About 3 years ago I had an MRI and told I had a bulging disc. I got meds and felt fine after. Just recently my back is feeling that same way again. Horrible pain, stiffness and I can hardly walk. Does a bulging disc go away? Could this be the same one or another one?
2007-10-12 06:14:48 · 2 answers · asked by Samantha 3 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Bulging disc will not go away, the symptom will. When the disc bulge and compressed a nerve, you need to do a manual spine therapy to correct your spine curvature (not right that is why your disc bulged out). Such therapy will remove restrictions on the nerve and remove the symptom. Medicine will only cheat you to think that you are well but did not correct the root cause.
Since you didnt do anything then, it may be the same disc or it may have worsen. If the pain is in another area different from the previous, it can be caused by another disc or discs.
Hope you will do something about it.
2007-10-12 19:50:22 · answer #1 · answered by Dr Mao 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a question you should be asking your primary doctor. He/she can take X-Rays or send you for MRI's and see what's going on.
It's hard to believe you had a "bulging disc" three years ago and it didn't bother you after meds. Its is very unconventional, to say the least.
The only explanation I could think of is a misdiagnosis or it just wasn't the bad and the call was off.
A "bulging disc" doesn't heal, it's a disc that's ruptured and has to be either fixed through surgery or meds. usually they trim it with laser surgery, simple and fast.
I would see my primary physician and see what he says, tell him your story.
2007-10-12 13:46:51 · answer #2 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋