Lumbar disc herniation - Past and Present

A few days before returning to occasionally feel the left side of sciatica (Sciatica), went to the doctor, unclear cause pain, possible reasons for the need to instrument diagnostics to know. But I will soon come home too late diagnosis in here, so doctor of anti-inflammatory drugs to try to eat me. spine inflammation, this drug basically work, but these are generally disc disease sciatic nerve compression will have such a problem, insert a, I on the train met a young man, his sciatica is to eat anti-inflammatory drugs to do, called "inflammation Taiqing" Maybe he is not a disc.

Run after returning home a few days, it is getting worse and worse, and went to made of CT, L5/S1 lumbar disc herniation. Prominent regarded as good, not "emerge". Basically is due to long-term incorrect posture The result of all conservative treatment, in the country, basically eat Chinese medicine, cupping, for massage, and traction.

The focus under traction seems to me to see that doctors do not quite understand, that is can be used for traction, but for how he did not make it clear that, according to my physiotherapy and communication with the doctors here in Canada, in fact, correct traction tummy for lumbar disc herniation is usually bending forward cause the prominent parts, like put pressure on the spine, rear, you want to make up, it is necessary that the pressures, in turn, this can reduce pain, promote healing, so tummy, then gravity so that the direction of the disc like the front (to the stomach) pressure, so that is correct.

So far my pain has lasted more than 40 days. Basically, before the treatment is not much scientific basis for traditional Chinese medicine, it is nonsense. I made several treatments, I feel a little talk to treatment.

I first ask a doctor can go for massage and chiropractor, the answer is not required. She recommended I find a physical therapist, but doctors say some attention, and introduced me to an orthopedic specialist, but also that experts I went for the MRI before treatment, did not know until what years.

Try not to bend. Even bending over to pick things first squat feet straight waist.

2 to walk, sit with your waist a little back, reducing stress, which is the same reason above tummy traction.

Eat less meat, eat more foods containing high fiber high protein foods, which can reduce inflammation and help restore the damaged parts.

Is also a good physical therapist, early diagnosis that my situation is fairly optimistic, you can bend over to a certain extent, you can move around freely. Her treatment modalities include the following.

The fomentation waist + light massage. This is the first I see a Canadian doctor said, as he said at the hot compress can relieve symptoms. Careful not to over 15 minutes.

(2) a variety of pressing the action. One I feel comfortable is the body left (my left leg pain), left leg straight, right leg father on slightly bent right leg and then to turn inside and outside, so to repeat.

3 is recommended not to take this point is really to my life. I want to face the computer every day, do not take the bad work in a lab desk pad a cushion, and kneeling with therapists say it can also be , but the knees feel good. I often stand, kneel a while, go for a basically not very sat.

Really want to sit, and remember the straight waist, a small cushion in the lumbar pad.

Sleep as much as possible to sleep on the chest and can elevate spine rear At this pressure, I went home basic trip in bed with a computer and reading, but the neck is very comfortable.

(5) some recovery actions. Dog paddle and bird type.

Doggy: knee down on their knees, hands, the waist slightly drooping when the natural droop, not under pressure before and after.

Birds: on the basis of dog paddle, while his left hand and right leg, keeping level with the back 10 seconds, then change the right hand left leg. Repeat 10 times.

The physical therapist said these actions not only help restore can also enhance the physical body.

In addition, I have learned online experience and to eat in the supplement glucosamine (Glucosamine), but the doctor said there is no need. I eat right bone, anyway, no side effects.

As for the effect, on the next few weeks.

=== 4, 2011 update ===

Specialist that only surgery to have a way out ... a minimally invasive surgery in mid-June ...