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Posted by Jim Kracht
In Reply to: My orthopaedic microsurgeon diagnosed a prolapsed / bulging (but not herniated) disc in L4 / 5. He is reccomending endoscopic discectomy to remove the disc posted by Tim Green
I hurt my back as a 15 year old and am now 48. Last june I
spent 5 days in the hospital on an unrelated matter but on
the fifth day I stood up and fire went from my left hip to
the outside of my left calf. I thought my hip had slipped
out of joint. My Doctor X-Rayed my hip and said everything
looked fine there. I then had an MRI and the finding was a
bulging Disc at the L4 & L5 with a pinched nerve, I couldn't
believe the pain in my leg was coming from the small of my
back. I spend 6 weeks trying hot, cold, stretching and chiro
practor treatments yet I was only ambletory with pain pills
and crutches. By researching on the internet I found a
center in Philidelphia that treated bulging disc with semi-
flexed inversion. I read up on it and bought an inversion
chair on E-Bay for $145. The second time I used it the fire
went away and over the next month to six weeks all discom
fort had left. I am now about six to seven months down the
road. I have had times when I lifted something wrong or over
exerted myself but it is a great relief to have the chair where
I can go set down for a few minutes and get every thing back
like it should be. My chair has you set in it at 90 degrees
a strap goes across your legs and you gently lie back to
about 45 degrees and just relax there. Relaxation is the key
because as you relax the weight of your upper body gently
streches the lower back giving the disc, vertabrae and nerves
time and space to get back in proper aliegnment. By only
reclining to 45 degrees you can relax more for a longer period
of time. This simple process has given me my life back and
has been dramatically helpful to some of my friends that
were struggling with this problem too.
