Your news is wonderful! What is IDD therapy. Some form of imaging? I have just been showed my x-rays and have been disg. with Reverse Lordosis cervical, my pain is so bad that tradomol and klonopinare barely holding me at bay (with min. dose). I also have narrowing of disc and neuroforaina. Help anyone? I have no insurance and am in so much pain when I am stressed, work on computer, etc.
I have just been diagnosed with moderate narrowing of the L5-S1 disc space and also mild anterior wedging of T11 vertebral body, probably old. Please tell us what is IDD therapy??? I am only 29 and have suffered sine the age of 12.
hi i just turned 22 and suffer from this have done for many years and trust me the floor exercises given to you really do work and keep moving even when your body is telling you to stop...i started off with not doing what i was told and i stoped the exercises and went to bed with the pain and i ended prolapsing the disk trust me you dont want to do that...the best thing i ever did was get cortisone injections and over a year and half i have not needed top up pain killers. so lived a life of no pain killers and being able to go to the gym walk run stand for long periods of time...just remember do your exercises keep on top of movement keep warm and take your pain killers on time becouse they do hold vitial anti-inflamtries which stop pressure on nerves and the start of pain.
hope this helps
hope this helps
replying to "Disc space narrowing at L5/S1 with facet joint degenerative changes" - i was told the same thing in june 09 after pain had started in april 09 and did not go away. for my situation (39 yo male, reasonably fit + healthy), it meant that i had a herniated disc. after going through physical therapy +medication, was told the same thing by different surgeons - the herniated disc was pressing against the sciatic nerve, and beginning to cause nerve damage. i'm now +9 days after having laminectomy/discectomy. the first week was pretty rough, but right away the pain i had had for 6 months in my leg was gone. im still sore, need rest and walk stiffly, but starting to feel improvement now. i had a post op visit today, the dr said i should be back close to my old workout routine within 4-5 weeks.
I am a63 year old woman I have had arthritis of the lower back L4/L5/S1 for 30 years the only treatment I have been offered over the years is pain killers years I've just had them changed again
im 43 and had foot surgery last year around this time , pins and arthritis in my large toe and it didnt work the way is was suppsed to and i ended up being off my right foot for 2 months and on crutches and my back hurt more than my foot. and still hurts . i've 2 mri's in the last 3 months and they are conflicting. and ive tried the decompression didnt work and the adjustments are to painful. and exercise the core on the ball is only made it worse ... i love walking and its the only time im not hurting .. sitting and standing and lying in bed is very painful... my sciatica nerve kicks in and boy im in alot of pain. only take over the counter drugs. i run my own bussiness and work at elementry school during lunch dont have time to be loaded on pain meds ,which seems to be the quick fixs for all of the docs.. im into healthier alternatives. what to do ... sorry for the gram.
Hi there,
I have had this for close to 10 years now. It gets progressively worse as the time goes by. Originally I was told it was spinal stenosis which is a narrowing of the canal holding the spinal fluid. There were no explanations given or any suggestions made at that point when exercises or PT or Chiropractor may have done a world of good. I now hav problems from L4-L5 and L5-S1. I finallya sked for PT about 5 years ago....changed doctors because mine wanted to push percocet on me....went to PT then a chiropractor. Neither helped because there was too much damage done by then. Began pain management and epicural injections for a year and a half until they stopped working. Haveseen 4 surgeons...had to move on from each one because suddenly this thing was more than they could handle and referred me to someone else. I am finally seeing a specialist at Yale New Haven hospital. He is excellent! Because the facet joint is involved I have had two facet joint injections, same as epidural only on the outside of spine and directly into facet joint. Helped the first time but not really the second. Am waiting for insuracne to ok me to have smething called an ablation done. They put a hollow needle in your back, fine the right nerve causing the problem, put a thin wire through the needle and send an electrical current through it...killing the end of the nerve and thus ending all of the pain! This is the last step before surgery....want to wait as long as possible for surgery in case there is a problem. I don't want to be worse off than I am now. Taking 60 mg of morphine 3 X a day. I hope this helped some of you out there. Please feel free to ask me questions.
I have had this for close to 10 years now. It gets progressively worse as the time goes by. Originally I was told it was spinal stenosis which is a narrowing of the canal holding the spinal fluid. There were no explanations given or any suggestions made at that point when exercises or PT or Chiropractor may have done a world of good. I now hav problems from L4-L5 and L5-S1. I finallya sked for PT about 5 years ago....changed doctors because mine wanted to push percocet on me....went to PT then a chiropractor. Neither helped because there was too much damage done by then. Began pain management and epicural injections for a year and a half until they stopped working. Haveseen 4 surgeons...had to move on from each one because suddenly this thing was more than they could handle and referred me to someone else. I am finally seeing a specialist at Yale New Haven hospital. He is excellent! Because the facet joint is involved I have had two facet joint injections, same as epidural only on the outside of spine and directly into facet joint. Helped the first time but not really the second. Am waiting for insuracne to ok me to have smething called an ablation done. They put a hollow needle in your back, fine the right nerve causing the problem, put a thin wire through the needle and send an electrical current through it...killing the end of the nerve and thus ending all of the pain! This is the last step before surgery....want to wait as long as possible for surgery in case there is a problem. I don't want to be worse off than I am now. Taking 60 mg of morphine 3 X a day. I hope this helped some of you out there. Please feel free to ask me questions.
Hi
I had a relatively minor problem with L4-L5 disc protrusion but while gardening I hurt my back and then I made the biggest mistake of my life and went to see an osteopath (I normally see a physiotherapist) who literally 'cracked' my lower back to 'click' things in as he described. The following day I could not walk, saw a surgeon, had an MRI and the surgeon said that had I not had the treatment by the osteopath I would have been ok but his treatment cased a major 'slip' disc. He had to perform emergency surgery to relieve the nerves and avoid permanenet damage. I am ok now - very lucky. My advise to anyone with back or similar problems do not, DO NOT, go to an osteopath. Go to a good physio and have and MRI performed and assessed before letting anyone touch your back seriously.
I had a relatively minor problem with L4-L5 disc protrusion but while gardening I hurt my back and then I made the biggest mistake of my life and went to see an osteopath (I normally see a physiotherapist) who literally 'cracked' my lower back to 'click' things in as he described. The following day I could not walk, saw a surgeon, had an MRI and the surgeon said that had I not had the treatment by the osteopath I would have been ok but his treatment cased a major 'slip' disc. He had to perform emergency surgery to relieve the nerves and avoid permanenet damage. I am ok now - very lucky. My advise to anyone with back or similar problems do not, DO NOT, go to an osteopath. Go to a good physio and have and MRI performed and assessed before letting anyone touch your back seriously.
Go to a holistic chiropractor!!! Seriously, take my advice because I have trid everything and the typical doctor will just give you some tablets and thats it!
Don't see a general chiropractors they are not good for sponderlolithesis. If you have sciatica then holistic chiro is the only people that have understood how to heal the areas. Physio is good once you are in peak condidtion and ready to have stabilising exercises. Holistic chiropractors know how to fix your sciatica and any other nerve damage you may have. Pluss they reduce pain and help you work on your posture. They don't crunch bones at all.
Dusty- (congential sponderlolithesis stage 3).
Don't see a general chiropractors they are not good for sponderlolithesis. If you have sciatica then holistic chiro is the only people that have understood how to heal the areas. Physio is good once you are in peak condidtion and ready to have stabilising exercises. Holistic chiropractors know how to fix your sciatica and any other nerve damage you may have. Pluss they reduce pain and help you work on your posture. They don't crunch bones at all.
Dusty- (congential sponderlolithesis stage 3).
Please open this link and try the stretch for couple of days and see it will help, i had the sam exact problem ,chiropractor didn't help me and i also did physical therapy, in that traction exercises helped me a little bit but the stretch exercise in the links is the best
hi all.
my problems started 10 years ago(2000). I was a reasonably fit mother of 4 then i woke suddenly with pain in my right leg to the foot. this went on for several months until i was given a cuadel epidural this helped to relieve the inflamation and pain from my slipped disk at l5 s1. i was left with no right ankle reflex and change of sensation in right calf.
in 2006 i strated with the pain again and was out of action for several months. this left me with weakness in my lower right leg.
2008 woke with pain in left leg had mri now bilateral herniation at l5 s1. over the course of the next 12 months my condition became worse.
As of april 2010 i now suffer pain down both legs. burning in my thighs lacerating pain in both legs electric shocks in both legs. my skin feels like it has cuts or blisters. i cannot bare people to touch my feet gently as this hurts more than a firm grip. it also feels like things are crawling over my feet or touching my legs. the list is endless.
i have lost some motor function and have weakness in both legs and no ankle reflex or foot and changed knee reflex. i have had 4 different physios and it makes me worse i start to loose sensation and gain more pain. My last mri taken this april showed.
L5 S1 RIGHT HAND HERNIATION WITH NERVE ROOT COMPRESSIO
LEFT HAND HERNIATION WITH NERVE ROOT COMRPESSION
LARGE CETRAL HERNIATION COMPRESSING THE CUADA EQUINA
THE SPACE OF MY DISK IS NO LONGER PRESENT THE BONES TOUCH
L4 L5 HERNIATED DISK RIGHT NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION
CENTRAL DISK HERNIATION COMPRESSING THE CUADA EQUINA
CERVICAL FACET JOINT INFALMATION CUASED BY THE ABNORMAL LOADING ON MY SPINE AND MUSCLE SPASMS IN MY NECK AND LEGS.
I AM JUST WAITING FOR THE REST OF THE L5 L4 DISK TO GO AND PREY THAT I DONT LOOSE BLADDER OR BOWEL FUNTION.
I HAVE NOT FOUND A SINGLE PERSON WITHIN THE NHS SUPPORTIVE OF MY CONDITION THEY COTRADICT EACH OTHER AND WONT PAY FOR TREATMENT I HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR MY MRIS AND CONSULTANTS JUST TO BE TREATED. SO I HAVE NO MORE FAITH IN THEM.
ITS BAD TO LIVE WITH THE PAIN AND ISOLATION WITHOUT THE FRUSTRATIONS OF DEALING WITH THESE PEOPLE.
PS I USED TO WORK FOR THE NHS :-(
my problems started 10 years ago(2000). I was a reasonably fit mother of 4 then i woke suddenly with pain in my right leg to the foot. this went on for several months until i was given a cuadel epidural this helped to relieve the inflamation and pain from my slipped disk at l5 s1. i was left with no right ankle reflex and change of sensation in right calf.
in 2006 i strated with the pain again and was out of action for several months. this left me with weakness in my lower right leg.
2008 woke with pain in left leg had mri now bilateral herniation at l5 s1. over the course of the next 12 months my condition became worse.
As of april 2010 i now suffer pain down both legs. burning in my thighs lacerating pain in both legs electric shocks in both legs. my skin feels like it has cuts or blisters. i cannot bare people to touch my feet gently as this hurts more than a firm grip. it also feels like things are crawling over my feet or touching my legs. the list is endless.
i have lost some motor function and have weakness in both legs and no ankle reflex or foot and changed knee reflex. i have had 4 different physios and it makes me worse i start to loose sensation and gain more pain. My last mri taken this april showed.
L5 S1 RIGHT HAND HERNIATION WITH NERVE ROOT COMPRESSIO
LEFT HAND HERNIATION WITH NERVE ROOT COMRPESSION
LARGE CETRAL HERNIATION COMPRESSING THE CUADA EQUINA
THE SPACE OF MY DISK IS NO LONGER PRESENT THE BONES TOUCH
L4 L5 HERNIATED DISK RIGHT NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION
CENTRAL DISK HERNIATION COMPRESSING THE CUADA EQUINA
CERVICAL FACET JOINT INFALMATION CUASED BY THE ABNORMAL LOADING ON MY SPINE AND MUSCLE SPASMS IN MY NECK AND LEGS.
I AM JUST WAITING FOR THE REST OF THE L5 L4 DISK TO GO AND PREY THAT I DONT LOOSE BLADDER OR BOWEL FUNTION.
I HAVE NOT FOUND A SINGLE PERSON WITHIN THE NHS SUPPORTIVE OF MY CONDITION THEY COTRADICT EACH OTHER AND WONT PAY FOR TREATMENT I HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR MY MRIS AND CONSULTANTS JUST TO BE TREATED. SO I HAVE NO MORE FAITH IN THEM.
ITS BAD TO LIVE WITH THE PAIN AND ISOLATION WITHOUT THE FRUSTRATIONS OF DEALING WITH THESE PEOPLE.
PS I USED TO WORK FOR THE NHS :-(
I had this same thing when I was 18. Degenerative disk disease and narrowing. I ended up having surgery to repair it after 1.5 years of pain. I am now 27 and have pain from time to time, but am doing much better.
My husband was recently diagnosed with this same thing and has an MRI next week.
I understand the pain and I hope you all soon are not suffering whether it is via physical therapy, chiropractic means, or surgery!
My husband was recently diagnosed with this same thing and has an MRI next week.
I understand the pain and I hope you all soon are not suffering whether it is via physical therapy, chiropractic means, or surgery!
I have a l3 defission disk buldge and a herniated disk at l5,s1. Mild to moderate stenosis at l2 then severe at l5,s1. I also have 2 compression fractures at t1-t2. I am seeing a nero tuesday and they have said surgery. I am scared at this point and dont know what to do. Any sugestions
im 15 and i have recently had an MRI diognosisng me with the same thing :|
mine has been caused from extensive dancing training etc.
thankyou all for helping me understand my injury and helping me towards recovery with all your information adn tips :-)
mine has been caused from extensive dancing training etc.
thankyou all for helping me understand my injury and helping me towards recovery with all your information adn tips :-)
Hi my name is Naz,
I guess back pain has been with years. I am 44yrs. old, back in 2005 I had a stroke and I have been on lots of meds. of one is Steroids for vasculitis and Iritis. My back pain has increased and I get numbness in both feet and shocking pains down my legs. I have just have an x-ray and the report read like this....1) Decreased bone density. 2) Mild scoliosis. 3)Sacroileitis condensans ilii. 4) Narrowing of the L5-S1 disc space.
What does Sacroileitis and narrowing of the disc space mean. %-)
I guess back pain has been with years. I am 44yrs. old, back in 2005 I had a stroke and I have been on lots of meds. of one is Steroids for vasculitis and Iritis. My back pain has increased and I get numbness in both feet and shocking pains down my legs. I have just have an x-ray and the report read like this....1) Decreased bone density. 2) Mild scoliosis. 3)Sacroileitis condensans ilii. 4) Narrowing of the L5-S1 disc space.
What does Sacroileitis and narrowing of the disc space mean. %-)