Shit! Ruptured disc?

[yeahman]

Wow very midieval looking!

My question is how is any of this, including the Y strap, any different than the spinal manipulation done by a chiro?

[sb]

Recently back in the jacked up back club.

Been here bee4.

Torn muscle, working thru it.

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[skaredshtles]

Well, I'm back in the herniated-disc club. Sunday prior to T'giving I woke up with horrid pain that was centered in my hip area. Right leg was pretty much useless, along with pretty bad foot drop.

Went in the next day to see my primary and got an order for an MRI the Wednesday prior to T'giving. With my history of blown L4/L5 I was glad to not wait a bunch of weeks "seeing if it will get better" like the first go-round with the L4/L5 blowout.

Got in to see the spine guy on Dec. 9th and was confirmed to be yet another fairly decent herniation which was impacting both my L4/5 root as well as the S1 root. With my symptoms they were concerned about permanent nerve damage, so got an expedited request into insurance for a 2nd microdiscectomy (first was back in 2012).

Spine guy had an opening on Friday the 13th so they put in an emergent request for authorization to United Healthcare on the morning of Dec. 10th. Which UHC fucked around with until it was too late to actually *do* the surgery on the 13th, so I waited nearly a whole extra week (Dec. 19th) to get in and have the procedure done.

Now recovering from surgery - foot drop is *very* slowly showing some improvement, and each day is a bit better than the day before. Heading back in for my follow-up on the 9th of Jan and hoping to be in reasonably decent shape to start PT thereafter.

Worst part of the timing on this whole thing is that the wife and I were going to head to Switzerland for our 25th anniversary in March and spend a week at the Euro Grumble and then another week in Zermatt - both of which, at this point, are fukkered.

Ah, well - there's always next season, right?

[yeahman]

Damn man. That sucks. Hope your rehab goes well.

[grinch]

Pretty cool youre seeing those improvements right out of the gate. Continued healing budz!

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[cspringsposer]

You said you've been through this before so I'm sure you know what to expect. When I blew two discs into a million pieces and had dual bilateral discectomys, I was probably 90% in a month. I did some serious nerve damage and still have a really weak left foot, but besides that, I was surprised how quickly I was able to get back to doing normal things. Hopefully you can make your trip, but getting the back right definitely has to be the priority.

[cat in january]

Good to hear came through surgery with healing happening so fast. Foot drop is the weirdest thing

[Buzzworthy]

Ah shit man, sorry to hear this. I too have old herniated disc injuries. That shit is no fun.

[skaredshtles]

Good to hear came through surgery with healing happening so fast. Foot drop is the weirdest thing

Yep. It's annoying as fuck.

Surgery follow-up is next Monday, and I hope to get into PT ASAP, as I'm feeling pretty decent, all things considered.

Still kinda walking on eggshells, though - don't want to do anything stupid that sets me back at all.

[Huskier]

Question from the peanut gallery: I went in to my PT with what I thought was an msk strain, DPT is convinced I have a ruptured disk. Has anyone been diagnosed by a PT? It seems like a hard thing to pin down, and admittedly I would pass all of my own exam maneuvers. Trying to convince my primary I need an MRI but without radiculopathy or weakness if the positions were reversed I can't say I would rush to it either...

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[Skistack]

Alot of people have ruptured disks with no symptoms. No need for an MRI unless you are suffering, and after PT and prednisone have not helped. My spine doc told me “the MRI just tells us where we need to cut”.


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[old goat]

Agree. Without radiculopathy treat symptomatically.