
Originally Posted by
ottomaddox
I have a compression between c4 and c5. It all started about three years ago. I had a series of car accidents and a motorcycle accident too. Those airbags going off in your face can be very explosive. I also tore my left hamstring muscle, level 3 tear, the worst kind. I believe my last car accident put the icing on the cake. A head on into a pole, even at 20mph you can blow an airbag. After that accident I started to get burning nerves in my back that radiate down to my right hand. When I reach for objects that are over my head, I have tendons in my neck that move up and down over the vertebrate causing so much pain I usually drop whatever I'm trying to grab.
I hate having to take so meds for pain relief. Sometimes it really gets difficult to type too. There are so many activities that I have not been able to enjoy. It can get depressing. I don't wish this on anyone, but that's the cards I was dealt and I have to live with it. I keep working out, hoping someday that it will help alleviate some of the pain.
peace,
otto