posted Sun, 05/13/2012 - 19:03
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+ 1 life after herniated disc
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hey guys ive recently injuried my back about a month ago, went to doctor was told i had a thing called trigger points i didnt get an xray. However a month has passed n my back still messed up and im just getting courious has anyone here suffered from a herniated disc and if so where do we go from here will i be able to lift normal again. I went from feeling like a monster to feeling like a little bitch cuz i cant lift certain things. P.s i havent worked out in a month
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Which disc is herniated.
And by herniated, do you mean ruptured or buldged. The reason I asked is there is a big difference in treatment.
I have had a periodic bulge in L3-L4 for fifteen years now. Its been three years since I have had an episode. Tell you why in a minute. The last time it buldged on me I was in severe pain for weeks before it started easing off. During that time i found a decent doctor that was straight up with me. He said that about 60 - 70% of the population has bulging or ruptured disc. Short of fusing the two vertebrae the only fix is core strength and fitness. Of course the inflammation has to be battled with nsaids but once you can move again core strength needs to be the priority. I stayed away feom cortisone shots. They can lead to premature deterioration. Once i started on a core regimen i slowly started to feel better and the time between episodes lengthened. Long story short, thats how i found myself lifting religously and thinking about cycling.
It will get better if its only bulged and then you can start rehabbing it. If its ruptured you better listen to a doctor on how to proceed.
Best of luck.
AnonSame here with the cortisone - F that! Smart decision. I think I forgot to mention that in the essay I wrote below.... A friend of mine's wife is in and out of the hospital now 8 months after her cortisone shots because they gave her way too much at once, did too many spots at once.... destroyed her immune system. Hope she pulls through. Once you sign the papers they're free of liability. I know more than one horror story kept me away from it altogether.
Thats messed up. Hope she pulls through. Here's one that a little off topic but shows how you have to be careful with hospitals. When my wife was delivering our first boy she told them she wanted an epidural. After about an hour and a half she felt no reliaf. I got to looking and the nurse had put penicillan in the dispenser rather than marcane. She hurt lile hell but had no infections. Lol. It wasnt funny at the time though.
i wonder how hgh at a lower than BB dose could help in recovery/therapy. its helped a few friends with back and knee issues, they swear by it.
AnonWell... my story is pretty unique so it will be hard to relate to a single herniated disc. I have sculiosis, 5 bulged discs in my neck and one herniated in my thoracic at LEAST, I have not had my entire spine MRI'd. Four verifiable pinched nerves in my neck or "narrowing of neural foramina" as it will show on an MRI result, and I'm absolutely certain there are at least 2 more in my thoracic/lumbar spine. I was laid up completely for 5 months while going through rehab and trying to figure out what the hell would work for my cervical disc disease/pinched nerves and didn't get out of there until about january, one nerve in particular has damaged my left arm and unless I keep it loose I cannot lift - AT ALL. I lost 23 pounds in those 5 months and gained a ton of BF.
What I can tell you is what has worked for me. I have multiple trigger points as well. Chances are your spine is compressed. The best thing I've found that has improved my quality of life is methods of spinal decompression - do not get on painkillers it will make it worse in the long run because when you don't take them it will hurt MORE than it did before. A non steroidal anti inflammatory ( NSAID ) such as meloxicam and perhaps a muscle relaxer such as cyclobenzaprine will get you by when you need it, not that I recommend medications at all I'm not a doctor I'm just tell you what worked for me that was non narcotic. For my neck I use a cervical traction unit ( you can get one on ebay for half the price you would pay at a rehab facility ) and this device quite literally saved me, it is the ONLY reason I can use my left arm well enough to lift at all, although there are many exercises I just outright can't do. If you have loss of disc hydration like I do, decompression techniques actually increase disc hydration over time as well. I use an inversion table for my lumbar. I use these religiously 2x a day and if I didn't I wouldn't be able to lift weights and I'd be in significantly more pain than I am now... I also use what I think is called a mob roller although I could be saying that wrong, which is essentially just a piece of wood carved out into a shape for therapeutic use with the spine. I lay down on it and literally move my vertebrae that are jammed up against each other or out of alignment back to where they should be, or at least try to without being overly aggressive. IT WILL HURT LIKE HELL. But it's worth it. This mobilizes the spine and between decompression and mobilization techniques you can actually align it over time without having to see a chiropractor 2x a week for life. The last ( and most important for trigger points! ) is deep massage. I have a 6'1 norweigan massage therapist now and she is the only one I've used that was strong enough to get in there deep enough to make a difference worth the money.... I have dozens of knots in my back at any point in time and it's about the only way to loosen them up. You can also use the mob roller to loosen knots or help with inflammation, and I do that also, but nothing compares to what a skilled massage therapist can do.
Then again I don't even know where your herniated disc is or the extent of just about anything but hell I think I covered it all LOL. Hope something helped. Make sure you ask your orthopedic doc before engaging in any type of therapy on your own accord, depending on the nature of the injury something I mentioned above may actually hurt you! For example I can't get chiropractic work done on my neck because I run the risk of a disc slipping.