Dr. Diana, both a doctor (therapeutic optometrist), and a recovered POTS and ME/CFS patient, offers help and hope for POTS, Dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Chronic Fatigue, Chronic Lyme, vascular abnormalities, Fibromyalgia, and Multiple Sclerosis. Dr. Diana is now working full time at POTS Care.
Hello Barbara, thanks for the welcome!
Yes, I’ve had low back pain all my life (scoliosis)but the cervical pain/instability didn’t occur until after the MVA. Interestingly, during the onset of POTS last summer when I was mostly in an acute stage, I had zero pain! Not even headaches! I found that so weird yet now that i know more about EDS, likely it was b/c I was bedridden and therefore not challenging my joints. Once the POTS was addressed with proper medication, the pain started again, but then the subluxing began. But that’s also when I started to become mobile again so it makes sense now.
Do you know anything about prolotherapy? I don’t see that as a topic on PrettyIll.com ?
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