Amanda, I am so glad you posted this. My
feeling exactly!
No amount of Chiro can relieve or heal a
ruptured disc. And you are 100% correct, it can make it much
worse.
So many ppl think that this type of back pain
is due to bone structure going amuck. Wrong! in most cases it is a disc problem
and yes! get it tended to ASAP.
I have permanent nerve damage down my right leg
from a foot drop resulting in trying to "wait it out" with a horribly ruptured
disc.
and from what I am reading, these women are
suffering the "classic" symptoms of herniated disc problems.........worse at
night, sitting, etc.
And if I may add my two cents worth, go see a
Neurosurgeon, not an Orthopaedic Surgeon. The latter using saws, hammers,
hacking away.
Whereas the Neuro can operate on an egg shell
and never crack it. When I had my back surgery done, it was by a wonderful
Canadian Neurosurgeon who at the time, in 1985, was way ahead of his peers in
how he approached this surgery. I was out of the hospital in 48 hours and back
to work in three weeks.
When someone is operating that close to my
spinal cord, they best know what they are doing, and the Neurosurgeons have it
hands down.
Having had a severely ruptured disc, my advise to
anyone suffering chronic back pain is to get your physician to order
an MRI to rule out a herniated or ruptured disc. Xrays cannot
show disc problems, and chiropractic adjustments, Rolfing etc *MAY* make
things worse. Prolonged pressure on nerves from a ruptured disc can
cause irreversable nerve damage, so PLEASE get an MRI done if back pain
continues for more than a couple of weaks!
Been there, done that, have
the scar to prove
it!
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