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Your experience with a nerve block?
Posted on 5/1/16 at 12:11 pm
Posted on 5/1/16 at 12:11 pm
I sustained a traumatic injury to my neck 15 months ago, and as a result have dealt with neuropathy in my arm. I have very little, to no pain in my wound area but my ulnar nerve has given me a lot of issues to the point that I am considering a nerve block. I have been on 1800 Mgs of Neuronton for the entire time I have been out of the hospital which helps, but has several unwanted side effects. Has anyone here had a nerve block done, and how well did it work/last?
This post was edited on 5/1/16 at 12:24 pm
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Posted on 5/1/16 at 12:12 pm to T4
I had it done (for my left rhomboid/rotator cuff area). Didn't work for me. Never saw any sustained or even temporary relief.
This post was edited on 5/1/16 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 5/1/16 at 12:18 pm to T4
In 2007 I injured my back. I had it done twice before two eventual surgeries. It helped short-term but it never shrank the herniated disc. It's worth a try though. Do it.
Posted on 5/1/16 at 1:06 pm to T4
Had one done a year ago. Didn't do anything. The nurse practitioner that did my consult said that 60% of the people that get it done experience 50% relief in symptoms. Take that for what it's worth.
Posted on 5/1/16 at 1:08 pm to Mottleduk
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The nurse practitioner
That was your problem. Get a real doctor next time.
Posted on 5/1/16 at 1:11 pm to BigPerm30
The nurse practitioner was there for the consult. The real doctor did the procedure, frick stick.
Posted on 5/1/16 at 1:24 pm to Mottleduk
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The nurse practitioner was there for the consult. The real doctor did the procedure, frick stick.
You dudes are so sensitive
Posted on 5/1/16 at 1:54 pm to T4
I've had 8 or 9 done.- cervical, thoracic, and lumbar - and none really helped. My father and brother both had reasonable results though, with ip to a year of significant results. If you try it, make sure you go with CT-scan guidance. It's the latest and greatest technique and results in a much higher degree of accuracy in delivering the medication where it really needs to go. I had my last few done by a Duke graduate, where it was pioneered.
Posted on 5/1/16 at 1:54 pm to T4
My dad gets it done periodically. It lasts anywhere from a couple of weeks to a few months.
Posted on 5/1/16 at 1:55 pm to T4
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I sustained a traumatic injury to my neck 15 months ago, and as a result have dealt with neuropathy in my arm. I have very little, to no pain in my wound area but my ulnar nerve has given me a lot of issues to the point that I am considering a nerve block.
Look up McKenzie Therapy. it is a method of Physical Therapy. It is all about alignment and getting discs back into their spaces so they get off of the nerve roots they can compress. You did say traumatic injury, so I there is structural damage, it may not be for you. I don't know your situation. A couple of the maneuvers are very simple like the "chin tuck". Give them a try. It's just 5 minutes of your life wasted if it doesn't work.
In my experience nerve blocks are 50/50. And for the "50" that it does help, it has to be repeated.
Good luck
Posted on 5/1/16 at 2:02 pm to T4
I've only had an actual block during surgery, but with that said I've had 5 surgeries on my left ankle and I get injections every 90 days on my ankle. The injections are typically only lasting around 45-60 days. I have my appointment with pain management tomorrow so I'll probably start taking narcotics. Good luck with your pain!
Posted on 5/1/16 at 2:11 pm to T4
Knowing what you went through, I would give it a try
Also talk to your dr about switching from neurotin to lyrica to reduce side effects
Also talk to your dr about switching from neurotin to lyrica to reduce side effects
Posted on 5/1/16 at 2:17 pm to Tigerpaw123
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switching from neurotin to lyrica to reduce side effects
Worth a shot. I've had to take Neurontin in the past. It was terrible. Just felt in a complete fog. And not in a cool way either. I never got above 300mgs I had to stop.
Posted on 5/1/16 at 2:26 pm to LSU alum wannabe
I think the semantics of this post are incorrect
Lumbar/cervical/thoracic epidural steroid injections are not nerve blocks....
Nerve blocks such as inter scalene, femoral, and sciatic are bolus injections on the nerve sheaths themselves.
Steroid injections decrease inflammation at nerve roots
Lumbar/cervical/thoracic epidural steroid injections are not nerve blocks....
Nerve blocks such as inter scalene, femoral, and sciatic are bolus injections on the nerve sheaths themselves.
Steroid injections decrease inflammation at nerve roots
This post was edited on 5/1/16 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 5/1/16 at 2:27 pm to Will Cover
There are different types of blocks. Some of you are talking about blocks for surgery like an ISB (interscalene nerve block), depending on the local anesthetic used, those only last about 72 hours and then they wear off. They are designed to get the patient through the worst days of post op pain. Very similar to an epidural for C-Section, knee replacement surgery, or abdominal surgery. Or a Spinal block for broken hips. These types of blocks are used to combat pain during surgery, post op pain, and decrease the amount of anesthesia required for the surgery.
The OP is talking about a different type of block. These are performed by pain management physicians which are usually Anesthesiologists. These are for patients who have chronic pain or nerve pain. Examples of these are epidural steroid injections, caudal lysis of adhesions, medial BBB (bundle branch blocks), stim trials, lumbar sympathetic blocks, celiac plexus blocks, stellar reviews ganglion block, etc.
Some Orthopedic physicians will do steroid injections first as a conservative attempt to treat somebody before they come to the point of having surgery.
The OP is talking about a different type of block. These are performed by pain management physicians which are usually Anesthesiologists. These are for patients who have chronic pain or nerve pain. Examples of these are epidural steroid injections, caudal lysis of adhesions, medial BBB (bundle branch blocks), stim trials, lumbar sympathetic blocks, celiac plexus blocks, stellar reviews ganglion block, etc.
Some Orthopedic physicians will do steroid injections first as a conservative attempt to treat somebody before they come to the point of having surgery.
This post was edited on 5/1/16 at 2:57 pm
Posted on 5/1/16 at 2:41 pm to Will Cover
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I had it done (for my left rhomboid/rotator cuff area). Didn't work for me. Never saw any sustained or even temporary relief.
Same for me. Had one in my lower back done in January. Really did nothing for me.
Posted on 5/1/16 at 2:43 pm to Tigerpaw123
Ive tried lyrica, didn't get results that were any different. My insurance doesn't cover it but I spent the $600 to try it anyway. Neuronton definitely puts you in a fog, and makes me want to eat everything!
Posted on 5/1/16 at 2:45 pm to T4
Had two.
2/2015 on my right side to repair a torn labrum and to shave down my shoulder bone. Worked, but it was the second most painful experience of my life when it wore off.
Fun at first though. Never realized how much money arm raised. My mom got pissed off at me for playing with it.
4/2015 I had one in my left side to repair an impinged nerve in my forearm. I was nervous going in because the last one sucked so bad, but it was nothing.
They can be dangerous though. Had a buddy having a shoulder replacement and they fricked his up. Bad. He's still in pain or numb in different areas
2/2015 on my right side to repair a torn labrum and to shave down my shoulder bone. Worked, but it was the second most painful experience of my life when it wore off.
Fun at first though. Never realized how much money arm raised. My mom got pissed off at me for playing with it.
4/2015 I had one in my left side to repair an impinged nerve in my forearm. I was nervous going in because the last one sucked so bad, but it was nothing.
They can be dangerous though. Had a buddy having a shoulder replacement and they fricked his up. Bad. He's still in pain or numb in different areas
Posted on 5/1/16 at 2:46 pm to T4
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I have been on 1800 Mgs of Neuronton
That high of a dose would turn me into a zombie. I take 300 mgs at night before bed and it knocks me out.
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