2007-02-26 02:55:48 · 5 answers · asked by cheese toast 3 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Yes...I highly recommend you see a therapist who specializes in this area...either someone with MDT (aka McKenzie method) or manual therapy experience. Many will try to treat it with heat, massage and ultrasound, but this will do nothing to change the position of the disc...neither will stabilization exercise (although this is important after reducing the disc).
Ask specifically for someone with this experience prior to scheduling your evaluation.
2007-02-26 12:58:05 · answer #1 · answered by mistify 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You will have better luck seeing a chiropractor who uses an activator or wedges Not manual minipulation - and a massage therapist (they help un-knot the muscles).
Much pain is from muscles below is an example of what may help (based on headaches).
Begin with a couple swigs of molasses or a couple of bananas daily - magnesium (which regulates many things in the body) and potassium (a needed building block for muscles).
Drink at least 1/2 gallons of water per day. Running a body low on water is like running a car low on oil is the analogy the head of neurology at UCDavis told my husband about 10 years ago.
Now to the cause - muscles - your back, neck shoulders and head have tender spots. They are knots in the fibers of the muscles called trigger points. It makes the muscles tight which makes them press on nerves and other things causing the pain.
The cure - start with a professional massage, you will also want to go back over any place you can get to 6-12 times per session up to 6 times per day rubbing (or lightly scratching on your head) every where that is tender until the knots go away. The place where the skull connects to the spine press up under the edge of the skull (to get to those muscles).
For more information read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. It teaches what to do and where the pain comes from.
2007-02-28 01:15:45 · answer #2 · answered by Keko 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I am a physical therapist and I have treated many people with this condition and with success.
2007-02-27 23:20:16 · answer #3 · answered by Dan 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no once its bulged out, surgery is the only alternative now.
2007-03-02 06:31:04 · answer #4 · answered by duc602 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes he can
2007-02-26 11:22:40 · answer #5 · answered by ARUN 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋