I Have Chronic Back Pain

I suffer from very chronic back pain. Due to my accident back in February of 2015 in which I'm still recovering from, my back has been weak and I have to go through the pain everyday! It's terrible I have to wear a corset type of back brace to keep my spine straight and on top of that a super bulky hard shell brace. Whenever I use my walker to walk I need my assistant to hold my back for even more support due to the fact that my back locks up on me so often. Along with my other braces, neck brace (Miami J collar) and sometimes leg brace.

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Emma, I think you are probably hurt more because you slip out of joint and I do know that feeling is beyond hurt, it is excruciating. My back just mostly slips around and after so long that messes the nerves and they get to the point of not feeling any more.
Have you got a specialist taking care of you? I got to Johns Hopkins University Hospital back in early 90s and the tests and moving x-rays give my family doctor the information he uses to treat me. I will never be pain free even with my meds but doc has managed me where I am able to do things and that has kept me walking. I owe my ability to be walking and working a bit, to my family doctor. But without the x-rays and test results it would be much harder to keep control of my pain.