Comments on: numbness in buttocks and groin and slipped disc.. has it slipped again? http://newyorkherniateddisclawyer.com/numbness-in-buttocks-and-groin-and-slipped-disc-has-it-slipped-again.htm Finding An Attorney In New York For Herniated Disc And Spinal Cord Injuries Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:44:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Jay D http://newyorkherniateddisclawyer.com/numbness-in-buttocks-and-groin-and-slipped-disc-has-it-slipped-again.htm/comment-page-1#comment-6685 Jay D Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:08:41 +0000 http://newyorkherniateddisclawyer.com/numbness-in-buttocks-and-groin-and-slipped-disc-has-it-slipped-again.htm#comment-6685 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 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

]]> By: sal1970 http://newyorkherniateddisclawyer.com/numbness-in-buttocks-and-groin-and-slipped-disc-has-it-slipped-again.htm/comment-page-1#comment-6686 sal1970 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:08:41 +0000 http://newyorkherniateddisclawyer.com/numbness-in-buttocks-and-groin-and-slipped-disc-has-it-slipped-again.htm#comment-6686 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. 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.

]]> By: JMB http://newyorkherniateddisclawyer.com/numbness-in-buttocks-and-groin-and-slipped-disc-has-it-slipped-again.htm/comment-page-1#comment-6687 JMB Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:08:41 +0000 http://newyorkherniateddisclawyer.com/numbness-in-buttocks-and-groin-and-slipped-disc-has-it-slipped-again.htm#comment-6687 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. 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.

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