Looking for some suggestions...

Hi Celey,

I'm sorry to hear that you are having discomfort in your back and chest. I don't have problems with these symptoms often, but I did pull a muscle in my back a few years ago, and I found that being in water (pool, ocean, large tub!) helped alleviate the pain due to the gravity issue, I guess it just took the pressure off my back for a little while. I'm not sure if these is feasible for you, but if so, maybe it would help relieve some of the pain. I sure hope you start feeling better soon!

megan

Hi Celey,

I have been having a lot of pain issues lately - radiating through my right leg, lower back and right shoulder and chest. I was having trouble coping with the pain and decided to go see a chiropractor for the first time per a friend's referral. He has been great...partly because his x-rays and "poking around" showed that I have some muscle and joint issues. So it's nice to know where the pain is coming from, and he is working on getting my muscles back into the right place so my nerves aren't hit all the time.

I agree with pp's - it's probably a muscle issue. I have been doing light stretches every morning and evening. Definitely in the evening. After dinner sometime prior to bed, I do a variety of stretches for my shoulders, back, lower back, you name it - any stretch that I can think of! The stretching has helped me sleep better and the pain has decreased. I would try some stretching...and, if that doesn't ease the pain, maybe look into a good deep muscle massage or taking the next step and popping into a chiropractor? I was skeptical, but he has really helped me.

Good luck and keep us posted!

a heating pad always helps me. If it continues I would also suggest doing some stretching excersices that will strengthen your back and stomach muscles.

Welll from a fellow Crohnie, what about a gas buildup? Or possibly something like GERD? Or possibly gallbladder? When you say pressure in your back that radiates to your chest kinda sounds gallbladder like, instead of muscle pain. I sure hope you get feeling better.

Big Hugs,
Gail *Nanners*

Thanks for the advice, Garen (tell your mom I said thanks, too)... When it gets warmer out, I do plan on going for some small walks.

I don't think it is gas build-up... I'm low on food right now, so I really haven't eaten that much.... and... I have no idea about my gallbladder. :|...

Uhh... No offense or anything, Nanners (because you are one of THE BEST persons ever) but... Isn't it usually older people who have gallbladder problems?

I know people in my family have had gallbladder troubles a lot.... (I'm not sure if that's a genetic thing or what)... But it's always been the older people in my family....

Hmm.... I did have a blood test not too long ago. Do you think it would've showed anything if I did have gall bladder troubles? *My blood work looked pretty good, I'm just low on iron* Or is there a specific blood test or test that you have to have in order to confirm that?

I don't actually do anything to pull my muscles... but then... I don't do anything to my joints, either... So... It probably is just my body being stupid... //^_^\\'... Hopefully.

The whole acids thing could be another possibility, too... At any rate, it certainly isn't helping my energy level. But what can I do? When you're broke, you're broke... :|... And when food stamps come in on the 15th, they come in on the 15th... No helping that.

I don't know about going to the ER for this.... even though it is really painful. Last time I went to the ER because I had severe pain in my right hip that would shoot down to my knee... could hardly walk (limped mostly)... The doctors did take me seriously, at least... and I had some tests done... (I have a few slightly bulging discs, but the doctors acted like that was nothing, so.....). And my general doctor simply brushed off the pain as being anxiety or "all in my head"...

It just seems like such an embarrassment... Unless I have trouble breathing or I pass out (in which case, I have informed my roommates about my Crohn's disease with instructions to please get me emergency care if such a thing should happen)... Or I have severe tummy pain... Then, I'm not going to the hospital.

And I dunno so much about going to the general doctor, either. I guess if that pain does get to be a regular problem, I will schedule a doctor's appointment. But it just seems like such a waste of time (Say, I have an appointment at 9:00 AM... I wouldn't get out of there until 5:00 PM (Oh, err, also forgot to add in the medical transportation wait time)... That's time spent mostly in the waiting room. The doc usually only sees me for maybe 10-15 minutes tops)... Especially if I only get told it's anxiety... //@.@\\'...

I meditate every now and then... My anxiety really hasn't been too much of a problem for me lately... so, I don't think it is because I am too tense...

Thanks, Nanners... I hope it will, too... Like I said, I am feeling better today... so... Hopefully, it'll leave me alone...