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Very glad you got it mostly worked out, although I'm always reluctant to give PTs too much credit. A lot of time passed in your situation while you were in PT and it always leaves me wondering if they don't get a lot of credit just for your body remediating the issue itself over longer periods.

Yeah I can see that. But my dad is a neurologist and referred me to a neurosurgeon where I live. They both reviewed the MRI and said PT was the way to go. Not strengthening the surrounding area was just going to make it keep hurting and lead to nerve issues. I had already been dealing with it for about 2 months and it took another month before I could get to the final diagnosis. About 2 weeks to see the doc. Another week or so to get scheduled for MRI, and another week or so for the follow up and then getting into PT. After a month I was noticing less numbness and more mobility. After two I was ready to be done with it but they said let’s scale back to once a week and if you are totally free from the tingling and numbness from one visit to the next you should be good to go.

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Posted by Big Scrub TX

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Posted on 4/26/24 at 12:11 pm to TU Rob

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Yeah I can see that. But my dad is a neurologist and referred me to a neurosurgeon where I live. They both reviewed the MRI and said PT was the way to go. Not strengthening the surrounding area was just going to make it keep hurting and lead to nerve issues. I had already been dealing with it for about 2 months and it took another month before I could get to the final diagnosis. About 2 weeks to see the doc. Another week or so to get scheduled for MRI, and another week or so for the follow up and then getting into PT. After a month I was noticing less numbness and more mobility. After two I was ready to be done with it but they said let’s scale back to once a week and if you are totally free from the tingling and numbness from one visit to the next you should be good to go.

It sucks, man. It really scares you on the front end. And then the recovery is so absurdly slow. I feel for you.

But note to self: get a dad that's a freaking neurologist!