I had recurring lower back pain with a cause that didn't show up on xrays, with the physiatrists suggesting back and hip exercises in physical therapy. They didn't do too much to help.
Shortly after physical therapy ended, I had some infected teeth removed, and a round of antibiotics.
The back pain, a minor neck stiffness that they had just attributed to stress, and repeating strain/tension headaches my neurologist was treating with low dosage muscle relaxers all went away in the days following the extraction, never to return. I was on some pain meds for the first few days after the extraction, so i can't know how quickly the symptoms went away, just that they did.
I told all of them in follow up appointments, They didn't know why, only offered suggestions about what it could have been, most relating to the neck and nerves and tension that could maybe possibly influence the rest of my spine/hip.
Shortly after physical therapy ended, I had some infected teeth removed, and a round of antibiotics.
The back pain, a minor neck stiffness that they had just attributed to stress, and repeating strain/tension headaches my neurologist was treating with low dosage muscle relaxers all went away in the days following the extraction, never to return. I was on some pain meds for the first few days after the extraction, so i can't know how quickly the symptoms went away, just that they did.
I told all of them in follow up appointments, They didn't know why, only offered suggestions about what it could have been, most relating to the neck and nerves and tension that could maybe possibly influence the rest of my spine/hip.