I know a woman who has been diagnosed with Osteoporosis. About 20 years ago she suffered an episode of acute back pain. It turns out this 'trauma' was an undiagnosed spine fracture. She has had all the classic symptoms of TMS (moving back pain, therapy that helps a little, has always had back pain (i.e. even before the fracture), personality traits etc). She was told the fracture is non-treatable and she must live with the back pain. She is at the end of the line of possible treatments...Is it a leap to believe that she has TMS.
Stats: AGE: late 60s DIAGNOSIS: Osteoporosis and fracture (10+ years before pain presented) NOTE: She has had back pain for over 25 years
I have often read that osteoporosis can result in long-term pain from the fractures that can occur, but my older relatives seemed to be exceptions. My mother never even knew she'd fractured her spine in 3 places until years later. My dad's cousin had pain initially when she fractured her spine lifting something heavy, when she was in her mid-80's, but after several months the pain subsided and she often commented that she didn't need to take any pain medications. So I would guess that in some people ongoing pain might really be TMS.
Spine Fracture
Posted - 04/13/2007 : 08:51:06
