I have 2 herniated discs..

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This isn't a weights-related injury, because I wasn't doing any weightlifting before this happened for a long time. My spine is just curved (not as bad as scoliosis) and after playing lacrosse I guess it just got irritated enough that my bottom 2 discs are herniated now.

How long do you guys think I will be out for? Now since I can't play lacrosse, and by the time I get back the season will be over, I want to start lifting again.

Any recomendations for things to do at home? I am seeing a chiropractor right now and he said do nothing for around 2 weeks and then I will start therapy, but I am just looking for a variety of opinions.

Thanks.
 
I can't really offer you any specific advice except to say that I've known some athletes who've come back from disc injuries. Expect it to take a while, but that doesn't mean you won't be setting new personal bests in good time.
 
Unwelcomeguest2 said:
See a chiropractor...quickest healing time
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If I could ban you I would.

HUNTER, I had more success with Physical Therapy than I did with Chiropractic Quakery. I'm not saying you shouldn't see a chiro, because some people swear by their voodoo, but PT was far superior for me.

After you're rehabbed, I suggest strength training. It has worked wonders for me. Good Luck
 
Is there any chiropractor alive that doesn't tell someone their spine is curved or one hip is slightly higher than the other?
 
PariahCarey said:
Is there any chiropractor alive that doesn't tell someone their spine is curved or one hip is slightly higher than the other?
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I went to one because I recieved a coupon for a diagnostic test for 10 bucks. Took x-rays and everything. They told me I had bad lateral spinal curvature and a lordotic curve in my lumbar region. Plus my spinal processes were not perfectly straight down and they showed some rotation. I have spend much time looking in anatotmy books and know what a perfect spine looks like.

It hit me like a frieght train, he showed them to me, showed how my nerves could be pinched etc... As soon as he left (only after telling me that he hates it when people leave and come back 10 years later with a ton of problems, preventative is always better he said) a nurse came in asking for my insurance info. I left because, thank god, I had to ask my parents. If not I might have signed up then.

Well, I took the x-rays to a real good back doctor and to many different kinesiology professors at my school, they all said I was perfect. They said that my "curvature" and all other ailments are all withing the normal deviation of spines. Nobody's spine looks perfect. I'm not a hypochonriac or anything also, if anything I'm opposite.

So, that is my little story of why I hate chiropractors.
 
I actually had a guy (chiropractor) tell me that he could "cure" bed wetting.... It's too bad he couldn't cure his own douche baggery.
 
damn, you guys see some bad chiropractors. ive walked into mine, he checked me out, and said that i was fine and didnt need to be adjusted at all, but i should sleep on a firmer surface. no charge.

i used to have chronic back pain after suffering a compression fracture. got cracked 3 or 4 times, and voila, no more pain.
 
bacon said:
If I could ban you I would.

HUNTER, I had more success with Physical Therapy than I did with Chiropractic Quakery. I'm not saying you shouldn't see a chiro, because some people swear by their voodoo, but PT was far superior for me.

After you're rehabbed, I suggest strength training. It has worked wonders for me. Good Luck
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What Physical therapy you did? Laser, diadinamics..Doctors told me to stopped any lifting forever and did only a little swimming.
 
Chiropractors are morons. My brother had hairline fractures in two vertebrae and the douche bags at "Greco-Bowman Chiropractic" said his spine was out of whack. After 3 weeks of fucking his back up more, we went to a sports doctor, who guessed the problem just off symptoms. Then he took X-rays, and confirmed the problem.
 
My chiropractor isn't just guessing... lol. I've had x-rays and MRI done.
 
That doesn't mean they're competent, my brother had X-rays done, and the fuckers didn't see two cracked vertebrae or didn't want to tell us.
 
If chiropractors were so great, orthopedic surgeons, physiatrists, and physical therapists would be out of work.

Last time I checked, they weren't.
 
bacon said:
If I could ban you I would.
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Your just un educated....

Alot of people swear by their chiropractors....Alot of fighters use them to if you notice.Im not saying that fighters use them you should. Im just saying like all professions theres good chiropractors and there is bad ones...
 
deadlyshaolin said:
If chiropractors were so great, orthopedic surgeons, physiatrists, and physical therapists would be out of work.

Last time I checked, they weren't.
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That's a really shitty arguement, by the same token we can assume there is some merit in their treatments simply because they do have some work, there will always be a variety of streams for these things.

I've used osteopaths before, although I don't know the equivelant in the US (I believe there is some difference). All the lifters I know only use osteos and masseurs.
 
I would personally steer clear of a chiropractor. I've heard too many stories of chiropractors turning bulging/herniated discs into ruptured discs by trying to "crack" the problem away. Some of the cracking you get is indicative that they are stretching the joint and ligament beyond its normal range of motion, which is usually not a good thing imo (some is purely the nitrogen being released, but joints will only crack like that once per hour or so...).

Best bet is to find a very good physical therapists (and in my limited experience, there are a lot of bad ones) but they will give you some solid stretching and strengthening exercises to rebuild the muscles to protect and support the area better, and hopefully isolate posture and muscle imbalances. Beyond that, you just have to give it time to heal up. Swimming is excellent if you have access to a pool.

btw - I have read that many disc issues are often muscle imbalances, which cause excessive tension on one area of the disc (culminating in a specific event that causes the weakened disc to herniate out)...so until you rebalance that, you will have a hard time truly fixing it. Search on Jesse Cannone and "lose the back pain" for more on that...they have a reasonable course you can buy online, but I recommend you do it after seeing a good PT first.

If you are adventurous, you can also look into axial decompression which is a type of traction that has shown pretty good results in healing up herniated discs by putting you through 1/2 hour sessions where they pull the vertabrae apart to give the disc a break from the pressure and let is heal up. The drawback is that they only have clinical studies with no controls, so its tough to see how much better it is than just letting it heal on its own.

Anyway, my opinion is a good PT (esp. one who is familiar with myofascial release) is your best starting point.

Good luck with it.
 
I had siatica, a nerve problem that causes drop foot and sends shooting pains up the back of the leg and into the back, different amounts of pain depending on severity of injury. Anyway, I went to a PT ( I was working as a PT assistant at the time), and noticed no difference. I decided to visit one of the evil Chriopractors in the area and the problem is nearly gone. Long story short, you will find bad Dr,'s and good Dr.s across the board.

I worked for PT's directly, and I can tell you without a doubt, that the majority of them that I worked with had no clue about athletic injuries. Most of them were fat older women who babied injuries and had no idea how to properly perfore exercises, despite all their fancy jargon. Some of the men in their simply needed a good smack and to be told to tuffen up and drop some fat. I digress.
 
Conclusion: Roll the dice and hope you get a good Chiro or PT.
 
Alon said:
That's a really shitty arguement, by the same token we can assume there is some merit in their treatments simply because they do have some work, there will always be a variety of streams for these things.

I've used osteopaths before, although I don't know the equivelant in the US (I believe there is some difference). All the lifters I know only use osteos and masseurs.
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Osteopaths in America are still doctors, but instead of an MD degree they have DO degrees. Chiropractors are definitely not doctors.

Doctors are doctors.
Masseuses are masseuses.
Chiropractors are some kind of hybrid of the two, but not as good as either.
 
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