eventually. I am sure your early treatment leads to much better outcomes to these soldiers. May they know a future of permanently implanted electrical devices and Oxycontin because of you!

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  3. Lisa Dombro on March 13th, 2009 10:27 pm

    Darisse - Thanks so much for your feedback. We’d appreciate any help you could lend by passing along the information on this program to any veterans you may know that could benefit - or who have friends who could benefit.

    Thanks again and best of luck!

  4. Jerry Ambroise on June 28th, 2009 3:29 pm

    After listening about your program on the radio, I decided to look up your website, however I live in the Miami, FL area; do you know of any similar program in my area?

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