I've had lower back pain for quite some time now?

Question

I take anti-inflammatories & muscle relaxers. I exercise. I wear a lumbar corset. An MRI test results today show 2 herniated discs. Now I have to go for physical therapy, too.
What other treatments are used for this?

Answer 1

I have a son-in-law who has suffered with "lower back pain" for years. He too, lived on Anti-inflammatory & Muscled Relaxers to get thru a hard days work....(he works with concrete).( Has since he was 2I yrs old. > He's now 48) He lives in up-state N.Y. and goes to Strong's Hospital to Pain Management (in Rochester) and Now gets treatment called Spinal Epidoral. He says he feels like He's 20 again,>> and does not have to do this again for a Year! (He was nearly crippled when I saw Him Last) Thank God, He claims He's Healed, now. I surely Hope you will get to feeling better soon, also. I will mention YOUR Name in my Prayers. (smile) God Bless You and Show You Favor.

Answer 2

HOMŒOPATHIC TREATMENT :-

ARNICA MONTANA and RHUS TOX in 30C or 200 potency will fix your back faster then anything else in 30C the regular dosage is 3 times a day and in 200 just once a day. In acute cases you can take them more frequently like every half an hour or an hour till you start feeling relief after that the regular dosage will be enough till 100% relief.
No side effects or complications whatsoever as you know it quite well. I think I prescribed these remedies for you before and you were quite overjoyed by the results if I am not wrong, you should'nt have stopped taking them.

Take Care and God Bless you.

Answer 3

Get a prenatal therapeutic massage, there are therapists that do best that. Try getting for your palms and knees and slash in your forearms so your head is down and your butt is up. The suffering is also the best way the child is sitting and this role encourages correct positioning of the child. Stretch you again just a little after which keep within the role for approximately 15-20 mins an afternoon.

Answer 4

Pain management is often a complex puzzle. Be careful to protect your back, with good body mechanics, and only the exercises that are suggested by physical therapist.

Swimming and water therapy are helpful because there is less strain on the back.

Massage therapy can be useful and some massage therapists have special techniques expecially for disc problems.


Acupuncture, emotional freedom techniques, (EFT) and other alternative therapies assist with the psychological aspects of pain.

A combination of these therapies makes it easier to cope with.

All the best
Karen

Answer 5

First, try the PT. It will aim to teach you how to relieve the pain and what to do to prevent it/what to do if it returns.

However, I I HIGHLY suggest you see a PT with MDT experience (mechanical diagnosis and therapy). I'd either call your local PT office or go to http://www.mckenziemdt.org.

Cortisone injections are chiropractic care are other options as well. Many chiropractors are also using spinal decompression.

However, I am partial to PT because we aim to show the patient what to do if the pain returns...whereas spinal decompression requires you to return to the office when the pain comes back.

Answer 6

Your doctor is following the right path. Other treatments would be injections and surgery. He/she is doing the right thing by going conservative first. If the physical therapy doesn't help, I believe the next step would be steroid or epidural injections. Then surgery. You don't want to jump to surgery first because more conservative methods (like PT and medications) might work. Surgery should only be used as a last resort.

Here's a good website: http://www.spine-health.com/topics/conserv/lumbar/lumb01.html

Answer 7

Omega 3 capsules. Helped me after i worked for awhile breaking concrete. I still take them.

Answer 8

Get a better mattress?