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Title: Back Pain
Post by: Jonathan L on September 22, 2016, 07:02:04 PM
Post by: Jonathan L on September 22, 2016, 07:02:04 PM
I'm just curious how many of you found that you had less back pain after top surgery. I have a pretty big chest. I think I'm a D cup at this point. And I'm having a lot of back pain even though I don't really bind. I'm hoping to get top surgery sometime next year and hoping some of the back pain will go along with it.
Title: Re: Back Pain
Post by: FTMax on September 22, 2016, 08:42:56 PM
Post by: FTMax on September 22, 2016, 08:42:56 PM
I had fairly significant back pain pre-op. I wasn't particularly large chested, but binding combined with the kind of work I was doing and everything that came with it gave me a lot of chronic pain.
After I recovered from surgery, the pain was better. My posture had improved a lot, which I think was contributing to the pain. I have fibromyalgia, so I'll probably never be totally pain free, but it's much better now than it was before. I still want to see a chiropractor to see if there's any underlying issues that could be resolved, but if there aren't, where I'm at now in terms of pain is very manageable.
After I recovered from surgery, the pain was better. My posture had improved a lot, which I think was contributing to the pain. I have fibromyalgia, so I'll probably never be totally pain free, but it's much better now than it was before. I still want to see a chiropractor to see if there's any underlying issues that could be resolved, but if there aren't, where I'm at now in terms of pain is very manageable.
Title: Re: Back Pain
Post by: Jonathan L on September 24, 2016, 07:34:47 PM
Post by: Jonathan L on September 24, 2016, 07:34:47 PM
That's encouraging to hear! My posture is also terrible and I'm sure that's not helping. I'm really curious to see how top surgery will affect these things for me. I definitely feel like I"m always trying to hide my chest even without realizing I'm doing it. Sigh.