Comments on: Herniated Disc L4 L5 update http://www.mylifemytravel.com/wolff/2007/12/27/herniated-disc-l4-l5-update/ "A Herniated disc - My story" Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:15:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Sam Jones http://www.mylifemytravel.com/wolff/2007/12/27/herniated-disc-l4-l5-update/#comment-2769 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:03:40 +0000 http://www.mylifemytravel.com/wolff/2007/12/27/herniated-disc-l4-l5-update/#comment-2769 Hi, Thanks for your blog. Really helps. Doctors too "busy," most physical therapists and support staff too incurious, unobservant to provide solid info so far. Mild rear-end car accident, I was in passenger's seat, xmas 2007. 1 or 2 days not too bad, then 2 weeks shrieking lumbar pain with sharper still blasts of pain, then specialist (orthopedist) in top east coast city practice, spontaneous "improvement" to just bad pain led doc to say here's your home "PT" sheet (including damaging touch-your-toes stuff, it turned out), 1 1/2 mos. of PT, still in pain, staying the SAME for last month, level 2 always, w/level, say, 5 spikes. WHAT WORKS to help HEAL THE DAMN THING, in your belief? i have to sit for work, use support, get up, stretch, but not really "living" now... MRI shows "very" mild protrusion at L4/L5 into nerve area. obviously the culprit. that and/or associated annular tear (not visible on MRI). can't take NSAIDS (allergy). refused steroid (a chiro told me it is "bad for healing of connective tissue") your thoughts at this point? thank you -- s. Hi,
Thanks for your blog. Really helps. Doctors too “busy,” most physical therapists and support staff too incurious, unobservant to provide solid info so far. Mild rear-end car accident, I was in passenger’s seat, xmas 2007. 1 or 2 days not too bad, then 2 weeks shrieking lumbar pain with sharper still blasts of pain, then specialist (orthopedist) in top east coast city practice, spontaneous “improvement” to just bad pain led doc to say here’s your home “PT” sheet (including damaging touch-your-toes stuff, it turned out), 1 1/2 mos. of PT, still in pain, staying the SAME for last month, level 2 always, w/level, say, 5 spikes. WHAT WORKS to help HEAL THE DAMN THING, in your belief? i have to sit for work, use support, get up, stretch, but not really “living” now… MRI shows “very” mild protrusion at L4/L5 into nerve area. obviously the culprit. that and/or associated annular tear (not visible on MRI). can’t take NSAIDS (allergy). refused steroid (a chiro told me it is “bad for healing of connective tissue”) your thoughts at this point? thank you — s.

]]> by: Johnny5 http://www.mylifemytravel.com/wolff/2007/12/27/herniated-disc-l4-l5-update/#comment-2470 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:15:12 +0000 http://www.mylifemytravel.com/wolff/2007/12/27/herniated-disc-l4-l5-update/#comment-2470 Thank you for your postings. I have had problems similiar to yours for the last 3 years. Its off and on, and right now, I am recovering from another "attack" which happened about 2 months ago. I can give you some of what I learned, which is BE CAREFUL. You don't want your disc to screw up further. I went for a solid YEAR with zero pain, until I started a jogging program. I ran about 2 months, and the pain slowly but surely returned. This is just one example of something that I did wrong. Good luck, and I hope to see an update soon. :) Thank you for your postings. I have had problems similiar to yours for the last 3 years. Its off and on, and right now, I am recovering from another “attack” which happened about 2 months ago. I can give you some of what I learned, which is BE CAREFUL. You don’t want your disc to screw up further. I went for a solid YEAR with zero pain, until I started a jogging program. I ran about 2 months, and the pain slowly but surely returned. This is just one example of something that I did wrong. Good luck, and I hope to see an update soon. :)

]]> by: MM http://www.mylifemytravel.com/wolff/2007/12/27/herniated-disc-l4-l5-update/#comment-2425 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:56:24 +0000 http://www.mylifemytravel.com/wolff/2007/12/27/herniated-disc-l4-l5-update/#comment-2425 Matt, I have been checking out your blog once in a while during the last few months. The reason being, I too got a herniated disc and I appreciate your blog and the info that you have posted here. I am going through some of the sufferings caused by herniated disc and believe me, I totally understand what those pain means. Anyways, Good to know that you are getting better. Life's good and things will be back to normal. All the best ! Matt,

I have been checking out your blog once in a while during the last few months. The reason being, I too got a herniated disc and I appreciate your blog and the info that you have posted here.
I am going through some of the sufferings caused by herniated disc and believe me, I totally understand what those pain means.

Anyways, Good to know that you are getting better.
Life’s good and things will be back to normal. All the best !

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