Comments on: Lower Back Pain: Herniated Lumbar Disc at L4 – L5

By: vampyXboo

vampyXboo — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:02:15 +0000

I am 15 years old. I has a bulding disc with my L5 S1 disc. Ive has 3 steroid injections done, 1 week apart. It helped a little. I’ve done physical therapy, and try to keep up with doing it at home as well. Lately, my pain has been more than it normal is. I might have surgary done but I am absolutly terrified the doctor could make the slightest mistake and hurt my spinal cord or the nerves coming out of it. If you know anything that could possably help me & avoid surgery plz contact me.

By: dloke01

dloke01 — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:09:56 +0000

hello people, two years ago i had a 360 fusion on my l4,l5 n s1 with laminectamy w/hardware, bonegraft. and my back is still in pain, can’t sit too long and the pain is still constant. it might have help a bit but the pain is still there. so think twice before you get a surgery and good luck!

By: JoseCoreMusic

JoseCoreMusic — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:35:19 +0000

I’m 18 and also have a hernia at the lumbar
And let me tall yah the pain is fuckn the worst to a point that crying is a fucking understatement sadly I have to wait for my docters evaluation to see if surgary is nerd even thou I do have a hiernia I take to many pills for pain on a bad day 10 to14 pills a day on a good day 7 pills
Hurnias suck
But I wonder can anyone tell me how is recovery after the surgary???

By: marcomariaz26

marcomariaz26 — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 04:34:06 +0000

@daisylovesmoy I had two injections, helped, but if the disc is herniated/ruptured, surgery is the only thing at that point. I had surgery 10 years ago, and can still squat 375, and deadlift same. Got to be careful, of course.

By: marcomariaz26

marcomariaz26 — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 04:32:37 +0000

Technically, what they show is a Bulging disc, not a Herniated disc.
I had a herniated disc at L4/L5, and a bulging disc at L5. I fixed the bulging disc by hanging upside down, and had surgery (laminotomy-microdiskectomy) on L4 to repair the herniation. A herniated disc is when the nucleus gets out. It pinches the nerves and hurts like you cannot imagine.

By: EmceeGeek

EmceeGeek — Mon, 31 May 2010 20:10:08 +0000

@tinaater same here and i’m 19. had to get an mri and found out i have a ruptured disc and its pinching my sciatic nerve in my left leg. someone mentioned a spillover from the disc too. i wonder what that irritates.

By: tinaater

tinaater — Fri, 28 May 2010 18:11:41 +0000

I just found out i have a protruding disk i i am 26 years old and have had this pain since i was about 20 i have seen chiropractors and back doctors but they always blowed me off finally they gave me an mri and i found out about this. my pain is in my lower back i always feel fatigue and weak my pain often goes dow my leg sometimes it is so bad i cant get up or even walk sometimes the pain is in both legs i want to cry it hurts so bad.

By: funkydlicious

funkydlicious — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:55:01 +0000

they have cut me open there 4 times in 2 years & today again to the hospital because it’s still fucked up! Shit happens is now an understatement…meh!

By: daisylovesmoy

daisylovesmoy — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:24:35 +0000

same here as all you guys, i was 20 when i got this i got injured at work had xrays and nothing came out so i continued working lifting heavy for another 2 months til i got the mri. thats when the doc said i had 6mm disc protrusion. got epidural steroid injection kinda helped

By: xhamadax

xhamadax — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:28:23 +0000

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