Can Disc Herniations & Disc Bulges Heal On Their Own? How to Fix Low Back Pain
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- Опубликовано: 12 авг 2024
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Yesterday I had a new patient come see me because his “disc was out again.”
This happens all the time.
I asked him when he had a disc injury, and he told me it was from high school football. He was 32 years old.
He hadn’t had an MRI or major injury since high school.
So, why did he think it was his disc?
Well, a lot of my patients think that disc herniations and bulges last forever. They think these are fairly severe injuries. It's understandable when you have severe low back pain or neck pain.
This is the point where I spend 30 minutes reassuring and educating him on the TRUTH about disc herniations.
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⚠️ THIS IS NOT MEDICAL ADVICE! CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN BEFORE ENGAGING IN EXERCISE. Do not attempt to self-diagnose or treat. If you engage in this exercise or exercise program, you agree that you do so at your own risk, are voluntarily participating in these activities, assume all risk of injury to yourself. This content is purely for educational purposes.
Thank you for your content! This is channel is great! And thanks to YT for getting my recommendations right today!
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Glad you enjoy it! There's plenty more where that came from!
so many interesting videos and useful, this chanel needs more views!!!
Thanks for the support 🙏
I'm so glad I found this video. You're making me feel better.
If this helps, you should definitely watch the masterclass! www.shapeshiftwellness.com/LBP-masterclass
@@ShapeshiftWellnessI've been dealing with this for a year tried everything other than surgery
Excellent info and very comforting to hear
So glad it helped!
I suffered past 3 years had a bone sticking out my back size of a fist upper back from a fall/near death....it Healed...amazingly
Wow, well I'm glad you're feeling better!
Thank you for this informational video.
Happy to help!
I suffered from what I believe to be some sort of disc issue last year. It started in the beginning of the year and went away at last by the end of it.
There were weeks that would pass where I could barely move and other weeks I’d be back to normal.
I got an MRI and thankfully everything was normal but the pain was there and it was exactly the way you described it.
I’m a gym rat so naturally, I was terrified of the potential injury and how long it would last. I had to change my training, and while I didn’t shy away from bending, twisting, and what not, I was very careful. I also worked on strengthening my core and my spine mobility through different ranges of motions.
Now, a year later, I can thankfully say I’m way better. I’m deadlifting and squatting more than 1.5x my body weight without any pain.
There are days that pass where I feel tightness in my lower back (and it’s always on the left side) but I make sure to rest it and not overwork it.
Anyways that video was super helpful because it made me understand disc injuries so much better. Appreciate your content and the work you put into it
I’m really glad you found a path back to strength training!
Thank you so so much for your sincerity it does reassure. Looking forward to participating in your webinar tomorrow thank you 😊
You are so welcome! Glad you came to the webinar! Can't wait to see how I can help!
Thank you for your efforts. My English isn't great so I ask you to show some pictures to make every thing clear
Great channel!
Thanks for watching!
I've been dealing with this for 12 months now. I'm back to work but like you said its an annoying pain but it does change in intensity with certain things
If it’s gone on this long you might want to get ahead of it. This masterclass can help you understand the best long term solutions: www.shapeshiftwellness.com/LBP-masterclass
second video as a new subscriber. I can tell I'm gonna learn a lot on this channel 👍👍
I hope so! There's a TON of in-dpeth information in here. Enjoy!
Can you do a video about plantar fasciitis?
Good evening, thank you so much for this video. I have a disc herniation over 2 years now. Please i need your help if it is possible.
Got diagnosed with a disc bulge at L4-L5 and L5-S1. Been doing decompression therapy and chiropractic, and some physical therapy. Got another mri L4-L5 is gone but L5-S1 is now a protrusion. Should I wait it out or get surgery. Can’t sit for a half hour and can’t stand for 2 hours
10:40 made me laugh and cry, i was stressing so hard about my back pain but this video helped a lot
I’m so glad it helped! Be sure to what the masterclass, there’s a lot more where that came from! (Link in description)
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I am having disc injury L4 L5 S1 spine stenosis and bulge DDD since 6 months. I have tried non steorid medicines, physio, chiro, aquapencher and now doing some spine mobility exersie. I am having right leg scatica pain..Do you centerlize process from where pain is radiate from spine, hip or glute ?
I am a disc herniation sufferer for 10 years. Every year I will get it sprained once and it will need 30 days before it recovers but I am 100% frustrated that it keeps coming back. I tried mindful yoga, physio, acupuncture, massges but it doesn't heal. The Docs I see says the disc will never heal and will never go back in. I can only strengthen the muscles around it.
You should try getting an inversion table.
@@Tyler-Wiley I practice aerial yoga so lots of inversion but at the start of the year, I went back to the gym and my back got better.
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So is it hindering your daily lifestyles?
@@jacquelynsoo9164 is it hindering your daily lifestyles?
@@Jerm133it used to before like waking up and unable to bend to pick up items, walking to the toilet like a hunchback old lady. Lol.
Now, with strength training, it's gotten much better and I wake up with maybe 10% aches rather than before 80% aches. Lol.
i m 82 normal health ,,one morn unexpectedly both low back pain started,even prev.eve had a walk now5 months past ..now.. only left back is having pain ..mri stated L4 5 canal 2.4 mm stenosis and one neuro muted surgery , now under one MD ortho with spine -- therapist -- sans surgery ,, can i cure pl advise .....
I currently have lowers back pain at 18, i was a wrestler. My right big toes has a bit of numbness, when do you think it would be a bright idea to get it checked out if it doesn’t get better
I have disc bulge suffering for 2 years its not healed litlle but exercise help me to reduce pain wt should I next
I have herniated disc for more than 4 years , has not become better. I had an MRI as well.
10 days after a 14 hour furniture move, sore left butt, leg, bottom left side of foot, heel. Limping is a nuisance. Pinched nerve? 58, active.
I was in extreme pain and sciatica. Herniated my disc from doing deadlifts wrong. 1st time it was on it's way to healing, so I tried deadlifting again but with lower weights. Herniated a 2nd time, much more painful this time. Went to the doctors this time. The put me on pain meds. Got even more painful. They were about to recommend surgery and I almost fell for it. Luckily I stay the course and bear through the pain. I stopped doing any heavy activity. It's gotten much better. Still tender and not ready for any heavy activity, but much better. Surgery should be the absolute last option. Glad I dodged a bullet.
That’s a rough ride but I’m glad you’re headed in the right direction now! You’ll find tons of guidance on this channel. Slow and steady wins the rehab race.
Hello there, i hope you are doing well. I have been watching your videos, I really appreciate that. I started experience a little back pain a year back while working out and running not experienced any serious injury and the pain starts increasing gradually almost over the period of a year. The sciatica started 1.5 months ago. And my walk time untill it hurts and I start limping reduces to 6 7 mins now. I had an MRI and it turns out I have 11 mm s1 L5 disc bulge and and disc bulge in l3 L5 discs. I want to recover it naturally. Please help me with exercise. I was doing extension exercises and it flared up pain......
I see this all the time, and that's why I made a masterclass for sciatica and low back pain. Link is in the description of this video: www.shapeshiftwellness.com/LBP-masterclass
I have been struggling with a back that nobody seems to be able to understand.
I have good mobility and all directions don’t seem to bother me yet I cannot shift strange nerve pain in back and legs?
It all started after my vaccine jab, have you seen many issues like this in your clinic?
It’s super frustrating and I cannot seem to regain my life as you mention in your video.
Thanks again I enjoyed the video.
I'm sorry you're struggling to find answers! If you want 1:1 help, book a free call with me: shapeshiftwellness.practicebetter.io/#/5fee4ecb2a9c2406f04265ca/bookings?r=61ed738f3980331374c56942&step=services
A shot in your arm of a minute amount of vaccine caused the discs in your spine to bulge?
Please can u help with c shaped scoliosis on the left side...please
Sir, i have back pain, mri shows mild disc bulge l4 l5 & l5 s1 & lumbarization of s1 vertebral body, can i do this? Sir, I'm merchant Navy student, I'm selected I'm waiting for joining after 2 months 😢 I'm just 25 yrs old, my doctor told me , go ahead, do exercises daily, I have little bit fear 😞
I got a disc hernia L4 L5 since 2010, i just did infiltration (corticoide) pain is gone from right legt but not on my left.Still hurt alot, any ideas ? 21% body fat btw and i do cycling+gym(no deadlift nor squat)
I'm sorry you've been struggling with this! Watch the masterclass: www.shapeshiftwellness.com/LBP-masterclass
Do you have or could you please make video how to fix kyphosis+lordosis (also scoliosis)??
Which excercises are helping and which are contraproductive? What to avoid?
Does active stretching/movement have a sense right before a postural strenght training ? Can primal movements help to unlock stiff muscles, tendons, fascias, joints etc. and make them strong? How does look effective workout unit for postural training with incorporating movement/twisting/stretching/strenghtening to not be boring?
Goal is to achieve right bodyposture and fix the spine first. Than after fixed spine and improved mobility start with resistance training/powerlifting with proper technique.
Thank you for your knowledge and looking for right answers.
Hi! Thanks for the video! I’d like some advice: I have a disc herniation at L5-S1 compressing the traversing left S1 nerve root and mild to moderate central canal stenosis.
I am also an aerial acrobat. However I don’t have any leg pain or numbness or tingling. I only feel pain in my left glute mostly where my piriformis is. Stretching the left hamstring whilst forward bending is what generates the pain (positive straight leg test and slump test) is this pain due to the disc herniation? and will continuing to do aerial acrobatics make the herniation worse?
Its almost definitely the disc not your piriformis. Luckily you have caught it before it gets worse. Stop doing acrobatics for now. You likely have a movement pattern that is stressing your discs and you need to correct it. Start by strengthening your core (look up elitefts mcgill big 3 on here). If you can manage to keep it from getting worse and even improving at this point you can save yourself an unbelievable amount of trouble down the road.
@@h0b0768thanks for your reply. I stopped doing aerial acrobats for almost a month and just focused on McGill type core exercises. I also avoided any movements that caused pain. It hasn’t gotten any better, if anything it’s gotten worse. I already have a very strong core due to my profession; but I still did the McGill exercises everyday anyway for 3-4 weeks. No improvement :(
McGill's stuff doesn't work for a lot of people because he recommends avoiding bending the spine. The spine has to move to heal! Watch the masterclass: www.shapeshiftwellness.com/LBP-masterclass
Thanks sir
Welcome!
I don't want to stop from my extreme yoga practice but now i feel pain at my lower back it could be herination?...or over stretch? help me
In your own words your yoga practice is “extreme”. Perhaps dial it down a bit.
That is interesting you would say MRIs are not needed. The entire medical establishment follow those guidelines. I have had non stop back pain almost a year, the herniated disc is not healing and I walk and stretch and do physical therapy.
Medical “Clinical Practice Guidelines” tell us explicitly NOT to get imaging unless people meet certain criteria. Doctors ignore these guidelines all the time.
What if pain goes away but numbness in the leg and foot continues?
Im having pain in both glutes,legs till my foot.from past 1.5 years. It shifts sides.could it be scaitica
Those are very common sciatica symptoms, but of course you need to see a doctor locally for a diagnosis.
What camera you're using for your videos?
Sony AX53. Love it.
Can u make video about scoliosis? Thanks!
A Year and 3 months ago,I herniated my disc. I got 2 ESI's . One useless cause it was in the caudal and not straight on the level i needed it. Second was better but im still not the same. Can't sit for long because the sciatica down my calf bothers me. My vertebraes on the level above and below show modic changes type 2. So yeah, I wish it was all as if it never happened. The frustrating thing its that Im advised to go to PT again, they are comparing me to others who are worse but not realizing i'm already as active as I can be. I can do a plank for longer than anyone so its not that my core isn't strong. Could be DDD, I just never hear this words or any precise diagnosis. Frustrating. I'm hearing your video but find no hope.
That sounds really frustrating. Unfortunately I hear similar stories all the time. Core stability is an outdated approach, evidence shows it doesn’t really work long term. I urge you to watch the masterclass where I teach an approach that I’m better no one has shown you before, which is weird because it’s evidence based and cite study after study showing you why the standard care is ineffective, and what to do instead: www.shapeshiftwellness.com/LBP-masterclass
I appreciate your reply. I'm going to check it out right now ! @@ShapeshiftWellness
According to my surgeon not if you have a extrusion type of herniated disc that rupture out, you need surgeries.
That’s absolutely false. 70% of them regress on their own, and 15% completely heal. Here’s proof: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25009200/
Your article on that link needs better context alright because the pure and unfortunate FACT is that every Surgeon in the country will give about 3 months not a year and 100 years about 3 months if the herniated disc does not gets better with non-surgical treatments then you have to treat it with surgery because it will get worse including it could make someone lose of bowel of movement
@@mvp2503Once again, absolutely false. The ONLY reason a person would need surgery is if they have red flag symptoms indicating cauda equina syndrome. This only occurs in 0.08% of back pain cases! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32059184/
I wish I can tell you yeah I believe you if the only reason for back Surgery if you have cause equina syndrome in fact, If you read most of the comments from all this people on this forum and this is just people from all walks of life you will notice that is because almost all the people here was advice to get surgery including me..
@@mvp2503 I’m just here to share the abundance of evidence showing that exercise, stress management, and recovery (sleep and nutrition) are the most effective treatments for most people. That’s what the research says, and that’s what I see for my patients every day.
This is a conservative approach I needed to find 🔥
I'm really happy this has helped you out! If you ever need more, I have tons of free resources, and I even offer a free discovery call if you have specific questions! www.shapeshiftwellness.com/
Think how broken our healthcare industry is that i can get better advice on youtube than from a neurosurgeon at a campus where I'm an alumnus and that i would even consider paying money to someone out of pocket rather than using in-network providers via insurance that i already pay for. Haha
I get people almost every day coming to me telling me about all the fear mongering from their neurosurgeons, and how they’ve been told they’ll never be able to ______ again. I have to kindly show them all the research that their surgeon neglected to tell them about, saying that actually they have a great chance of recovery and movement and exercise is safe. It gets me every time 🤦♂️
@@ShapeshiftWellness appreciate the content and spreading of hope.. our bodies are not cars. The neurosurgeon i saw told me i had nothing wrong with me but offered no advice. My dad has multiple fusions and plates and tries to scare me from running (my favorite hobby) but i never stopped running. Ive recently discovered how important it is to simply NOT sit at a desk for 16 hours but to walk and lay down and stand and still sit at times. All the things. Again love the content. Subscribed and already several great videos into it.
You always say that the majority of discs heal and yet the comments on here contradict that 😢
This channel gives me so much hope and even more tools to advocate for continued care for my injury 🥹
That so great to hear! I'm happy it helps!
Does the opposite for me, looking at all the people who have it for years and don't improve 😢
In your videos you always say that the majority of discs heal and yet the comments on here contradict that...
@@justinisenberg1841Here’s the cool thing: even if it doesn’t heal, it doesn’t matter unless a person has Red Flag symptoms. We can get people out of pain without changing the disc, because in almost all cases, the disc is NOT what’s causing the pain.
@@ShapeshiftWellness The pinched nerve causes the pain?
Could I do kickboxing with a small disk protrusion and disk bulge?
Depends more on symptoms than the "stuff on the MRI." If you ever want a custom program to take the guesswork out, book a call: www.shapeshiftwellness.com
Hey doc, wished i had seen this video before i freaked out....did the whole nine yards, ER, Orthopedic and a Chiro all performed XRAYs and eventually got the MRI...disc degeneration, C4-C5 and a herniated disc C6 about 3-4 mm size...saw another Chiro as of today and his pitch was very good and hes very thorough and almost convinced me that his way was the only way to get me baCk in action....i even brought up this question, can it heal on it's own? He said, nope, itll just progressed and i have a bit of bone spurs aNd he said if i dont correct the misalignment aNd my posture, those spurs will fused together and he can prevent that from happening....I cant afford him so i left the building very very dissapointed and lost of hope...luckily i saW this video today....I guess my main question is...ok it heals, i can wait it out and keep seeing my PT or maybe even see more affordable Chiro? But im a lil worried, what bout if u have developed calcification and bone spur on top of it? Thanks...
I’m so glad it helped! Anyone that tells you they are going to “fix your alignment” is full of 💩. The short answer to your question is: stay active and move your body as tolerated every day.
That said, the thing most of my virtual clients struggle with is implementation. Which exercises to do, which to avoid, how many reps and sets, what is too little and what is too much?
I have a program to guide you through all of this and teach you how to heal yourself (and manage for the rest of your life). If you’re interested you can always book a call with me! www.shapeshiftwellness.com/
I had a bad fall days later I kept feeling pain shooting down my leg from back and even in opposite arm, went on for months and had moments that hurt so bad I couldn't even sleep, but few years later no surgery or nothing I'm finally pain free
My jelly donuts are mush.
Absolutely not! The discs are TOUGH. They are like a car tire filled with chewing gum. They can heal, and in fact MOST of them do! Even if they don't, spinal discs are still really strong!
What a joke....
What is a joke?
Probably because we have to have more transparency on this topic. Look if you have a extrusion disc that rupture out of the walls there is no way around it and you need surgery. If you are telling people to wait and that it will heal it could be serious like it can affect bowels movement and then it will be a emergency surgery. By you telling this all is doing delaying surgery at one point
@@mvp2503Hi, do all herniations need surgery?
I dont care if it can heal, i care if i can return to running/tennis or normal activities 🥹
That's MUCH more important! Short answer: with the right plan, and a 4 pillars evidence-based approach, I've gotten my clients back into running and tennis (and much more difficult things like crossfit) time and time again. Have you watched the masterclass yet? www.shapeshiftwellness.com/LBP-masterclass
@@ShapeshiftWellness is this true? 🥹