herniated disk

[nephilim666]

a relative of mine, who is 52 years old , has many herniated disks in her lower back, they cause her pain throughout the day and are not improvin. She has been to many many back specialists and doctors, and the only option left seems to be sergury, but the risks greatly outweigh the benefits of this sergury, Is there any approaches that we have missed? she is perscribed a muscle relaxing benzapine, and has been givin some exersizes to do , other then that she has not been told much more, expect to fix posture. any imput?

[Doc.Sust]

there is a new machine called the vax -d. alot of people with disc problems have been making greatbprogress with this machine without surgery

[Doc.Sust]

http://www.vaxd.net/question.htm

[nephilim666]

damn that does look good ,thanks a shit load man.

[Doc.Sust]

glad to help

[towtheline]

A chiro in my hometown has a similar machine called the DRX9000. It comes from axiom worldwide? He has helped a ton of people at my work with herniated and bulging disc. He is a Chiropractor, not a med doc, so it isn't just a random stroke of the pen and come back in a few weeks. Good luck, bro.

[KAEW44]

You say the risks outweigh the benefits in heniated disk surgery?? how is that?? Dont they replace the cartilage with an artificial ring which is alot more durable?
What are the problems after having the surgery? cant you go back to normal life?

[nephilim666]

im not 100 % sure , but i know her case is pretty bad, and the sergury that would be done to fix it would have a great chance to paralize her. sad as it sounds =/ . but i got her to talk to her doctor about that machine and he said that would probably be a good idea, i cant thank u guys enuf.

[Doc.Sust]

You say the risks outweigh the benefits in heniated disk surgery?? how is that?? Dont they replace the cartilage with an artificial ring which is alot more durable?
What are the problems after having the surgery? cant you go back to normal life?

no they fuse the discs together, so you lose even more mobility. trust me on this, it is some insan stat like only 30% of back surgery allevaites all pain, 70% still have pain even after the Op.

[Doc.Sust]

im not 100 % sure , but i know her case is pretty bad, and the sergury that would be done to fix it would have a great chance to paralize her. sad as it sounds =/ . but i got her to talk to her doctor about that machine and he said that would probably be a good idea, i cant thank u guys enuf.

there you go KAEWW , another posibility in this case is paralysis(granted it isnt like this in all cases) .there are alot of risk factors. the bad out weigh the good i back surgery. it should be your absolute last resort, after you tried everything first, than consider surgery if nothing helped, the % of success in the majority of procedures are low, and the risks alot of time arent worth the possible low percentage of success IMO

[Doc.Sust]

A chiro in my hometown has a similar machine called the DRX9000. It comes from axiom worldwide? He has helped a ton of people at my work with herniated and bulging disc. He is a Chiropractor, not a med doc, so it isn't just a random stroke of the pen and come back in a few weeks. Good luck, bro.

yep. same machine

[dhriscerr]

my brother has the same thing and he is 18 they thought it was ruptured but it is herniated, constant pain for him, cant hardly sleep. They gave him steroid pack, some pills or something, but he said he sleeps like a baby now. Look into it i guess?

[Doc.Sust]

keep me updated on the situation

[nate4796]

With a herniated disk surgery still cant definetly fix the problem. All you can really do is try o relieve the pain via meds

[FasterPussyCat]

Wow! I am glad Nate bumped this thread. I have had a herniated disk for over 20 years, I am in chronic pain. I get relief by hanging off my hips from a hyperextension bench, but it is hard to be upsidedown that long. I will look and see who has this machine near me.

No knives are going near this back!

[HomesliceYEA]

the surgery for a herniated disk is getting better and better. A few more years and it will be amazing

[Doc.Sust]

the surgery for a herniated disk is getting better and better. A few more years and it will be amazing

i wouldnt bet my life on that statement. small improvements yes, but major improvments, i dont think so

[gunzgunz]

ive got a herniated disk and found an extremely simple (but temporary) releif while working out. i spend alot of my time in painfrom herniated disk and the one thing that helps while working out is icy hot patches and cream. just spread the stuf on your back and hit the weights. but this is meirly temporary relief, as it may have long term effects from masking the pain and continuing working out. when i began working out with herniated disk... the pain when working out sucked big time.now that i workout with icy hot patches on my back, i workout as though the injury never even happened.when the cream or patch wears off..... heh, prepare yourself for pain again. opiate pain meds will affect your workout because opiates(vikodin,percocet, etc) are downers so i try to stay away form them during the workout... icy hot works very well without affecting my game.

[musclemd]

All the best on that back issue- It can be tough. Do not give up bro

[rdj50006]

My friend had a herniated disc that got so bad he could not walk or function properly -- he got the surgery and recovered after 6 months. Now back to training and in better shape than ever before.

[lovbyts]

My friend had a herniated disc that got so bad he could not walk or function properly -- he got the surgery and recovered after 6 months. Now back to training and in better shape than ever before.

Sounds like you are talking about me, 7 months ago I herniated L5. I could not walk, sit or stand. I could not walk from my bedroom to living room without almost passing out from extreme pain. After only 10 day my legs had already started wasting away. Surgery was a god send. I walked out the same day. ALWAYS have an MRI done before surgery. To many people get cut on when it's only muscle related. Back muscles can take months to heal. Do not go under the knife unless you are sure you need it. I did, this was surgery #2 last time it was L3 & L4 but I had hurt it 15 years before and it took time to deteriorate to the point of needing surgery.
Good luck and take care of that back, it's the only one you have.

[whiteowl]

had C6 & C7 repaired....bulging disc was removed and replaced by a cadaver bone...a titanium plate was screwed into the vertebrae....woke up and felt my fingers....could lift my hand over my head for the first time in .... dr asked how much movement i lost but in fact had a net gain because the pain was diminished by 80%....just have to make sure your surgeon is gtg...