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Does anybody have back pain as a result of surgery or just the injury in general?

I had the modquad surgery when I was 3 years old.
I played basketball from about 5th grade until 8th. My mom (who is a nurse) believes that due to the way they tied some of my muscles back, and constantly turning my back wrong ways to assist my bad arm, that I know am having back pain. I have scoliosis and nobody can give me an exact yes or no answer as to whether the surgery has added to the curve. I go to physical therapy where they tend to my arm and also align my back.

~Sarah OBPI

i also have alot of pain EVERYWHERE lol what do you do to relieve pain? tylenols just like skittles to me now.

YES I do have back pain. for a loooonnng time...
Carolyn J
LOBPI/73

So it's not just me! I wish that nobody had to deal with pain, but I am relieved it is not me alone. For my pain I take Aleeve. I guess in a way it's like motrin. Well for me, it works 10x better. Give it a try, maybe it will help you too! I also see a chiropractor, which helps A LOT. He puts my spine in place and almost instantly I can feel a relief from pressure. Another thing I do is get deep massages a couple times a month. That is also a big help because it loosens my neck and back, the places it hurts most.

ok thank you, i did try a charopractor a couple times n it did seem to help. how well did the surgury work?

In the previous post the "Aleeve" I take is actuly spelled "Aleve" sorry about that.

In the case of my surgery. My mom said that she believes it gave me a lot more motion in my arm. However, she believes it caused the back pain\scoliosis I have now. At the time it was the best decision my parents could make. I guess you can never really know. Some doctors have told me that they believe the surgery SHOULD NOT have been done. Are you considering a surgery, or just curious?

if any kind of surgury i want lengthing surgury but i dont know if they will just do it

Is that surgery literally just meant to make your smaller arm longer?

yea ive heard different ways of doing the surgury

I've always had back and neck pain. I've never had any surgery and tons of PT, Chiro etc.
I have scoliosis and scapular winging... not very noticeable since I've aged. Go figure when I was young and in a bikini... you could see it... Now I'm old and don't go swimming in public anymore... and it's not as noticeable. LOL.

At our Camp, in Washington, I used a Myotrac machine and one of the parents worked my arm with it on. The result was... I no longer shoulder life to move my arm. It relieved so much of the pain in my neck.

I think if many others check in, you will find we all have back pain. I'd check with a BPI doctor to see if there is anything they can do to help with the pain.