Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Its not all in my head

Well we got the results from all the tests that the Chiropractor took on Monday.  Turns out that I'm not crazy after all.  My hips/leg length are fine.  No twisting and one leg isn't longer than the other.  However there is a reason that I'm still occasional having issues with balance and uneven gait.  There is a disk in my lower back that is causing most of my problems.  Its not dangerous and the Chiropractor thinks that it can be helped with some minor adjustments (which will include a new pair of custom insoles for my shoes/boots, my old ones are 5 years old and do need to be replaced big time!) I should be back to a better "normal".

It was great to see the x-rays and have him explain what he thought my issues were (and he was correct, down to how my migraines hurt, and how I loose my balance).  And it was nice to realize that the issues I was having were real issues, and that they weren't related to the RA and they might even be fixable!

So basically it gets broken down into 3 areas.
1) bad neck alignment in my spine is causing the tight muscles and then the migraines as a cause of that.
2) one crappy section in my back, right about where my bra is.
3) bad disk in my pelvic region

We have  a plain of attack now, cross your fingers he can improve things!

There are some lines drawn that he was using for measurements on the x-rays 
neck x-ray

back of the neck disks (and teeth!)

back of the neck, shoulders without teeth

spine

side view but it went a bit blurry

funky disk is right above the cross of lines in the middle.

Lower back

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