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Posted on 7/4/18 at 6:44 pm to SDVTiger
Ok, I am not experiencing any pain currently but can't shake the numb and tingly feeling that pops up frequently. Tried acupuncture about a month ago. Was stupid. Twelve visits into chiropractic treatments. Hasn't gotten any better from that. I have an inversion table now. I need to assemble it and start working that.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 6:49 pm to JBM210
Haven’t read the whole thread but PT is the only thing that has really helped me. Strengthening your core and stretching.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 9:13 pm to RLDSC FAN
I'm an engineer, at a desk most days.
Posted on 7/8/18 at 9:35 pm to crazytiger
quote:
Haven’t read the whole thread but PT is the only thing that has really helped me. Strengthening your core and stretching.
How long have you been dealing with it?
Posted on 7/17/18 at 2:30 pm to jtayl71
Hows everyone doing? Any update RLDSC or Evil Little Thing?
Posted on 7/17/18 at 3:28 pm to SDVTiger
Call Gordon get it done. John 3:16 Blessed are the peacemakers
Posted on 7/17/18 at 4:21 pm to jtayl71
Interesting thread. Just noticed it. I injured my back doing squats in December. Severe pain localized to the right side and mild pain into the front thigh. Went to a chiro and the pain resolved
Fast forward six months, squatting again (probably stupid) and injured same spot.
About a week later, turned my head to the right and felt the most intense pain of my life with severe radiation into the front thigh and numbness into front leg from the knee to the ankle.
The pain has lessened but is constant. Now, it hurts to walk and lay down. Only comfortable when sitting,
I've done five chiro treatment since with no improvement. Robaxin and Flexeril do nothing for the pain. Going to ortho this week.
fricking sucks. Went from being very active to afraid to walk. Going to try everything I can short of surgery to fix this.
Fast forward six months, squatting again (probably stupid) and injured same spot.
About a week later, turned my head to the right and felt the most intense pain of my life with severe radiation into the front thigh and numbness into front leg from the knee to the ankle.
The pain has lessened but is constant. Now, it hurts to walk and lay down. Only comfortable when sitting,
I've done five chiro treatment since with no improvement. Robaxin and Flexeril do nothing for the pain. Going to ortho this week.
fricking sucks. Went from being very active to afraid to walk. Going to try everything I can short of surgery to fix this.
Posted on 7/24/18 at 9:29 am to Demshoes
Ok, I have quit chiropractic treatments. I'm pretty good(no pain, some tenderness). Been using a lumbar roll for a few months. I purchased and assembled my inversion table this past weekend. I still have a little numbness and tingling occasionally throughout the day. My question for the people here using an inversion table is how many minutes do you use it per "session" and how many times per week do you use it? Also what angle do you use? Thanks in advance
Posted on 7/24/18 at 4:23 pm to jtayl71
I'm honestly not doing well. Doing PT, and I've seen a Chiro, but nothings helping. Plus depression has started to kick in. I'm trying hard to stay positive but it's tough.
Posted on 7/24/18 at 5:13 pm to RLDSC FAN
I’m sorry to hear that, RL :( I understand. The constant pain was causing depression for me, as well. It feels so hopeless.
My back has been doing a lot better since I’ve been stretching regularly. It’s not really on my radar most days lately. I’ve been very fortunate.
My back has been doing a lot better since I’ve been stretching regularly. It’s not really on my radar most days lately. I’ve been very fortunate.
Posted on 7/24/18 at 8:11 pm to Evil Little Thing
Hoping to get a response as far the use of the inversion table. Hate to hear you guys are struggling. I'm lucky I guess.
Posted on 8/29/18 at 4:52 pm to JBM210
JBM,
Sorry i've never responded on the inversion table. I could only use it for about 5 minutes max and the blood rushing to my head was just too much to take. I found I could last longer on it in the morning than the evening. I had a huge pop on it one night, scared me to death.
How is everyone doing lately?
Sorry i've never responded on the inversion table. I could only use it for about 5 minutes max and the blood rushing to my head was just too much to take. I found I could last longer on it in the morning than the evening. I had a huge pop on it one night, scared me to death.
How is everyone doing lately?
Posted on 8/29/18 at 5:10 pm to jtayl71
Have DDD At 2 levels. Quit running, quit going to the Gym. I do Yoglates 3 days a week and my core strength is incredible. No more back pain. Done with the heavy lifting. It’s not just yoga.
Go build your core strength and you will feel tremendous
Go build your core strength and you will feel tremendous
Posted on 8/29/18 at 5:23 pm to jtayl71
Inversion table user here as well. I probably am on it 2 to 3 times a week (or more). I usually go for 2-3 minutes at a time. It's not uncommon for me to do it for a while, stop for a minute, and then do it again. I am trying to 'pop' my back (actually lengthens my spine), takes pressure off nerves, and allows me to stretch muscles that I've learned get inflamed if I don't do this often enough. My symptoms are pain in lower back, lower left back, left hip, and left thigh.
Good news is that I've been able to manage it once I started using the inversion table. Before then I lived in pain until I tried dry needling which helped some, but the inversion table has been the key to my coping. I'm now able to exercise again twice a week.
Good news is that I've been able to manage it once I started using the inversion table. Before then I lived in pain until I tried dry needling which helped some, but the inversion table has been the key to my coping. I'm now able to exercise again twice a week.
Posted on 8/29/18 at 6:38 pm to jtayl71
Timely post.
Went to Urgent Care this morning because I was having low back pain over the last few days.
Injured it a couple months ago deadlifting. Didn't go to the doctor back then, just sort of let it heal with rest and OTC NSAIDs.
Stayed away from any lifting using my back until last week, did lightweight squats. Next day the mild pain started kicking in (opposite side from last time). It's progressively gotten worse, until it was where I couldn't sleep last night.
I go to my PCP in two weeks for a more thorough diagnoses/annual physical. But this thread sounds eerily similar to what I'm experiencing. Currently 29 years old. Do yoga once a week and weightlift 3-4x a week.
Went to Urgent Care this morning because I was having low back pain over the last few days.
Injured it a couple months ago deadlifting. Didn't go to the doctor back then, just sort of let it heal with rest and OTC NSAIDs.
Stayed away from any lifting using my back until last week, did lightweight squats. Next day the mild pain started kicking in (opposite side from last time). It's progressively gotten worse, until it was where I couldn't sleep last night.
I go to my PCP in two weeks for a more thorough diagnoses/annual physical. But this thread sounds eerily similar to what I'm experiencing. Currently 29 years old. Do yoga once a week and weightlift 3-4x a week.
Posted on 8/29/18 at 6:39 pm to jtayl71
DDD OA does not itself = lumbago
Posted on 8/29/18 at 10:17 pm to Uncs
Ive been do Pilates once a week for the past few weeks trying to get that core strength up. That stuff definitely shows you where you are weak, will continue it. Life has gotten hectic here lately so I slacked off on my physical therapy excercises and i have lost a lot of the progress I had made and a lot of my symptoms are returning.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 2:15 am to jtayl71
Welcome to the club! Microdiscectomy at 21, aborted L4-L5 fusion resulting in disability at 28, and L3-S1 fusion at 35. I go through roughly 160 Norcos monthly. The opioid laws are made to screw us over...need to pickup a physical prescription, spend over $300 annually for Narcan, piss test at every 3 month med check, and if I want to go the MJ route I lose access to pills for migraines and muscle relaxers.
My body is a living barometer with how it aches when pressure changes are occurring. If you haven’t gotten to that point yet, you are in for a long ride.
My body is a living barometer with how it aches when pressure changes are occurring. If you haven’t gotten to that point yet, you are in for a long ride.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 3:18 am to jtayl71
Just now seeing this thread. Here’s my story in a nutshell
I had no known injury event and my low back started hurting when I was 19. I was normal height and weight at the time.
The pain and immobility got progressively worse. I saw half a dozen doctors or so that kept saying that it was just tight muscles.
Finally after a year or so of progressive deterioration a doctor referred me to a neurologist who ordered an MRI. L3 was bulging and L4 and 5 were ruptured with their contents all wrapped around my spine.
That doctor basically said the only thing that could fix that level of damage was a surgery called a laminectomy. By this time I couldn’t stand without a walker, so I basically had no choice.
I had surgery when I was 20. I’m now 47. So far I’ve never needed another surgery. I have had many of what I call “flair ups” some have lasted as much as 3 months long.
When they happen I go to a swimming pool and do therapy. This has so far always fixed the pain. It is however beginning to take a long time to work. I’m sure that in the next decade or so I’ll have to have another surgery.
I’ve never tried inversion or a chiropractor. I may have to one day but so far I’ve managed to stay completely away from pain meds (not easy).
It has been a long battle.
I had no known injury event and my low back started hurting when I was 19. I was normal height and weight at the time.
The pain and immobility got progressively worse. I saw half a dozen doctors or so that kept saying that it was just tight muscles.
Finally after a year or so of progressive deterioration a doctor referred me to a neurologist who ordered an MRI. L3 was bulging and L4 and 5 were ruptured with their contents all wrapped around my spine.
That doctor basically said the only thing that could fix that level of damage was a surgery called a laminectomy. By this time I couldn’t stand without a walker, so I basically had no choice.
I had surgery when I was 20. I’m now 47. So far I’ve never needed another surgery. I have had many of what I call “flair ups” some have lasted as much as 3 months long.
When they happen I go to a swimming pool and do therapy. This has so far always fixed the pain. It is however beginning to take a long time to work. I’m sure that in the next decade or so I’ll have to have another surgery.
I’ve never tried inversion or a chiropractor. I may have to one day but so far I’ve managed to stay completely away from pain meds (not easy).
It has been a long battle.
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