Suggest remedy to relieve pain due to scoliosis and arthritis
Patient: I have scoliosis that I never wore a brace for in my younger years. I am now having mid to lower back pain from that and a bad mattress. I am also having right hip pain, from either bursitis or arthritis which runs in my family. I can t afford physical therapy as I am a single mom. My orthopedist doesn t treat chronic pain so I have been referred to a pain management physician. I ve taken Tramadol which didn t touch the pain, cortisone shot for hip did nothing, orthopedist gave me hydrocodone. What type of meds might pain management physician prescribe? Doctor: I went through your explanation here I suggest good enough pain killer you have all ready tried so now try pain killer along with physical therapy.  I realise daily physio you are not able to afford then visit a good experience physio and based on your severity of scoliosis take exercise program.  And follow the same for say 15 days and then visit once in 15 days for review.  As well do use hot pack regularly on your painful area to manage pain with heat and also do apply any pain relieving ointment post use of hot pack for 15 minuts.  Understand one thing scoliosis is a structural problem with spine and it will be affecting the surrounding muscles as well the nerves near by the spine.  So till the time you do not try to correct it it will not be over. In very advance stage surgical correction option is also available.  You can talk to hour ortho for detail view on this. Hope this was useful to you.  Take care