does cannabis help with back pain relief ?

I honestly can't say that taking a few tokes relieves all of the back pain I have when my muscles are in an intense spasm and my S.I joint and lower vertibrae(L5) are not aligned...although it does help with most of it. I smoke to relax the muscles so I can stretch it out and get my spine, sacrum and ilium aligned properly....and the euphoric high helps me focus on the task. After years of seeing chiropractors, the adjustments have just become too brutal. It takes me 2 to 5 days to recover from a chiropractic adjustment and worst case scenario 2 weeks with multiple adjustments. I'll only make the call if I absolutely have to. And like lordjin says its all about genetics...find the strain that best suits your needs. Best of luck to ya.

when people ask does it really take all the pain away. i say no, but i dont notice i am in pain unless somone asks me, it takes enough of the pain away that i dont notice it and can get work done i have to concentrate in order to notice the pain if that makes sense no pain = no cramps =no spasms so it works for me great.

I have had 3 back surgeries and maryjane is the best at helping muscle spasms and to dull the pain.

Originally Posted by lordjin

Pain relief? Three words: OG Kush. And not the kind grown from seeds.

I had neck and upper back stiffness for ages until I started growing and smoking OG regularly. It's a powerful muscle relaxant...

It's all about the quality of genetics. Sure, I've smoked plenty of shit that wouldn't do much good for a seriously ill patient. That's why it's all about type and quality. I doubt a non-legal environment could have anything to approach what we have in a medical state.

i agree with you kush is great for muscle relief( i have hyperdistonia) another couple of great strains for muscle relief is super silver haze, and afgan(another type of kush) or even a heavy hiting purple strain like GPD.

LOL you realize anesthesiologists spend 3 post doc years working on just these type of issues. This is a very complex issue as pain is not just one simple thing.

There are 3 major categories of pain, somatic, neuropathic and visceral. Somatic and visceral are easier to treat than neuropathic. Further depending on the initial insult you can begin with one type of pain and end with another so the character and quality of pain can change over time.

Essentially Cannabis probably won't do much for visceral and somatic pain although it can be a valuable adjunct. I'm a chronic pain patient and after about 20 years began to develop a significant neuropathic component to my pain. The usual suspects don't really help much with neuropathic pain. Chronic opiate use doesn't work and you'll see adjunctive therapies; tens units, stimulator implants, intrathecal pumps, accupuncture, biofeedback and other medications not directly related to pain relief used to deal with neuropathic pain. All doing a generally poor job.

That was when I decided it was time to try cannabis. Besides greatly alleviating the neuropathic pain component which Cannabis excels at it also did something completely unexpected! It potentiated my current morphine by cytochrome P450 interaction allowing me to lower my dose by 2/3^rds!

So if you have developed a neuropathic component to your SCI then yes it will probably help you too. But even without a neuropathic component it's synergistic effect could help with your somatic component by allowing you to reduce the opiate quantity.

have had major back issues since 92 among many other issues 3 knee surgeries forearm has a 7 inch piece of steel in it been on ALL of the pain killers that they toss at you......... I just recently after 22 years of needing my meds (and this was not a short list) I talked to a person who referred me to use pot.. I have done that for 2 years and to this date got off all my rx meds. (what a hell that was!) my exp will difer from the rest but my pot tolerance esp with medibles is very very HIGH needing min of 2g every 4-5 hours (and smoking about 1 g every 1-2 hours) as I depended less on the rx and more on the pot I noticed my tolerance is lowering which is great...

dont give up on the use of pot....... keep trying different things one of the best for me and easiest is to make canna oil and add that to the canna caps and take about 10 caps and it will last about 4 hours for me not needing a smoke during the time normally... but there have been bad days where I need a pain killer.

so agree with the above poster that it does not kill all the pain..........but it makes me no think about it for awhile which is great

its never helped me with any pain, it is nice to be high while your in pain though lol