Basildon-iron
11:45 Thu Mar 12
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Not so much painkillers you want its diazepam that'll be the godsend. Other than that find yourself a good sports therapist and get some treatment on it. Try not to let it seize so keep active and the minute you feel able get down the gym or exercises through your therapist so you can strengthen the area and never go through the hellish pain again
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JGW1
10:52 Thu Mar 12
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Couple of years back higher up. Extruded disc. Trapped a nerve. Fucking agony. Needed accupuncture, physio and horse tranquilisers!
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9:01 Thu Mar 12
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I'd go for the Spinal Epidural. If done properly you will have the fluid between the disc and spinal cord replaced with Painkillers and Steriods. This gave me 6 months pain free which allowed me to carry out enough pschio to reduce the condition.
http://www.spirehealthcare.com/roding/mr-ben-okafor/
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Willtell
8:14 Thu Mar 12
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Yes and suffered for 30 years. Had an op where I live now in France after years of being told by NHS specialists there was nothing they could do.
The French decided I needed an operation which included cutting away part of vertebrae 3.4 & 5 and scraping out arthritic growths on the interior of the spinal column, then grafting some bone back and now 2 years on i feel absolutely ready for pre-season training...
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Far Cough
7:30 Thu Mar 12
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Mainline Morphine
Worked for me
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Justin P
7:27 Thu Mar 12
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ok
best pain killers?
co-drydamol or co-codamol?
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Terrywait
7:08 Thu Mar 12
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defjam 6:39 Thu Mar 12
Funnily enough last few weeks felt it down my leg a bit, fucking better not happen again!!!
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peroni
6:47 Thu Mar 12
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No idea, I don't feel pain.
Seriously, nothing.
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Northern Sold
6:45 Thu Mar 12
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Oh found out supposedly mine was caused by road running (with shin splints) when younger... that and probably a shit batting stance...
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defjam
6:39 Thu Mar 12
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Terrywait 5:26 - You have my fullest sympathies mate.
If i ever get a twang of the nerve i just go into panic mode thinking i'll be back there again.
You're right about the standing up/sitting down etc each one didn't last long and when i did find some kind of weird position where the pain eased it was bliss.
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Far Cough
6:38 Thu Mar 12
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Yeah I had one when I broke my back but it rarely bothers me now
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Claret Badger
6:35 Thu Mar 12
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fuck codene by itself
diazepam is the one
my doctor sorts me out when I have a siatica attack
both the above and naproxil
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Claret Badger
6:33 Thu Mar 12
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yes
fucked for life
deal with it
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Terrywait
5:26 Thu Mar 12
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Def, i was like that, couldnt sit or stand for months....for longer than about 10 mins...
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Terrywait
5:26 Thu Mar 12
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Had an op on 3 or 4 discs or something like that about 4 years ago...Been alright since.
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defjam
5:08 Thu Mar 12
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Can't remember which ones i had but i had two prolapsed discs.
I'm used to pain having two rare spine diseases, I've never had a day without it but 6 years ago when i had this the pain was something else.
Had really bad sciatica for months, i lost count of the amount of therapy i had, operations are too dangerous so that was off the table!
In the end i had to try learn to walk again, it used to take me 15 minutes to crawl to the toilet on my elbows and knees.
The best way to try and counteract any back pain is drink lots of water to keep hydrated and keep moving!
Good luck.
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VirginiaHam
5:01 Thu Mar 12
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I was L5/S1....don't think it matters which, still painful. I also have the muscle atrophy to attest to my issues.
I was desperate to avoid a fusion, if only due to the loss of flexibility. I swear by chiropractors and when I started with my current one (he's a sports injuries specialist) he X-Rayed my back.
Lovely.......continuous sport including professional cricket between the ages of 8 and 45 have left me with discs that marry with that of an 80 year old. I'm 57.
Ho hum......
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kylay
4:24 Thu Mar 12
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As you can tell from the responses, there are varying degrees of prolapse. L4-L5 is certainly the most common. I did workers' compensation law (not sure what you call it over there) for a while. 90% of those cases were L4-L5 issues so I saw many folks trying to rehab it. If you can avoid surgery, do so at all costs. A disc fusion will temporarily offer relief but you are adding more weight for your other discs to carry which makes it more likely to happen to another one. Sadly there is no cure for this, there is only management which involves strengthening the core muscles to alleviate the load the disc carries and avoiding movements/activities that might aggravate it.
I have heard there is a new treatment in the works involving stem cell injections which has showed promise, but I don't know much about it.
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VirginiaHam
4:24 Thu Mar 12
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Justin P 2:36 Thu Mar 12
I wondered why it didn't work......I ended up with an epidural (abut as unpleasant as you can get) then a spinal decompression.
After that lot I was fit for any and all sport, but it took 18 months to solve the problem.
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Northern Sold
3:12 Thu Mar 12
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Yup got mine about 15 years ago... finished me playing football cricket etc... had physio to begin with as I lost over 50% of my posture... once straightened up not too bad... got a load of scarring around the disc but only seem to suffer from sciatica since... don't do pain killers unless I really have to... done Tylex when it first went but that is dangerous stuff
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1964
3:09 Thu Mar 12
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Freind has a de-hydrated disc (not the same I know) but they have told her there is no easy cure.
She has had cortisone injections but they only last a few months. They say they can fuse the two discs but are very reluctant to go down that road until the situation becomes totally unliveable.
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