I have been a professional driver (taxi and bus driver) for 20 years now . Over the last 6 months I have had a pain that started in my right shoulder which has now moved up through my neck and into my head and in a morning my fingers are red and I have pins and needles in the tips. My cervical vertebrae crack and groan every time I move my head making me think it is gonna fall off and roll off down the bus! . I had been fearing the worse (brain tumour 6 weeks to live!)
I visited the Doctor this week and he in formed that I wont be dying before my time, diagnosis is Cervical Spondylosis so I will have to live it.
Anti inflammitaries have been prescribed and a referral to the NHS Direct Physio Clinic, who did ring back and after a 15 minute phone consultation (he did ask if I was on sick!! mmmmm)are sending a course of execises to "open up the gap in the right sided vertabrae to ease the pressure on the nerves" his words not mine!.
I will keep you all informed of my progress.
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Same as me Biggun, I was in agony last Sept. the exercises the physio gives work a treat. Best thing for you is that the best time to do them is when you are driving.
ReplyDeleteI was gonna say that sounds like what Tony had last year. Is it something to do with where you fish perhaps? Tony can recommend a therapist, I believe that he described her as a formidable women. She scared him better by all accounts :)
ReplyDeleteNot sure he should be exercising during his PSV duties Tone.
Get well soon Biggun.
Conrad