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Did the doctors do an X-Ray or even better, an MRI? If not, then they are simply moving you on and not diagnosing your problem. The co-worker I mentioned had had back problems prior and they usually resolved with some prescription anti-inflammatory meds and thought this was the same. Example 2 on why you should be careful... Now this is not what I am saying you are seeing, but my wife had a serious neck issue 15 years back. It was severe. We ended up in the ER one Sunday night. They took an X-ray and sent her home with a heavy dose of Naproxin. A few days later, we went to our ortho doc to get her checked out. He took blood and agreed with the course of treatment i.e. muscle relaxers. A day later, she woke me at 4 AM saying she needed to go to the emergency room again. They wanted to send her home. I told them she needed an MRI of her neck. They said that they couldn't do that in the ER,only if she was admitted. I said, "Admit her". They said nope. They took her for more X-Rays, including one of her lungs (she was coughing a lot). They came in and said, "We have to admit her, she has a slight case of pneumonia". I said, "Great, now order an MRI of her neck". They said only the doctor on her case could do that. The next morning when I came in (at around 4 AM), they were all bustling around her, prepping her for an ambulance ride to Boston for immediate surgery. The doctor came up to me and had the nerve to say, "It's a good thing we did an MRI. She has an abscess". Two major surgeries later, my wife's still here. It was touch and go for a bit, but because we advocated hard for her treatment, she's still here. You are your own best health advocate. Don't let them use the insurance BS to cut costs of your care. At this point, my wife has probably had about 20 MRIs. If the first or even second doc had done one, all of the rest might've been avoided and my wife would still be able to see her knees. BTW - the infectious disease doc thinks it was all due to an abscess tooth my wife had a few months earlier. Life is tricky.

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