Spine - Thoracic

Thorasic Compression Fractures

I had a work place place accident in Feb 07. Smashed my mouth, teeth and r/ Knee. I fell from a bulldozer and put my head into a steal step, knocked out, and suffered a lot of pain in the back middle and lower.
My doctor put this down to whiplash and after some many months, it started to go away. I had an op on the knee and whilst on light duties was made to baen and grind for many hours.

I felt my back spasm a number of times and stiffen. I could not walk for nearly two months after this.




Thoracic Spine Fracture

Three years ago I was rowing and the University of San Diego as a Freshman. After my first full year round season I was lifting weights during the off season trying to put weight. Well squating a significant amount of wieght for my body size, 6'4 and thin frame, my entire back gave out and started spasming. That marked the end of my crew career although I did not know it yet. I was treated for several months as just having a sever case of back spasm, but once it did not go away I began looking for other answers. Excactly a year and two months later a dr.




Fracture

I fractured t8 and t9 and mild injuries in other parts of my spine. Workers Comp is pushing for Rehab but the 2 sessions I've had have made the pain much worse. Its been 6 weeks since injury and the pain has not improved, WCB keeps telling me its a very minor injury and that the pain is normal with rehab, is it possible the rehab could be making the injury worse?




Exercise after T-9 T-10 Microdisectomy

Many thanks for your time.
I had 9 months ago a Microdisectomy T-9 T-10 due to cord compression. Disc was

pushing into my spinal canale.I had a injury/accidet at work.
Most back operation aren't in the thoracic area, mine was, I have recovered , I am 43yrs old. I was told I can
snow ski again by my neurosurgery, have gone back to Jazzercise, low impact/aerobics, but find this makes my scar on
my back hurt. I walk daily,swim. I have had a post op MRI 4 months after my operation,don't have any spinal cord compression,




Undiagnosed and untreated Scheuermanns Disease

I did not even know I had Scheuermanns disease until I was assaulted, and received an MRI for other back injuries when I was 25 years old. I did ballet for 13 years, and even attended a session at arts school, but nobody noticed that I was a little crooked. I am now 27, and have never received any treatment for this disease, and my doctor said he would not give me surgery until I was 35 because he would have to open my chest. I have schmorl's node deformities in my t3-11 and the last time I was x-rayed my back showed a kyphosis of about 75 degrees.





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