numbness in buttocks and groin and slipped disc.. has it slipped again?
I suffered from a slipped disc a year or so ago, after months of mild backache due to back posture and obesity. I haven’t really been the same since the incident but I lost 2 stone (not enough weight to lose but a start) and was starting to get stronger. Being on my feet for long periods of time and sitting down caused some problems but I was 90% ok really.
I narrowly missed having to have surgery because I had numbness down one side of my leg… it was only mild numbness and I had horrific sciatia too. the numbness never really went away to be honest but my physio and dr were kinda laid back about it.
2 weeks ago I had a bad flare up. My lower back pain was kinda bad (although not acute) and the numbness in my buttock, saddle and back of the thigh seems worse. My DR thinks I am fine and the physio said that the disc must just be a bit inflamed again and not to pain but, I am panicking, I thought that if you get numbness you have to have surgery because it can damage your nerves?? My legs also feel jellyish sometimes, like weak but to b honest it’s worse when im worried so that might be anxiety.
I am doing my exercises to strengthen my core, losing weight and improving my posture (I am not needing painkillers) but I am worried that this is getting ignored, should I just calm down? lol I am going to rome next week for 2 days and I am worried about that, as I had to cancel a holiday 2 weeks ago because of being worried that the disc will come out again!
Help!
Tagged with: anxiety • backache • exercises • flare • laid back • legs • long periods of time • losing weight • lower back pain • nerves • numbness • obesity • painkillers • physio • posture • rome
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The pain and numbness you feel is due to the disc protruding and compressing the nerve roots as they exit the spinal canal. Alternatively a posteriorly oriented central disc protrusion may effectively narrow the spinal canal and compress the nerve roots. Most root pain will resolve with time, anti-inflammatory medication (NSAIDS, steroids etc) and muscle relaxants. The recent thoughts are that increasing mobility will lead to faster resolution as opposed to bed rest. Surgery is reserved for unrelenting severe and immobilizing pain or difficulty with urination or defecation. Muscle relaxers such as diazepam will relieve spasm as well as anxiety. MRI’s often show multiple disc protrusions which do not always correspond to the pain locations or severity.
Good luck feel better
it sounds like a pinched nerve. the symptoms will disappear once the nerve is no longer
pinched. you can do this thru stretching, traction or spinal decompression. it gets worse
when you worry because the anxiety causes your back muscles to tighten. anti-inflammatory
meds and xanax might help. unless you have had an MRI, you don’t know what’s going
on with your spine. sounds like you need a new ortho doctor.
i was told i needed surgery due to a bulging disc but after 3 mos of spinal decompression
treatments, the disc no longer bothers me. look into the DRX9000. treatments are expensive but it’s better than surgery.
A slipped or herniated disk is not you disk actually slipping out of place. It is you nucleus popsa, the soft inside part of the disk, breaking though the tough outside of the disk. This often compresses the nerve roots that leave though the intervertebral foramen. When the soft part pushes though, it pops out into an area where there is no extra room for it to go. Your nerve roots are in this same area. This is when and were your nerve roots get compressed causing the numbness and pain. This is just a compression and it is not actually cutting your nerve root. There are several things you can do for this. There is physical therapy, which works for SOME people. You can try a chiropractor. There is surgery where they go in orthroscopicly and shave down the nucleus popsa. You can also try the epidural steroid injections. Warning, if you do have the steroid injections, make sure your doctor knows what he is doing. There is a C shaped machine they are supposed to use that shoots ultraviolet light though you that lets them see exactly where they are going with the needle. Some doctors don’t use it and go in "blind". I had a doctor put two 16 gauge holes in my L4 nerve root because I did not know any better, and trusted that he would do me no harm. I was very wrong and have permanent nerve damage now, so that goes to show you should always get a second opinion and do your own research on whats happening and whats being done on you. Hope this helped. By the way, before the nerve damage, the core exercises never did anything for my numbness or pain. In fact went into physical therapy with a really strong core.