[mykalberta]

Tell him you want a cortizone shot with morphene.

My dad had similar issues where he would get back spasms and the doctors would give him the run around "nothing to do", "see a chiropracter", "live through it till it goes away" - not one offered up anything other than bs answers.

Then before he was about to come back from Hawaii it happened again and there was no way he could endure it for a 7 hour flight so he took a chance with the "big bad american health system" and the doctor told him cortizone and morphine. Being from the "born in the 50s" generation he was hesitant to take either but especially hippy morphine.

In the past he had asked about cortizone shots but the doctors told him they would need to hit the precise muscle, the doctor in the us said bs and said cortizone goes to where the issue is.

After needless fretting he decided to give it a shot - a needle in the as$$ later and he had never felt better.

Tell your doc you want a cortizone and morphine shot for the pain. Dont settle for the default over the counter pharma answers.