anybody had a herniated disc or ruptured disc?

[DocTodd]

The 3 absolute ONLY indications for surgery are bowel and/or bladder incontinence, progressive weakness/paralysis, and intractable pain not responsive to anything else. The treatment protocol starts with antiinflammatory meds, traction, then injections or percutaneous discectomy. Studies show that if you took 100 people off the street WITHOUT ANY PAIN, 20-50% of them would have MRI findings suggestive of a problem. And lastly, degenerative disc disease (DDD) is not congenital.

Check out this website and go to the animated surgeries....these things are what i do and see everyday. Prolotherpay pretty much causes an inflammatory reaction and increases the circulation to the area. It just helps the body heal itself.


http://www.floridaspinesurgery.com

 

[Zyglamail]

BTW i like my injections, but several hundred injections in a specific location on several ocassions does sound like a real PAIN!

later
mrhamilton

amn, several hunderd in a specific location? Have you ever had it done? While it is a few pokes, its no where near several hundred. So far I have had elbows(about 12-15inj), foot (2-3inj), shoulder(15-20inj) and mid back between the shoulder blades(approx 15-20inj) I had the elbow and shoulder done last year, worked wonders. Currently have problems with foot, back and opposit elbow and just started getting them treated now.

 

[nuh_mizer]

Most herniations are caused by compression type injuries and are not the result of weak or stretched tendons. ....

Mine is not a compression type. I did it doing dumbell military press. I was having a guy spot me (who wasn't sure what he was doing) and to make a long story short, I couldn't get the dumbells into position and had to bring them back down. I tried to stop them from hitting the floor and thats when it happened.