Any of y’all had disc issues in your back?

Gotta get dem nerves burned baw

Just now fully recovered from an L4-L5 fusion. I'm completely pain free and will be playing golf next week for the first time in a year.

Find a good massuse...really do resaearch and try to find someone who knows their shite from a physiological standpoint and not just someone who lights incents and rubs. Also, find a good chiro. I was skeptical for the longest time about them, and it may just be loosening you up and increasing range of motion slightly, but it did wonders for me when I had the lower back pain you're describing. I hurt myself bending down and lifting too much...hurt to get from sitting to standing....1 massage and 2 visits to the chiro later I feel better than I have in awhile.

ETA: If it's not a disc issue of course. I had the same pain your describing and was not a disc issue

My BG Chopper city cd been stuck in my Acura Legend disc changer since the night the Bulls beat the SuperSonics in game 6

Got a couple of bulging lumbar discs, and they remind me of their condition probably an average of 1x every year. Usually when I do something strenuous, but it has happened from just reaching down to grab something.

Severity is from 7 to 9, and it makes life miserable for a few days. I can get comfortable in one position, but when I move, it hits again. Usually, rest and a heating pad make it bearable, then a few days later, it's gone. Oh, and a steady diet of muscle relaxers makes me not GAF, so there's that.

I assume it's nerve impingement, and I could probably get a burn or whatever. But, it's not worth the energy to get that done when it's completely asymptomatic except for maybe a week every year or so.

Careful in the morning, your discs are swollen and most vulnerable. Use your upper body to push yourself up (hands on knees) to take pressure off your back during morning routine.

Hanging from a pull up bar and sinking your hips can provide temporary relief.

Youtube for some other rehab stretches/exercises. It will help

I had lower back tightness for some time, but it was always in the lower back. A while back it started to hurt down the back of the left leg pointing to a bulging disc. Was very uncomfortable to just sit at a desk. Doctor had me stopping working out for 6 weeks and taking steroids and anti-inflammatory meds. That worked slightly until the prescription was done.

Saw a PT who is a weight lifter and he suggested that increased mobility and activating the proper muscles would help to relieve the imbalance that causes the spinal compression.

I'm squatting and deadlifting more than I was before the pain and have been pain free for several weeks. I'm just very mindful to do things correctly. If my range of motion limits my ability to do something correctly, I adjust such as deadlifting from blocks so that I don't end up bending at the back under load. In the meantime I work on my range of motion and get better and better everyday while getting stronger at the same time. Still no pain.

It's only been a few weeks, so this may be short term, but I'm super excited about this going away.

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Any of y’all had disc issues in your back?

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I feel like this is a question for OweO.

I had disc degeneration in my neck. I was taking 3-4 Vicodin a day. Tried therapy, neck extension with a weighted bag hanging over the door, injection until once they hit a nerve with a needle in my neck and my entire left side went numb. It got so bad that if I sneezed I went to my knees. Pain got to be unbearable Finally had surgery, two level cervical fusion. Now have a plate and 6 screws in my neck. Best decision I made. 13 years later, no issues. I tried to put off surgery but I had to do it. Good luck to you

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I am 71 and I have severs tightness and pressure in lower back. I am unable to stand still for more than 60 seconds. X Rays show 80% blockage in L6. Only cure is surgery, only relief is shot in tailbone area that lasts about 30 to 60 days. Unable to have surgery at this time due to all the fools who did not believe in the vaccine and are now fighting for their lives from Covid in Houston area hospitals

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Have you looked into any PRP Treatments?