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Re: Lower Back Pain (Lumbar Region)
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Re: Lower Back Pain (Lumbar Region)
by Cf-Neuro-MD-, Jan 01, 1995 12:00AM
Posted By CCf Neuro MD *!* on December 12, 1997 at 12:23:16:
In Reply to: Lower Back Pain (Lumbar Region) posted by Harold Dzierzynski on December 09, 1997 at 20:26:58:
: I am a 34 year old male in good physical shape. I weigh 185 lbs. am
5'10" tall and have never had problems with my back.
About 14 months ago I began to experience severe pain in my lower back,
along with a tingling sensation in my left buttocks and thigh.
My physician diagnosed my condition as a tightening of a muscle and
subscribed Lodine (a muscle relaxant).
About 10 months later I began to experiance the same symptoms. Again
my physician put me on the same muscle relaxant and the pain went away.
This time, however, the pain returned after only a month. At this time
he decided I may have a problem with a disc. A C.T. Scan was done and it was found that I have a slightly protruding disc (L5).
My physician ordered a Epidural injection and I am now recuperating.
At this point in your treatment , while you are having epidural injections
, I would advise you to follow your doctor's instrucytions exactly.
The exercises can come later but at this stage I would not push the pace.
Certainly sleeping on a hard surface is a good idea, although most people
would reccomend that you pat your mattress on the floor rather
than sleep directly on the floor.
When you have completed the course of epidurals , you should obtain
a series of exercises from your Doctor or a physical therapist.
Other then telling me to take it easy and to sleep on my back on a hard surface (the floor to be exact), I was not told to do any type of exercise
or to go through any physical rehab.
My question is: What kind of exercises (if any) can I be doing?
I am also scheduled to go in for my second epidural in the next couple of days.
In Reply to: Lower Back Pain (Lumbar Region) posted by Harold Dzierzynski on December 09, 1997 at 20:26:58:
: I am a 34 year old male in good physical shape. I weigh 185 lbs. am
5'10" tall and have never had problems with my back.
About 14 months ago I began to experience severe pain in my lower back,
along with a tingling sensation in my left buttocks and thigh.
My physician diagnosed my condition as a tightening of a muscle and
subscribed Lodine (a muscle relaxant).
About 10 months later I began to experiance the same symptoms. Again
my physician put me on the same muscle relaxant and the pain went away.
This time, however, the pain returned after only a month. At this time
he decided I may have a problem with a disc. A C.T. Scan was done and it was found that I have a slightly protruding disc (L5).
My physician ordered a Epidural injection and I am now recuperating.
At this point in your treatment , while you are having epidural injections
, I would advise you to follow your doctor's instrucytions exactly.
The exercises can come later but at this stage I would not push the pace.
Certainly sleeping on a hard surface is a good idea, although most people
would reccomend that you pat your mattress on the floor rather
than sleep directly on the floor.
When you have completed the course of epidurals , you should obtain
a series of exercises from your Doctor or a physical therapist.
Other then telling me to take it easy and to sleep on my back on a hard surface (the floor to be exact), I was not told to do any type of exercise
or to go through any physical rehab.
My question is: What kind of exercises (if any) can I be doing?
I am also scheduled to go in for my second epidural in the next couple of days.
