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by pepahs, Apr 01, 2009 10:23AM
To: dawn914
if you have pain and or numbenss in your leg(s) or arm(s) depending on where the herniation is, Cymbalta can help. Drs give this to diabetic patients with numbess problems. I have herniated L4-L5 L5-S1 and Cymbalta has really helped with the leg pain. As for the herniated disc itself there are lots of treatments besides surgery. I have had epideral steroid injections (made me swell up like a blowfish for acouple months but helped), they attempted a nerve block-did not work for me. I recently had some sort of electrical probe directed at the herniated discs and that has worked the best. I was able to bend over and tie my own shoes again. Since then I do strenght training 4-5 days a week to keep things on an even keel and so far so good! Good luck. If I remember the name of the electrical treatment I will let you know.
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