Disc Herniation

[Stash]

Interesting. Thanks for the heads up. Will definitely try that. Always willing to try new things that will help. I used to think yoga was silly, boy was I wrong.

Sounds like you now have an open mind. Good for you. Keep it up.

The thing I hate is I will get strong again, get real loose and flexible and feel great for weeks and then just randomly wake up and its back at it. Basically losing most of the progress. Just a battle that I have to keep fighting but know I will never win, but if I stop fighting it I know my quality of life will go way down.

Before the deadlifts, I had a lot of the same ups and downs. I had to purchase a different mattress - pillow tops are the devil! - and it was still an issue of management, and it likely always will be. But I've learned quite a bit along the way. Most of all, not to throw my hands up and quit, but to keep at it and get stronger, not weaker.

 

[DanteEXT]

I have a herniation between my C4 & C5.

It took several months of therapy and came within a whisker of having surgery on it.

But between the rehab, doing exercises and using an "over the door" traction device https://www.amazon.com/Duro-Med-Cer...3278&sr=1-1&keywords=cervical+traction+device I was able to avoid surgery.

It still reminds me that it's "there" once in a while but the physical pain it caused has disappeared for the most part.

Knowing what I know about disc herniations, many times this is something that is going to take a while to get to a point where you can live with it... If you do not go the surgery route– And at least in my case I wanted to avoid that due to all the horror stories I had heard.

That's about the area I ruptured mine though I don't recall exactly. Excruciating pain down my left arm, loss of feeling in my left thumb and index finger. It sucked. Luckily no surgery was needed.

 

[jwitten82]

Interesting. Thanks for the heads up. Will definitely try that. Always willing to try new things that will help. I used to think yoga was silly, boy was I wrong.

The thing I hate is I will get strong again, get real loose and flexible and feel great for weeks and then just randomly wake up and its back at it. Basically losing most of the progress. Just a battle that I have to keep fighting but know I will never win, but if I stop fighting it I know my quality of life will go way down.

What type of work do you do?

 

[Ranching]

If yall dont mind me asking, what type of work did yall do when you had the disc herniation. Mine is at L5-S1

I was a football coach. The discomfort was one of the reasons i chose to retire a few months ago.

 

[cowboyeric8]

What type of work do you do?

I work in Parks and Recreation for a city. In charge of the baseball program, and help out anywhere else when needed. My job doesn't require too much lifting which is good. And when baseball season is going I don't have to sit for much of the day.