I had a herniated disc at L5 back in 2008 and had a microdisectomy surgical procedure. The same thing happened again in 2010, same procedure. As of about a month ago I am having the same pain again. It gets to the point where you feel like you are literally losing your mind. I am glad to hear that with time and exercise it can heal. I do not want to have a 3rd surgery.
Yes, Mr Madden is "correct" you can heal herniated disc. I myself had herniated disc to the point that ended up at Hospital unable to walk. I was told i needed surgery and i refused but did get an epidural steroid injection so i was able to walk. I then went in for physical therapy and with combination of stretches and exercise I was able to regain full movement and strength on by back. Its been 6 yrs, no surgeries and no back problems i continue doing the stretch exercises.
Can you please tell me the exercises, i been doing some and now my pain and weakness in the feet is gone but when i move my right foot i get a concetrated good type of pain in L4-L5, now i only feel a little bit of pain in that area, that i can tolerate, and a sensation when im standing for a long period of time 1-3 hours, will be nice to see how you herniated disc healed, thanks regardless.
Hi , can I know what type stretches and exercise you doing? I'm having the same problem and without epidural injection. I still have difficult to walk as per normal. Thks
Dgenie Mistiq my recent back ache reoccurred after 2013. It was due 1st from 2009 or 2010 during roofing. I tore a lower right muscle. took 7 months of chiropractic therapy and it got a lot better. 2011 to 2014. I injured my back from work. 3 times, it hurt much. 2 other times, I felt bones knocking at each other from the back, and fluid spray-like sensation. that day later, it hurt REAL bad. I had no medical insurance, so I ruffed it out. during mid 2014 and 2016, I reinjured the lower back area. I didn't anything strenuous. but both instances, the bones knocked at each other, half an hour or an hour later that area had a fluid like squirt sensation. and a day later, it hurt really bad.
Seth SE hey , never go for steroid but yes exercise can heal it I have been suffering from the same for last 1year but it got worst when I had steroid enjection so I would recommend to take physio therapy and exercise only and when you get rid of 50% then try to add one sport in daily routine like swimming
Million thanks for this video. It was my starting point in getting rid of sciatica pain caused by hernia in my L5/S1. My left leg was going numb, but I was too lazy to exercise and too poor to pay doctors for questionable help. You know what I did? I started sleeping on a small pillow under my back. That helped me to keep my spine in your recommended position at night. After like 3 months I got used to pain in my back and got rid of pain in my leg completely. My posture has changed also.
You really take your time and work with your patients to get them better. Most don't, get in pop! pop! And they send you out. I'd like to find a doctor like you in WA.
That was the BEST explanation I've heard.From doctors to physical therapists and everything I have read on the interent wasn't as useful or as direct as this was. Had I gone to RUclips all time ago, I would have spared myself from the poor quality of life. Thinking only exercise would help relieve the pain or that AWEFUL epidural. I was just told we can help relieve the pain. What a crock! Thank you so much for explanation it has helped me understand more deeply on a future for myself.
I fixed my sciatica - easily & for free: I had a bulging disc at L4 / L5 causing shooting pains down my leg. Semi-crippled. No amount of osteo, chiro or swimming helped. Then I STUMBLED ON A MAGIC SOLUTION: I rode my bike -> INSTANT RELIEF! Being a road race type bicycle, it caused me to stretch out, so my spine gradually opened up day by day ... after a year, I reversed an entire adult life of back issues. TRY IT!
@@ankushrkrishna6096 No, doctors havn't looked into injections for my lower back waist yet. 3yrs ago the doc falsely diagnosed me since I had all the symptoms, however later on scans revealed no disc issue.
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Hi Chad. I am a bodybuilder who trains with weights 4-5 days a week.I was doing bent over rows and a sharp pain in the left side of my lower back has occured.This is about the 5th time when this is happening, usually once about 6 months.The previous injuries were from deadlift exercise, probably i was tilting my pelvis.But this time has been 3 weeks and i can't bend forward or tie my shoes.In the past i have done a lot of stability, activation to get past the injury and now i am doing the same.
I can't thank you enough. I have been doing all you exercises for what I am pretty sure think it is my sciatica, and I am so much better. If you are ever in SW Florida, I will hook you up with a free boat rental. Again , you are a great help thank you.
I had the worst pain I've ever had because a herniated disc in my neck (C5 and C6). I was losing hope for life, and even being able to function in anyway. I was in so much pain that I would just cry all day, hoping for the night to come so I could knock myself out with enough Ambien. I am starting to feel better after over 3 weeks of this pain. I wanted to say what I did to help in the healing process, lots of prayer, prayer from people that I don't know. I also bought a neck traction that pulls your vertibrates apart. I used it for about 10 minutes two times now, and the pain has gone from a 10 to about a 4. I am in much better spirits because of it. My next suggestion would be to get a decompression table, or decompression machine to put you upside down with the help of someone so you can get things pulled apart so the disc can go back into place.
Brilliant. Well explained. I have a herniated disc L2 L3. I dont have pain in my legs but I do have genital pain and both legs are numb and weak. I have been advised to initially rest but now exercise, walking, swimming. I was told be careful bending forward but bending back too much could pinch the nerve.
Thanks! I have a PT friend, and I haven't seen one in a long while, so it might behoove me to do so. I do play guitar a lot, but that was never much affected by the injury. I was a habitual stomach sleeper up until the injury, but now I sleep on my side (I toss and turn but typically sleep on my left side), and I use a contoured memory foam pillow. The radiculopathy was on my left side. My arms are typically underneath my pillow behind my head when sleeping.
Hey Brother! im there with you! Eat right and do the diet! I have ruptured disc and cant really walk right now and on crutches. I dont drink alcohol, eat flour or sugar. Those items really hurt my back thru inflammation. i lost 100 pounds at 1 time in my life. Trying to lose the last 10 pounds now. I know this will help with my back. You can do this!
watch on youtube: improvement within minutes in chronic, disabling sciatica 360. and watch: immediate and sustained relief from severe pain 480p this may help alot.
Ten years of herniated disc, gone by prolonged light traction, or decompression, takes months, crutches to get around, came back five years later, results this time after two years of recovery, shooting pain’s went away in four months, soreness remains but still improving, almost normal, irritated by activity, stay stretched!
@@michaelollen4141 A lot better than before! I do always have to keep in mind that I have a hernia and need to be careful with my posture and how my back is feeling. But it doesnt feel like a disability anymore.
@@michaelollen4141 From my experience, you should be able to. Just always keep in mind that you have a hernia and that some days your performance wont be as it normally is and pay attention to how your back feels. Sometimes at the gym I rather stop my workout halfway if I'm not feeling too good. But most of the time I can do my workouts without any problems.
This is true. I have posterior protruding discs at L3,4,5 and my acupunct made me do Bow pose(yoga pose) for one hour a day(holding and relaxing) and my pain went away gradually. The noticeable effect took about a week to after and then gradually more each week. My pain level was about 8 on 10 levels. After about 2 month 99% pain free! But get MRI first. This video's lesson is the same principle.
I'm going through it y'all. L4-L5-S1. Sometimes just wanna jump off a building. Can't do anything with this debilitating pain and stiffness. Want to try IDD therapy.. has anyone tried it?
Yes, I was in complete agony for 2 months. I couldnt even move. I got a cortizone shot and did physical therapy for 2 months. Worst experience in my life for sure.. Now, 7 monthes later, I still do my stretches 2-3 times a week and I feel almost 100% (thank god).
^^Herniated disc L5-S1 Doctor qouted on the X-ray " even Ray Charles could of seen that one.." (Really bad herniated disc), anyway hang in there and pray!
im close to wanting to die because of my herniated disc. where i worked before they did nothing for me and laid me off for almost 3 months before finding a job position with same company now at the store. :( hurts everyday and it screws up my mind mentally im heartbroken ive tried loosing weight and done stretches and still in pain.
Tons of stretching , stopped drinking alcohol(drank only little), stopped smoking(smoked onces a month) very little. Tons of water... Idk friends and family told me to sue..but for what??? Thats not gona make me 100% better. I just live with it every day..
+Madden PT yes sir sue the company I work for. i was injured on the job. was on light duty for like a month. i explained to them my condition was some what permanent. i was then laid off weeks later because i wasnt back to normal. 2 half months with out a job they put me to a stor with the same company. i worked at a wharehouse and the position i was in involved tons of squatting and lifting for 10-14hrs a day or so 60hr plus. one company doctor argued i had a muscle strain and i explained it doesnt feel like it...till i received an mri. so sueing the company was something suggested by others. i can't work like i used to. i was 22 when i got this. im 26 now. :/ i dont receive disability food stamps or government checks like others do. i live through it, for my daughter. all i do is pray to wake up one day and don't feel any pain.
+Ryan Clark I also saw the company doctors just like you and the doctor also gave me bull shit answers. Then I went and saw a chiropractor and they and did a method called adjustments that helped my back, but i still do not lift heavy thing.
Ryan Clark how are you doing now ? i have some bulging discs and the pain is killing me . i want to commit suicide seriously. i have a bag of pure caffeine powder. im also off work .
Thanks for the reply Madden. I went to see a orthopedic and he recommended Physical Therapy. He doesn't know why I am getting spasms all over my body so he recommended me to go and see a Neurologist. I am waiting for my insurance. The Doctor told me I can go back to the gym and just jog. + Disc herniation, radioculopathy C6 C4-5 Disc bulge mild spinal stenosis at C5-6
javier perez doing great man! I forgot i commented this six years ago. I actually ended up like my recovery process that I become a personal trainer with a focus in corrective exercises.
Thanks for your replies. Just came back from the doctor's office and I'm now on naproxen for 10 days with PT prescribed. However, he couldn't properly identified the problem but told me to do PT and if that didn't worked out, they would do a MRI to see what's really going on. I was scared for a second when you mentioned stenosis because, to me, it meant the peripheral artery type.
Hi Chad, i couldn't agree more with you and thank you for educating us! I had terrible sciatica pain for about 2 months until my father showed me to do Mackenzie exercise to push the disc forward. Like you said my pain through centralisation was no longer in my buttocks anymore only just a little on the nerve around L5 S1 disc. I had my MRI done and the report says I don't have disc herniation but little disc protrusion. I'm still doing Mackenzie exercise everyday. Does that mean that doing Mackenzie regularly will eventually sooner or later push the disc back to its place? At least in my case where I have less than disc herniation or minor disc herniation which just happens to touch the nerve
I have all what you are pointing out. (It was caused by injuries sustained by fainting and rolling down the stairs). The only test that was useful to diagnose me was an MRI. I will try your exercises to alleviate my pain. I also feel like a mass pressuring internally, It is worse when I sit down and the right side of my lower to upper back, feels like being anesthetise. Are the mass like symptom that of Lumbar herniations too? Thank you for your teaching.
Thank you for being so kind to reply. I have found out that I have spondylolisthesis and disc degeneration at L4-L5. One surgeon advised me to just take rest for 6 months and have nerve medicine and the other one advised me to go to a physiotherapist. So I started going to physiotherapist 2 weeks ago and I feel much better. I don't know what my problem is but I am working very hard at physiotherapists. Sir, do you have any advice for me? I love playing sports.
I'm 20 and have pretty bad pain from an L4-L5 central disc herniation it hurts dead center of my back at the herniation down my sacrum to the tail bone. With 6 weeks of physical therapy and 6 weeks of chiropractic sessions I have eliminated most, of my leg pain.however for the last 11 months I have been in pain EVERY second of it. The pain in my lower center back is getting worse, my question is, is it normal for this pain to last for many years? I've read that it should go away after 6 months..
I really appreciate your response. I just asjed mom and she says she feels it in every finger but those. Sleeps on her back, face towards the cieling, arm is normal rest during this position sometimes moving to laying on the stomach or lifting hand and forearm towards head area with palm facing the cieling. She has not noticed what makes her pain worse or better, it arrives and leaves but mostly arrives and stays for a while throughout the day and only allowing her to sleep 1.5 hours a night.
i am 18 years old and am entering my first bodybuilding competition. Just last night i noticed that my left lower leg only around the shin is slightly numb to the touch and i feel some tingling as well. I am not using any performance enhancing drugs (steroids, hgh, etc.) but i am using several supplements. I have been lifting 5 times a week focusing on diff body parts each workout. I do squats and deadlift but i always use a spotter for squats and i have good form for both exercises.
Thanks for your helpful response. I've got a couple of things going on, actually: mild scoliosis w/ degeneration in lower lumbar (mainly L5 issues) along w/ uneven hips. At this point, it really feels more of a hip issue to me. I feel like that's where most of my pain is, especially when at work, where I stand all day. I try to sit for 15 minutes every hour or so, but when I sit my ankle throbs & I find myself wanting to hold my leg straight out to the side for relief or tucked under.
My MRI is clear-no bulging disc. The doctors realised I have a muscle spasm from lots of exercising. Never streching the neck and never been on a massage. It came like I will have a flu, and since I felt pain in the neck i bend my neck backwards, I tought that is the right strech. I was wrong and worse and worse. Now I bend foward to strech. What tipe of treatment do you suggest to me. When I strech the neckI feel lots of burning pain like hell!
Hey :) I'm 24. In November i suffered from a spasm attack in the lower right area of my back. I was unable to bend without having to sit down from the resultant pain. Getting up without agony was a task too. the doc suggested it was a muscle pull and after a couple of days my lower right was fine but there was a residual catch on my lower left. In May I awoke to a worse spasm. A week later the same residual catch on my left remained. No numbness though. Still fearing the worst. Do advise :(
Yes, they will heal. I herniated my L5-S1 30 years ago and now my L4-L5 about 4 years ago. they take awhile to heal and you need to keep active. But the disc will resorb. In my case it took about 1 year to have just as many good days as bad days but after 2 years I was 90% healed and now I have almost no problems. At almost 57 years old, I'm still lifting things, riding motorcycles, etc.
My husband had an MRI this past week. He has pain from the buttocks down the outside of the thigh to the knee. The report says"At L3-L4, there is mild to moderate spinal stenosis as well as bilateral lateral recess stenosis. . . . and severe left foraminal stenosis that appears to be due in particular to a new large left foraminal disc hernia that fills the foramen and compresses the exiting left L3 nerve root". Surgeon ordered PT and cortisone injection. Do you think your exercises will help?
Try a neck traction device, this changed my life!! Seriously I was in so much pain, and after using one, I had most of the pain leave. I use it everyday at home, just put it on the door, and correctly put it on my chin and it pulls my spine apart correctly.
QUESTION : doc you said this would centralise the pain.. could you please tell me how does that help?? does the fibre regenerate after a period (the way any other wound would) and should i ask my doc before performing these exercises or is it safe for everyone? (i hope you understand what i'm trying to say!!) by the way GREAT EXPLANATION!! :)
hai...i have this problem...my mri report says.. Findings : spinal cord ends at T12/L1 level.No spondylolisthesis. loos of lumber lordosis.the vetebral body heightd are equal. no significant abnormal insity of the vetebrae.no fracture. intact posterior longitudinal ligament. posterior-central disc extusion at L4/L5. thickened ligamentum flavum. moderate compression of cauda equina.no compromised exiting roots. posteriot-central disc extusion at L5/S1. Annulus tear is seen.
@maddenptofficial Thanks. I was diganosed (via MRI) with a C6/C7 herniation back in 2008. It took a year + of rest, cervical traction, medicine, exercises and patience, but I am now (almost) back to normal. What sorts of things can someone in my situation do to ensure continued healing? I feel almost better other than occasional stress-induced 'stiff necks' that I never had before.
Hi, I got a MRI and then confirmed with a physical therapist I have a bulging disc L5S1. I've been doing the McKenzie exercise (mostly the one flat on the floor and then pushing up with hands) for about 4 months now and I haven't had a major episode of pain yet but I notice I still have pain in my lower back when I'm doing the exercise and if I bend forward right after doing the exercise I feel a pop in my lower back. What should I do? Keep doing exercises? Flexion?
I just came back from the ER today, the pain was excruciating and the naproxen didn't do anything so the result is a herniated disc. I've had my condition worsen in the past week (weakness started to settle in and I can lift my foot) so I'm on percoset and prednisone but with a prescription for PT. The only thing that makes me sad is the "no sports or training" until it's healed.
Physical therapy it is. I hope she will be fine. She is not on medical assistance, two weeks ago she was only given 10 generic Percocet 5/325 together with motrin, it gave little relief, she wasnt prescribed anything further than that except an appointment more than a month away. Should we worry that she will lose permanent feeling anywhere on the right arm/hand? Thanks so much for your advice.
I've tried it all. From physiotherapy to acupuncture to steroid epidural (which made things worst)to strong pain killers to stretches and to wet cupping. None of them seem to work. All that's left is IDD therapy and surgery. I'm so frightened of surgery as I've heard frightening stories. I'm so sad :'(
I leaned back with a heavy rain soaked plank above my head and felt it go between L4 and L5. My specialist says no back extensions. My back hurts and it runs through from my buttocks down to my calf. Am at the end of my tether. Approaching my old age I was looking forward to a fit old age and now at 69 feel crippled and in constant pain. Physio was like a plaster on the pain and now going through chiropractic jumbo mumbo. They out a T shaped bar end on my disk and shoot it. really weird but after 12 my neck feels wonderful but my back and leg the same
I started off with leg pain then it got critical to really bad nerve pain running up and down my right leg to my pelvic area, i couldnt even sleep because one slight switch i would get this excruciating lightning bolt like pain which would last for about 10 seconds, no one wil know what i am talking about until they experience it. So please as per my previous post can u email me with just a few more tips, its a lot better now but still need help
I would like to share a testimony with you guys. On dec 24th 2018, God finally replied to my perseverant prayers. I had been suffering with back pain after weightlifting improperly and going high reps and high weight. I squatted 180 pounds and would do 7 sets of ten reps and then continue on. My point here is that my back was extremely damaged from all this load and improper technique. I had not gone to the gym in 6 months because of the pain and I was scared to even touch a barbell again. Part of being Gods daughter I realized that God knew how much I love weightlifting and he also knew the pain I was going through physically and so I made it my mission to ask him everyday to heal my back and to be perseverant in my prayers. I recall my inspiration to persevere in prayer come from going to the holly sacrament at 3 am while I was reading my bible about the parable of the persistent widow Luke 18 1-8 : Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2 He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. 3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’ 4 “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’” 6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?” Upon reading this I was convinced that God will answer my prayers and 2 months of consistent asking he healed me. I was in my room praying the 15 prayers of Saint Birgitta and I would always pause on the 6th one where it said in summary “ remember the sword of sorrows that trespassed your holly and immaculate mother and have compassion on all my spiritual and corporal afflictions” and I would always say “God remember my back please heal me I know that hurting it was my doing but if you want to heal me you can”. Then on dec 24th before doing the 15 prayers of Saint Birgitta again I read one of the 15 promises “ Anything that you ask to me and my mother I will grant it if it is my will” so I took this very seriously and when the 6 th prayer came up again I paused and made my daily prayer “God please heal my back” and then I kneeled on my bed and prayed “Momma Mary please ask this of God too because it says that anything that I ask to you and God will come true if it is his will” and then I felt the holly spirit of God and it came down to me and there was just so much peace. My back curled up and my hands were involuntarily slowly bowing down until I did reach a bow position. Then I felt this breeze like touching my spine and it was so gentle. I immediately broke down in these uncontrollable tears and my body was in trembles. I knew what was happening, my God was healing me. Then before raising my self up I heard a strong voice in my head say “your faith has healed you”. This happened pretty recently and I am beyond thankful to God. My back pain is gone!!! 6 months of pain gone by the grace of God and intercession of My Momma Mary. I am writing this not to brag about what God did with me but to give any of you guys hope about what God can still do to you. There is nothing impossible for God, he HEARS US!! He awaits patiently with love and kindness and will answer our prayers if it is his will. After having this experience I feel very blessed I hope you can ask God with trust on anything that you need because just like he healed me he will heal you! Here’s my favorite bible verse; one that I stumbled after this happened: 1 John 5:14-15 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us-whatever we ask-we know that we have what we asked of him. ASK and IT Shall BE GIVEN!!!! Also I would like to mention 2 things #1) Don’t be afraid to ask Mary to intercede for you before Christ, she is our Mother and will only bring us closer to her son not farther apart. She already interceded for us in the wedding of Cana when they had run out of wine and she told Jesus “they are out of wine” and then Jesus replied “it is not yet my time” but then Mary said to them “Do what he asks of you” and the. Jesus asked them to bring water to him which he then turned into wine. This is the first miracle that God performed in the Bible through the intercession of Mary. Jesus also makes her our mother at the cross when he tells John , son there you have your mother” and mother there you have your son”. John was the son of Salome not Mary so when God says this he is giving humanity a new eve, a new celestial mother: Mama Mary!!! So don’t be afraid to reach out to Mary because she reaches out to her son and gets us closer to him 2) The 15 Prayers if Saint Birgitta, they are for a year and I am currently in month six. It is a long commitment but not impossible, as a college student there are times where I am drained to finish them but I always ask God to help me finish them. These prayers were given to Birgitta by God and they are found today in the basilica of Saint Peter extramuros in Rome. God promises 21 things and amongst them is ensuring that he will come with his mother to us at the hour of our death and will protect us. He also promises 100 days of indulgence from purgatory for every time that they are recited. I strongly encourage anyone to do these prayers. Here’s the link : In Spanish oracionesydevocionescatolicas.com/quince_oraciones_brigida.htm In English: mostsacredheart.com/prayers/st-bridget.html Pray on, be consistent, trust in God , ask for Mary’s intercession and embrace her as your mother And you will have the shortest and easiest road to God and getting your prayers answered!!!!!!!
I am being as patient as I can, today I came across this and I know I am on the right path. I am about to complete 4 months with a bulging disc and I know my time to heal is coming. Gods timing is perfect and thank you for this post!!! I really appreciate it & hope you’re doing great
Hi Chad, I have a bad lower back pain that suddenly came and I had no injury to cause it. Its in the lumbar region/pelvis. It hurts whatever I do, sitting, standing, bending forward to touch my toes hurts. Bending back hurts, but less than bending forward. If i stand straight and lift my leg up at a 90 degree angle, that really hurts. Sometmes if I sit for more than a few minutes, my right lower back/hip will spasm and make my right leg shake/spasm for a second. Thank you so much for any advice
So i can heal my 5mm herniation in my L4 L5. I have had this problem for 10 months already and there is only a little improvement. Im stretching every day and had the epidural injected but i still get the needles in my left leg and pinching in my hip when i wake up. Please help!!!
Would the "grade 5 lumbo pelvic mobilization" technique, traction, or an inversion table be worth a shot prior to subjecting myself "to the knife". I"d prefer a holistic approach, if at all possible, than any type of invasive surgery. Also, I do not experience any signs of cauda equina syndrome. Thanks in advance for your knowledge, dedication to your craft, and willingness to help others on the web.
Hi doctor, I am suffering from right side low back pain, right buttock and right leg pain from an year (started after severe constipation and straining bowels) , my recent MRI finds : At L4-5, there is mild foraminal narrowing secondary to facet degeneration and very mild bulging posterior annulus. Please suggest me Doctor Chad, I am really hoping that your suggestions will cure my pain and problem. Can I do the trunk rotation exercises (doing from 1yr already) along with other physical.Thanks.
I've got a severe back pain because of herniated disc L5-S1 after the trauma at a gym a month ago. I had even the special injections, but it still hurts especially below the left knee and some toes remain numb. After seen many videos on RUclips I found out I ALWAYS had this problem, but I didn't know it. I was lifting weights, doing squats, deadlifts and I never know that I had a herniated disc!!! Now I've came back to those exercises which I was doing instinctively when I knew nothing about this problem. McKenzie exercises and exercises demonstrated by Dr Mandell. Many people do these exercises just because they fill a lot of relief for their back and leg pain! They do that unconsciously . I did it for many years and I never knew about the problem which I still have. Just one coincidence at the gym, a serious mistake doing leg press let me realise that I have a herniated disc!!! My experience explains, why so many people never know that they have this problem with their spine.
Good video. I have problems with my neck. I have fiew questions: How many time after the injury you can start the bending backwards exercising- it is good to exercise durring the inflammation? Are those bending backwards exercises good for neck bulging disc too? Can a bulging disc heal completly? And if I do the banding backwards exercises will I be able to do my jumping exercises again? Thanks from Croatia.
When I bend backwards there seems to be more pain shooting down my left leg and butt. When bending forward with legs straight I have pain shooting down my left leg as well, but if I bend forward with legs not being straight than I have no pain down the leg. I'm also only 25 years old. The leg pain started after heavy lifting at work. You don't think this is disk herniation symptoms? Think it could be something worse like those three that you listed above?
What other problem could it be? My doctor told me I have a herniated disk when I went to get checked up. Its been three months and sciatic pain is not going away.
Hi, Thanks for your videos, they are really helpful. I had really bad pain in my left leg 5 weeks ago, my doctor diagnosed it as sciatica without any scans. After reading online I've been going through some Mckenzies exercises and now I have little pain in the leg but lower back is really bad now, feels sore and hurts. Would you say its centralisation as suggested in your video? Thanks for your help
Just FYI I was given pain killers for 2 days and advised to take vitamin d and omega 3 capsules for 3 months till the exact problem was determined. I was instructed to avoid bending and lifting while performing certain advised exercises. The exercises certainly haven't changed anything unfortunately. Is it a disc issue? Nerve problem? I have no clue but i'm trying to avoid an MRI scan.
Doctor Madden. Hello sir. I just saw my MRI results yesterday and they revealed a L5S1 Herniation (poking towards nerves in the spine via axial view) and a L4 bulging disc. He opted for ESI (epidural steroid injection) then if that doesnt work trying one of the various methods of discectomys to remove the offending portions. I have great pain on account of this (sciatica) and local pain to the site. I want to expend all my options prior to surgery. Any insight on my particular case?
when one of those astronuts mentioned sciatica was relieved by o gravity, i took seriously, prolonged light traction worked for me twice, herniated disc..
Hi Madden, thanks for the video. I'm having lower back pain & sciatica on my right leg started the Mid of Jan. A month ago, MRI findings of L5/ S1 disc herniation. After several times Chinese osteopathic treatment, my lower back stiffness improves. But I'm getting more pain from the pelvic region, it affects my daily life. I can't neither walk nor sleep well. Is it normal? The pain of pelvic region is a minor form of sciatica? Also what is the meaning of "PID" from the MRI report? Thank you so much for your time.
What about a chronic "thrown out" back always in the same place? It's not a sharp nervy pain, more like a very strong ache like a torn muscle with loss of flexibility so bad you can't even put socks on. It has bothered me for 15 years now.
I experienced sudden onset lower back pain that has been severe and constant for 3 days now. I cannot bend forward without pain but no shooting pain in my legs, although the area around my hips is painful when I move. I don't know whether to see a doc or not? What do you think?
Absolutely great video,transparent concise and totally understandable but i've got a dodgy disc L5 and its not that easy to lean back in fact its impossible some times,do you mean after the swelling has gone down and your able to do that?
Thanks for these videos dr. Madden, it helped me recover on my disc herniation which i got last december. I have all the shooting pain from my buttocks to my left feet before but the only problem i have left now is the constant numbness in the left side of left feet. I think my progress has stopped, and im wondering if how will i get the numbness away if possible...
She was booked for therapy and an injection in the neck forDec.20th.Supposedely that's the earliest appointment available, she doesn't have private insurance and apparently must go through this waiting process.She has been to the emergency room multiple times within 3 weeks, how could they make her wait so long :( When you mention therapy, is it specifically for prolotherapy?If not, should we request it? Is the injection likely an epidural or perispinal etanercept? Which is a better alternative?
I've read a lot on forums and what not, where other people list different sorts of pain that they go through with herniated/ruptured disc, but I've yet to find anything similar to my worst case senarios. So far this has happened to me 4 times over the course of about 6 years...when my lower back "goes out", I get knocked to the ground, and it feels like what I'd imagine being shot, or struck by lightning would feel like (pain wise). My lower back begins to send these terrible shocks throughout my body. I have a high pain tolerance, but during these moments, I can't help but scream and cry. I can't fully describe just how horrible it is, but I'm not exaggerating when I say that I really do believe it would be up there with some of the most painful experiences. Once I'm down, I can not get up. It's not a pain you can push through, and when I attempt to make even the slightest move, it's just BOOM BOOM BOOM, shock after shock. Each time that this has happened, I have to get taken in an ambulance to the ER. They give me everything under the sun, and once I get home, I have to be lifted out of the bed for days, then it very slowly gets to where I can start lifting up on my own. My question is, do you have any idea what's happening in my body when I'm having such intense spasms? I deal with typical sciatica symptoms regularly, so I'm aware of the disc pushing into the nerve, etc. But what is happening during the time that I'm experiencing the electrical shock type pain that at one time, paralyzed my legs while my lower back was going nuts with spasms?
I'm experiencing the exact same thing. Makes me not want to live anymore. Have you had a steroid epidural? I did and pain got a lot worst. I was told by somebody to look up arachnoiditis. So I did. Now I just await my appointment with a surgeon to find out exactly why I'm feeling this much pain/stiffness/shocks/spasms.
beetlejes it's my non-medical opinion that your rupturing your disc with each time you have an episode. something I read about discs is the material inside causes almost instantaneous reaction with the nervous system. this is due to the material being treated as a foreign body, thus being attacked viciously by your immune system. one byproduct of this is inflammation, and the inflamed portion would be the nerve. so, the material itself touching the nerve, followed by the inflammation leads to the pain your indicating. it gradually goes away, either slow or fast depending on location of material, amount of inflammation, so on. the annulus of the disc slowly heals. then another month or two, the stressed annulus cracks when you move wrong, twist wrong, or put weight on it just so, and voila, pain is back. that's my closest guess.
This is to benefit others, not me. Do you suggest that bulging disc IS NOT the cause of sciatica?! Opening up the spine through gentle exercises in stretched-out positions - it makes perfect sense. Flexion on sports cycles is shallow. In fact, it's upright cycling that can cause problems. My back issue has a 30 year history - I'm very confident in my analysis.
I injured my back in the gym about 6 months ago, felt a sharp pain running down my buttocks,leg and into my calf.I've developed a limp as a result. I've been receiving physiotherapy, been to a chiropractor as well as my family doctor. I'm currently seeing an orthopedic surgeon who suggests an MRI scan. I'm claustrophobic, does it make sense having the scan, i'm extremely anxious and scared, will they be able to cure my limp after the scan or should i just continue with Physio. Help, please.
Thanks.Exactly I have a bulging disc C2-C3 and a pinched nerve for 5 weeks. I have heat in my head (like temperature),and neck pain, a little bit of hand shudder. This simptoms I still can survive, but I have a lungs spasm!!! 5 weeks ago I felt from my snowboard on the head. I did MRI but I still vait the result.Yesterday I did some neck extensions and turns and I feel better now. But I am wandering how far I can go with exercises i do not want to agravate the situation.What do you suggest me?
He started PT on Monday and is going 3x per week. They're doing traction, McKenzie exercises and some core strengthening exercises. He might be a little better. Hard to tell. Sometimes pain is just in butt and sometimes goes down to knee. Only complicating factor is overweight (about 60-65 lb.). We also have an inversion table (goes back to about 50 degrees) that he's using at home when he doesn't go to PT. Should that help? Thanks.
@maddenptofficial Thanks again for the insight. It wasn't trauma-induced. I just woke up one morning with a stiff neck, and over time it developed into radiculopathy. I didn't know what it was until it was too late. I don't have any pain, but sometimes stress gives me what I would call "psychosomatic" aches in my neck and arm that go away after a short time. I just would like to know what things I could do to ensure continued health and healing!
How many times a day! I'm 3rd time lucky with this,in 10 years! First time was really bad, because i didn't know my disc was pro-lapsing! I was bent right over! Had 4 pillows stuffed under my tummy! 20 minutes on the floor! Move around for 20 min's! Back on the floor! Every 2 or 3 days! 1 pillow taken away! until i was straight! Then i started these exercises! I did them round the clock! Had get back to work! Im doing them now! So how many times a day? I don't need to sleep for a wile!!
Im herniated L4/L5 just like in your video, its shooting out more left side... I have no leg pain and no shooting pains it's completely isolated in the back. It is causing stenosis and im showing early signs of arthritis... im 29 years old.... Original injury was roughly 9 months ago, about 2 months ago it got to the point where I could bearly walk and had my MRI... 2 weeks ago was my appt with the neurosurgeon. I went to Vidant in Greenville NC... he didn't recommend any types of surgey because I wasnt having shooting pains, he said it appeared to be healing itself already and he recommended core training, yoga and stretching... i go back in 3 months for a follow up. I will says pain meds didnt help but celebrex took all the inflammation out which helped me to be able to slowly train again
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hi i have been diagnosed with a Marginal posterior bulging of L4/5 and L5/S1 discs,with minimum indentation to the thecal sac . no root compression is present in the lumbar spine . it is being about 2 years since i got the pains down the left leg; numbness tingling and inflammation down the left leg . i have been doing the mckenzie exercises for the past three months 2 times a day,but still there isnt much of a improvement ,it is actually getting worse . what would u advice me to do ? .
I also always warm up with stretching before each workout. I am very frightened that this may be something very serious especially because my trainer who is also my older cousin has slipped a disc in his back twice and now has severe pain in his back everyday and cannot move around like he used to. If you could please get back to me about what you think this may be as soon as possible it would be highly appreciated. thanks in advance.
Is there any cure (or at least exercise) to at least relieve pain temporarily for a herinated disc on a lower back that is caused by a fall? if not, any back surgery options available?
My L4 is herniated on only the left side and it feels AWESOME if I bend at the waist and lean the opposite direction at the same time. Plus, I thought most herniations at L4 cause pain down the front of the leg to the knee, and not necessarily sciatica?
I had a herniated disc at L5 back in 2008 and had a microdisectomy surgical procedure. The same thing happened again in 2010, same procedure. As of about a month ago I am having the same pain again. It gets to the point where you feel like you are literally losing your mind. I am glad to hear that with time and exercise it can heal. I do not want to have a 3rd surgery.
I have watched many youtube videos about my herniated disc problem,this is the best description with pictures i have seen. brilliant.thank you.
Thanks for spreading a bit of hope of recovery . :)
Not so fast, keep searching for the facts until your absolutely sure
Yes, Mr Madden is "correct" you can heal herniated disc. I myself had herniated disc to the point that ended up at Hospital unable to walk. I was told i needed surgery and i refused but did get an epidural steroid injection so i was able to walk. I then went in for physical therapy and with combination of stretches and exercise I was able to regain full movement and strength on by back. Its been 6 yrs, no surgeries and no back problems i continue doing the stretch exercises.
Can you please tell me the exercises, i been doing some and now my pain and weakness in the feet is gone but when i move my right foot i get a concetrated good type of pain in L4-L5, now i only feel a little bit of pain in that area, that i can tolerate, and a sensation when im standing for a long period of time 1-3 hours, will be nice to see how you herniated disc healed, thanks regardless.
Hi , can I know what type stretches and exercise you doing? I'm having the same problem and without epidural injection. I still have difficult to walk as per normal. Thks
Dgenie Mistiq my recent back ache reoccurred after 2013. It was due 1st from 2009 or 2010 during roofing. I tore a lower right muscle. took 7 months of chiropractic therapy and it got a lot better. 2011 to 2014. I injured my back from work. 3 times, it hurt much. 2 other times, I felt bones knocking at each other from the back, and fluid spray-like sensation. that day later, it hurt REAL bad. I had no medical insurance, so I ruffed it out. during mid 2014 and 2016, I reinjured the lower back area. I didn't anything strenuous. but both instances, the bones knocked at each other, half an hour or an hour later that area had a fluid like squirt sensation. and a day later, it hurt really bad.
Seth SE hey , never go for steroid but yes exercise can heal it I have been suffering from the same for last 1year but it got worst when I had steroid enjection so I would recommend to take physio therapy and exercise only and when you get rid of 50% then try to add one sport in daily routine like swimming
Sevati Thanks for sharing I'm going through this now, How long did it take to heal after physical therapy?
Million thanks for this video.
It was my starting point in getting rid of sciatica pain caused by hernia in my L5/S1. My left leg was going numb, but I was too lazy to exercise and too poor to pay doctors for questionable help.
You know what I did? I started sleeping on a small pillow under my back. That helped me to keep my spine in your recommended position at night. After like 3 months I got used to pain in my back and got rid of pain in my leg completely. My posture has changed also.
You really take your time and work with your patients to get them better. Most don't, get in pop! pop! And they send you out. I'd like to find a doctor like you in WA.
That was the BEST explanation I've heard.From doctors to physical therapists and everything I have read on the interent wasn't as useful or as direct as this was. Had I gone to RUclips all time ago, I would have spared myself from the poor quality of life. Thinking only exercise would help relieve the pain or that AWEFUL epidural. I was just told we can help relieve the pain. What a crock! Thank you so much for explanation it has helped me understand more deeply on a future for myself.
I fixed my sciatica - easily & for free: I had a bulging disc at L4 / L5 causing shooting pains down my leg. Semi-crippled. No amount of osteo, chiro or swimming helped. Then I STUMBLED ON A MAGIC SOLUTION: I rode my bike -> INSTANT RELIEF!
Being a road race type bicycle, it caused me to stretch out, so my spine gradually opened up day by day ... after a year, I reversed an entire adult life of back issues. TRY IT!
20yrs old & just got this. Thank you so much for spreading some hope sir :)
Are you okeay now?
@@ankushrkrishna6096 No, doctors havn't looked into injections for my lower back waist yet. 3yrs ago the doc falsely diagnosed me since I had all the symptoms, however later on scans revealed no disc issue.
@@psnKnowledge any updates? How are you feeling now?
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Aside from stretching, strengthening my core really helped for my aching back.
Hi Chad.
I am a bodybuilder who trains with weights 4-5 days a week.I was doing bent over rows and a sharp pain in the left side of my lower back has occured.This is about the 5th time when this is happening, usually once about 6 months.The previous injuries were from deadlift exercise, probably i was tilting my pelvis.But this time has been 3 weeks and i can't bend forward or tie my shoes.In the past i have done a lot of stability, activation to get past the injury and now i am doing the same.
I can't thank you enough. I have been doing all you exercises for what I am pretty sure think it is my sciatica, and I am so much better. If you are ever in SW Florida, I will hook you up with a free boat rental. Again , you are a great help thank you.
I had the worst pain I've ever had because a herniated disc in my neck (C5 and C6). I was losing hope for life, and even being able to function in anyway. I was in so much pain that I would just cry all day, hoping for the night to come so I could knock myself out with enough Ambien. I am starting to feel better after over 3 weeks of this pain. I wanted to say what I did to help in the healing process, lots of prayer, prayer from people that I don't know. I also bought a neck traction that pulls your vertibrates apart. I used it for about 10 minutes two times now, and the pain has gone from a 10 to about a 4. I am in much better spirits because of it. My next suggestion would be to get a decompression table, or decompression machine to put you upside down with the help of someone so you can get things pulled apart so the disc can go back into place.
Brilliant. Well explained. I have a herniated disc L2 L3. I dont have pain in my legs but I do have genital pain and both legs are numb and weak. I have been advised to initially rest but now exercise, walking, swimming. I was told be careful bending forward but bending back too much could pinch the nerve.
Thanks! I have a PT friend, and I haven't seen one in a long while, so it might behoove me to do so. I do play guitar a lot, but that was never much affected by the injury. I was a habitual stomach sleeper up until the injury, but now I sleep on my side (I toss and turn but typically sleep on my left side), and I use a contoured memory foam pillow. The radiculopathy was on my left side. My arms are typically underneath my pillow behind my head when sleeping.
Hey Brother! im there with you! Eat right and do the diet! I have ruptured disc and cant really walk right now and on crutches. I dont drink alcohol, eat flour or sugar. Those items really hurt my back thru inflammation. i lost 100 pounds at 1 time in my life. Trying to lose the last 10 pounds now. I know this will help with my back. You can do this!
watch on youtube: improvement within minutes in chronic, disabling sciatica 360. and watch: immediate and sustained relief from severe pain 480p this may help alot.
Is it possible to heal a L5 and S1 ? Minor but does hurt every time I run jump and bend foward
Don’t bend forward...
No brother this pain live with you and die with you 😕😕 reality
Ten years of herniated disc, gone by prolonged light traction, or decompression, takes months, crutches to get around, came back five years later, results this time after two years of recovery, shooting pain’s went away in four months, soreness remains but still improving, almost normal, irritated by activity, stay stretched!
You made me smile and take a huge breath of relief!
Bro are u good now ?
@@michaelollen4141 A lot better than before! I do always have to keep in mind that I have a hernia and need to be careful with my posture and how my back is feeling. But it doesnt feel like a disability anymore.
I am thinking if i can back to sports again like beacuse i am a active person, i do feel weakness in my lower body
@@michaelollen4141 From my experience, you should be able to. Just always keep in mind that you have a hernia and that some days your performance wont be as it normally is and pay attention to how your back feels. Sometimes at the gym I rather stop my workout halfway if I'm not feeling too good. But most of the time I can do my workouts without any problems.
Thanks bro! 😊 i hope i can get through this too, keep safe brother!
This is true. I have posterior protruding discs at L3,4,5 and my acupunct made me do Bow pose(yoga pose) for one hour a day(holding and relaxing) and my pain went away gradually. The noticeable effect took about a week to after and then gradually more each week. My pain level was about 8 on 10 levels. After about 2 month 99% pain free! But get MRI first. This video's lesson is the same principle.
glen pak Are there other yoga poses for low back besides bow poses?
I'm going through it y'all. L4-L5-S1. Sometimes just wanna jump off a building. Can't do anything with this debilitating pain and stiffness. Want to try IDD therapy.. has anyone tried it?
Yes, I was in complete agony for 2 months. I couldnt even move. I got a cortizone shot and did physical therapy for 2 months. Worst experience in my life for sure.. Now, 7 monthes later, I still do my stretches 2-3 times a week and I feel almost 100% (thank god).
^^Herniated disc L5-S1 Doctor qouted on the X-ray " even Ray Charles could of seen that one.." (Really bad herniated disc), anyway hang in there and pray!
Ricardo Nuñez C. can u tell me about its stretches..?
Yo I have the exact same thing and now I can’t wrestle anymore 😭 just wanna chop off my leg honestly
And I have tried it.... didn’t help for shit and I waisted 17 grand.... just get surgery 😂😂😂
This has been the best video I've seen! Thank you!! 👍👍
im close to wanting to die because of my herniated disc. where i worked before they did nothing for me and laid me off for almost 3 months before finding a job position with same company now at the store. :( hurts everyday and it screws up my mind mentally im heartbroken ive tried loosing weight and done stretches and still in pain.
Tons of stretching , stopped drinking alcohol(drank only little), stopped smoking(smoked onces a month) very little. Tons of water... Idk friends and family told me to sue..but for what??? Thats not gona make me 100% better. I just live with it every day..
+Madden PT yes sir sue the company I work for. i was injured on the job. was on light duty for like a month. i explained to them my condition was some what permanent. i was then laid off weeks later because i wasnt back to normal. 2 half months with out a job they put me to a stor with the same company. i worked at a wharehouse and the position i was in involved tons of squatting and lifting for 10-14hrs a day or so 60hr plus. one company doctor argued i had a muscle strain and i explained it doesnt feel like it...till i received an mri. so sueing the company was something suggested by others. i can't work like i used to. i was 22 when i got this. im 26 now. :/ i dont receive disability food stamps or government checks like others do. i live through it, for my daughter. all i do is pray to wake up one day and don't feel any pain.
+Ryan Clark
same exact thing happen to me. First thing i would suggest is Do NOT lift anything heavy or do any continue bending.
+Ryan Clark
I also saw the company doctors just like you and the doctor also gave me bull shit answers. Then I went and saw a chiropractor and they and did a method called adjustments that helped my back, but i still do not lift heavy thing.
Ryan Clark how are you doing now ? i have some bulging discs and the pain is killing me . i want to commit suicide seriously. i have a bag of pure caffeine powder. im also off work .
Not a therapist, but a phyisotherapy student from Australia.
just learning my spinal musculoskeletal module atm.thanks for the information.
Thank you! This makes it sooo much clearer. I was worried I might have this for years
It an't gone forever, as we age the body continues to break down , progressively
How do you feel now? I'm scared to have this lingering pain for the rest of my life
Thanks for the reply Madden. I went to see a orthopedic and he recommended Physical Therapy. He doesn't know why I am getting spasms all over my body so he recommended me to go and see a Neurologist. I am waiting for my insurance. The Doctor told me I can go back to the gym and just jog.
+ Disc herniation, radioculopathy C6 C4-5 Disc bulge mild spinal stenosis at C5-6
This guys just made my day by giving me hope
how are you bro
javier perez doing great man! I forgot i commented this six years ago. I actually ended up like my recovery process that I become a personal trainer with a focus in corrective exercises.
Thanks for your replies. Just came back from the doctor's office and I'm now on naproxen for 10 days with PT prescribed. However, he couldn't properly identified the problem but told me to do PT and if that didn't worked out, they would do a MRI to see what's really going on. I was scared for a second when you mentioned stenosis because, to me, it meant the peripheral artery type.
Hi Chad, i couldn't agree more with you and thank you for educating us! I had terrible sciatica pain for about 2 months until my father showed me to do Mackenzie exercise to push the disc forward. Like you said my pain through centralisation was no longer in my buttocks anymore only just a little on the nerve around L5 S1 disc. I had my MRI done and the report says I don't have disc herniation but little disc protrusion. I'm still doing Mackenzie exercise everyday. Does that mean that doing Mackenzie regularly will eventually sooner or later push the disc back to its place? At least in my case where I have less than disc herniation or minor disc herniation which just happens to touch the nerve
I have all what you are pointing out. (It was caused by injuries sustained by fainting and rolling down the stairs). The only test that was useful to diagnose me was an MRI. I will try your exercises to alleviate my pain. I also feel like a mass pressuring internally, It is worse when I sit down and the right side of my lower to upper back, feels like being anesthetise. Are the mass like symptom that of Lumbar herniations too?
Thank you for your teaching.
Thank you for being so kind to reply. I have found out that I have spondylolisthesis and disc degeneration at L4-L5. One surgeon advised me to just take rest for 6 months and have nerve medicine and the other one advised me to go to a physiotherapist. So I started going to physiotherapist 2 weeks ago and I feel much better. I don't know what my problem is but I am working very hard at physiotherapists. Sir, do you have any advice for me? I love playing sports.
I'm 20 and have pretty bad pain from an L4-L5 central disc herniation it hurts dead center of my back at the herniation down my sacrum to the tail bone. With 6 weeks of physical therapy and 6 weeks of chiropractic sessions I have eliminated most, of my leg pain.however for the last 11 months I have been in pain EVERY second of it. The pain in my lower center back is getting worse, my question is, is it normal for this pain to last for many years? I've read that it should go away after 6 months..
I really appreciate your response. I just asjed mom and she says she feels it in every finger but those. Sleeps on her back, face towards the cieling, arm is normal rest during this position sometimes moving to laying on the stomach or lifting hand and forearm towards head area with palm facing the cieling. She has not noticed what makes her pain worse or better, it arrives and leaves but mostly arrives and stays for a while throughout the day and only allowing her to sleep 1.5 hours a night.
For someone that has a herniated disc due to spondylolesthesis, what exercises do you recommend at this point????
i am 18 years old and am entering my first bodybuilding competition. Just last night i noticed that my left lower leg only around the shin is slightly numb to the touch and i feel some tingling as well. I am not using any performance enhancing drugs (steroids, hgh, etc.) but i am using several supplements. I have been lifting 5 times a week focusing on diff body parts each workout. I do squats and deadlift but i always use a spotter for squats and i have good form for both exercises.
Thanks for your helpful response. I've got a couple of things going on, actually: mild scoliosis w/ degeneration in lower lumbar (mainly L5 issues) along w/ uneven hips. At this point, it really feels more of a hip issue to me. I feel like that's where most of my pain is, especially when at work, where I stand all day. I try to sit for 15 minutes every hour or so, but when I sit my ankle throbs & I find myself wanting to hold my leg straight out to the side for relief or tucked under.
My MRI is clear-no bulging disc. The doctors realised I have a muscle spasm from lots of exercising. Never streching the neck and never been on a massage. It came like I will have a flu, and since I felt pain in the neck i bend my neck backwards, I tought that is the right strech. I was wrong and worse and worse. Now I bend foward to strech. What tipe of treatment do you suggest to me. When I strech the neckI feel lots of burning pain like hell!
i have a L-4,L-5 bulgy disc. some nights my legs feed is on fire. should i get surgery ?
Hey :) I'm 24. In November i suffered from a spasm attack in the lower right area of my back. I was unable to bend without having to sit down from the resultant pain. Getting up without agony was a task too. the doc suggested it was a muscle pull and after a couple of days my lower right was fine but there was a residual catch on my lower left. In May I awoke to a worse spasm. A week later the same residual catch on my left remained. No numbness though. Still fearing the worst. Do advise :(
Good explanation that does help and give hope.
Yes, they will heal. I herniated my L5-S1 30 years ago and now my L4-L5 about 4 years ago. they take awhile to heal and you need to keep active. But the disc will resorb. In my case it took about 1 year to have just as many good days as bad days but after 2 years I was 90% healed and now I have almost no problems. At almost 57 years old, I'm still lifting things, riding motorcycles, etc.
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hi man actually in my case it's l5s1 protrusion slightly big bulge not herinated so can it heal with exercise and care I am 25 year old
My husband had an MRI this past week. He has pain from the buttocks down the outside of the thigh to the knee. The report says"At L3-L4, there is mild to moderate spinal stenosis as well as bilateral lateral recess stenosis. . . . and severe left foraminal stenosis that appears to be due in particular to a new large left foraminal disc hernia that fills the foramen and compresses the exiting left L3 nerve root". Surgeon ordered PT and cortisone injection. Do you think your exercises will help?
Try a neck traction device, this changed my life!! Seriously I was in so much pain, and after using one, I had most of the pain leave. I use it everyday at home, just put it on the door, and correctly put it on my chin and it pulls my spine apart correctly.
Jesus , sounds like torture
QUESTION : doc you said this would centralise the pain.. could you please tell me how does that help?? does the fibre regenerate after a period (the way any other wound would) and should i ask my doc before performing these exercises or is it safe for everyone? (i hope you understand what i'm trying to say!!) by the way GREAT EXPLANATION!! :)
hai...i have this problem...my mri report says..
Findings :
spinal cord ends at T12/L1 level.No spondylolisthesis.
loos of lumber lordosis.the vetebral body heightd are equal.
no significant abnormal insity of the vetebrae.no fracture.
intact posterior longitudinal ligament.
posterior-central disc extusion at L4/L5.
thickened ligamentum flavum.
moderate compression of cauda equina.no compromised exiting roots.
posteriot-central disc extusion at L5/S1.
Annulus tear is seen.
@maddenptofficial
Thanks. I was diganosed (via MRI) with a C6/C7 herniation back in 2008. It took a year + of rest, cervical traction, medicine, exercises and patience, but I am now (almost) back to normal. What sorts of things can someone in my situation do to ensure continued healing? I feel almost better other than occasional stress-induced 'stiff necks' that I never had before.
Hi, I got a MRI and then confirmed with a physical therapist I have a bulging disc L5S1. I've been doing the McKenzie exercise (mostly the one flat on the floor and then pushing up with hands) for about 4 months now and I haven't had a major episode of pain yet but I notice I still have pain in my lower back when I'm doing the exercise and if I bend forward right after doing the exercise I feel a pop in my lower back. What should I do? Keep doing exercises? Flexion?
I just came back from the ER today, the pain was excruciating and the naproxen didn't do anything so the result is a herniated disc. I've had my condition worsen in the past week (weakness started to settle in and I can lift my foot) so I'm on percoset and prednisone but with a prescription for PT. The only thing that makes me sad is the "no sports or training" until it's healed.
Physical therapy it is. I hope she will be fine. She is not on medical assistance, two weeks ago she was only given 10 generic Percocet 5/325 together with motrin, it gave little relief, she wasnt prescribed anything further than that except an appointment more than a month away. Should we worry that she will lose permanent feeling anywhere on the right arm/hand?
Thanks so much for your advice.
I've tried it all. From physiotherapy to acupuncture to steroid epidural (which made things worst)to strong pain killers to stretches and to wet cupping. None of them seem to work. All that's left is IDD therapy and surgery. I'm so frightened of surgery as I've heard frightening stories. I'm so sad :'(
I leaned back with a heavy rain soaked plank above my head and felt it go between L4 and L5. My specialist says no back extensions. My back hurts and it runs through from my buttocks down to my calf. Am at the end of my tether. Approaching my old age I was looking forward to a fit old age and now at 69 feel crippled and in constant pain. Physio was like a plaster on the pain and now going through chiropractic jumbo mumbo. They out a T shaped bar end on my disk and shoot it. really weird but after 12 my neck feels wonderful but my back and leg the same
I started off with leg pain then it got critical to really bad nerve pain running up and down my right leg to my pelvic area, i couldnt even sleep because one slight switch i would get this excruciating lightning bolt like pain which would last for about 10 seconds, no one wil know what i am talking about until they experience it. So please as per my previous post can u email me with just a few more tips, its a lot better now but still need help
Thanks, wish I lived in PA and not OK. You seem to know how to get the job done. Your patients are very lucky to have you.
I would like to share a testimony with you guys. On dec 24th 2018, God finally replied to my perseverant prayers. I had been suffering with back pain after weightlifting improperly and going high reps and high weight. I squatted 180 pounds and would do 7 sets of ten reps and then continue on. My point here is that my back was extremely damaged from all this load and improper technique. I had not gone to the gym in 6 months because of the pain and I was scared to even touch a barbell again. Part of being Gods daughter I realized that God knew how much I love weightlifting and he also knew the pain I was going through physically and so I made it my mission to ask him everyday to heal my back and to be perseverant in my prayers. I recall my inspiration to persevere in prayer come from going to the holly sacrament at 3 am while I was reading my bible about the parable of the persistent widow Luke 18 1-8 :
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2 He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. 3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’
4 “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”
6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
Upon reading this I was convinced that God will answer my prayers and 2 months of consistent asking he healed me.
I was in my room praying the 15 prayers of Saint Birgitta and I would always pause on the 6th one where it said in summary “ remember the sword of sorrows that trespassed your holly and immaculate mother and have compassion on all my spiritual and corporal afflictions” and I would always say “God remember my back please heal me I know that hurting it was my doing but if you want to heal me you can”.
Then on dec 24th before doing the 15 prayers of Saint Birgitta again I read one of the 15 promises “ Anything that you ask to me and my mother I will grant it if it is my will” so I took this very seriously and when the 6 th prayer came up again I paused and made my daily prayer “God please heal my back” and then I kneeled on my bed and prayed “Momma Mary please ask this of God too because it says that anything that I ask to you and God will come true if it is his will” and then I felt the holly spirit of God and it came down to me and there was just so much peace. My back curled up and my hands were involuntarily slowly bowing down until I did reach a bow position. Then I felt this breeze like touching my spine and it was so gentle. I immediately broke down in these uncontrollable tears and my body was in trembles. I knew what was happening, my God was healing me. Then before raising my self up I heard a strong voice in my head say “your faith has healed you”. This happened pretty recently and I am beyond thankful to God. My back pain is gone!!! 6 months of pain gone by the grace of God and intercession of My Momma Mary.
I am writing this not to brag about what God did with me but to give any of you guys hope about what God can still do to you. There is nothing impossible for God, he HEARS US!! He awaits patiently with love and kindness and will answer our prayers if it is his will. After having this experience I feel very blessed I hope you can ask God with trust on anything that you need because just like he healed me he will heal you!
Here’s my favorite bible verse; one that I stumbled after this happened:
1 John 5:14-15
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us-whatever we ask-we know that we have what we asked of him.
ASK and IT Shall BE GIVEN!!!!
Also I would like to mention 2 things
#1) Don’t be afraid to ask Mary to intercede for you before Christ, she is our Mother and will only bring us closer to her son not farther apart. She already interceded for us in the wedding of Cana when they had run out of wine and she told Jesus “they are out of wine” and then Jesus replied “it is not yet my time” but then Mary said to them “Do what he asks of you” and the. Jesus asked them to bring water to him which he then turned into wine. This is the first miracle that God performed in the Bible through the intercession of Mary. Jesus also makes her our mother at the cross when he tells John , son there you have your mother” and mother there you have your son”. John was the son of Salome not Mary so when God says this he is giving humanity a new eve, a new celestial mother: Mama Mary!!!
So don’t be afraid to reach out to Mary because she reaches out to her son and gets us closer to him
2) The 15 Prayers if Saint Birgitta, they are for a year and I am currently in month six. It is a long commitment but not impossible, as a college student there are times where I am drained to finish them but I always ask God to help me finish them. These prayers were given to Birgitta by God and they are found today in the basilica of Saint Peter extramuros in Rome. God promises 21 things and amongst them is ensuring that he will come with his mother to us at the hour of our death and will protect us. He also promises 100 days of indulgence from purgatory for every time that they are recited. I strongly encourage anyone to do these prayers.
Here’s the link :
In Spanish
oracionesydevocionescatolicas.com/quince_oraciones_brigida.htm
In English:
mostsacredheart.com/prayers/st-bridget.html
Pray on, be consistent, trust in God , ask for Mary’s intercession and embrace her as your mother And you will have the shortest and easiest road to God and getting your prayers answered!!!!!!!
What exactly you did?
I am being as patient as I can, today I came across this and I know I am on the right path. I am about to complete 4 months with a bulging disc and I know my time to heal is coming. Gods timing is perfect and thank you for this post!!! I really appreciate it & hope you’re doing great
Thank you. You have put my mind at ease.
What best surgical treatment in this time
Hi Chad, I have a bad lower back pain that suddenly came and I had no injury to cause it. Its in the lumbar region/pelvis. It hurts whatever I do, sitting, standing, bending forward to touch my toes hurts. Bending back hurts, but less than bending forward. If i stand straight and lift my leg up at a 90 degree angle, that really hurts. Sometmes if I sit for more than a few minutes, my right lower back/hip will spasm and make my right leg shake/spasm for a second. Thank you so much for any advice
So i can heal my 5mm herniation in my L4 L5. I have had this problem for 10 months already and there is only a little improvement. Im stretching every day and had the epidural injected but i still get the needles in my left leg and pinching in my hip when i wake up. Please help!!!
Would the "grade 5 lumbo pelvic mobilization" technique, traction, or an inversion table be worth a shot prior to subjecting myself "to the knife". I"d prefer a holistic approach, if at all possible, than any type of invasive surgery. Also, I do not experience any signs of cauda equina syndrome.
Thanks in advance for your knowledge, dedication to your craft, and willingness to help others on the web.
Hi doctor, I am suffering from right side low back pain, right buttock and right leg pain from an year (started after severe constipation and straining bowels) , my recent MRI finds : At L4-5, there is mild foraminal narrowing secondary to facet degeneration and very mild bulging posterior annulus. Please suggest me Doctor Chad, I am really hoping that your suggestions will cure my pain and problem. Can I do the trunk rotation exercises (doing from 1yr already) along with other physical.Thanks.
thanks alot i will keep looking . is there any place in singapore that u would reccomend me ?
I've got a severe back pain because of herniated disc L5-S1 after the trauma at a gym a month ago. I had even the special injections, but it still hurts especially below the left knee and some toes remain numb. After seen many videos on RUclips I found out I ALWAYS had this problem, but I didn't know it. I was lifting weights, doing squats, deadlifts and I never know that I had a herniated disc!!! Now I've came back to those exercises which I was doing instinctively when I knew nothing about this problem. McKenzie exercises and exercises demonstrated by Dr Mandell. Many people do these exercises just because they fill a lot of relief for their back and leg pain! They do that unconsciously . I did it for many years and I never knew about the problem which I still have. Just one coincidence at the gym, a serious mistake doing leg press let me realise that I have a herniated disc!!! My experience explains, why so many people never know that they have this problem with their spine.
Please reply I have been going through back pains for 5 years and I have been to all types of doctors
Good video. I have problems with my neck. I have fiew questions: How many time after the injury you can start the bending backwards exercising- it is good to exercise durring the inflammation?
Are those bending backwards exercises good for neck bulging disc too?
Can a bulging disc heal completly?
And if I do the banding backwards exercises will I be able to do my jumping exercises again?
Thanks from Croatia.
hi doctor, what's the difference between herniated disc and annular tear, thanks 🙏
When I bend backwards there seems to be more pain shooting down my left leg and butt. When bending forward with legs straight I have pain shooting down my left leg as well, but if I bend forward with legs not being straight than I have no pain down the leg. I'm also only 25 years old. The leg pain started after heavy lifting at work. You don't think this is disk herniation symptoms? Think it could be something worse like those three that you listed above?
What other problem could it be? My doctor told me I have a herniated disk when I went to get checked up. Its been three months and sciatic pain is not going away.
Hi, Thanks for your videos, they are really helpful. I had really bad pain in my left leg 5 weeks ago, my doctor diagnosed it as sciatica without any scans. After reading online I've been going through some Mckenzies exercises and now I have little pain in the leg but lower back is really bad now, feels sore and hurts. Would you say its centralisation as suggested in your video? Thanks for your help
Just FYI I was given pain killers for 2 days and advised to take vitamin d and omega 3 capsules for 3 months till the exact problem was determined. I was instructed to avoid bending and lifting while performing certain advised exercises. The exercises certainly haven't changed anything unfortunately. Is it a disc issue? Nerve problem? I have no clue but i'm trying to avoid an MRI scan.
Doctor Madden. Hello sir. I just saw my MRI results yesterday and they revealed a L5S1 Herniation (poking towards nerves in the spine via axial view) and a L4 bulging disc. He opted for ESI (epidural steroid injection) then if that doesnt work trying one of the various methods of discectomys to remove the offending portions. I have great pain on account of this (sciatica) and local pain to the site.
I want to expend all my options prior to surgery. Any insight on my particular case?
when one of those astronuts mentioned sciatica was relieved by o gravity, i took seriously, prolonged light traction worked for me twice, herniated disc..
The pain occurs at the back of the leg and also on the left side of the left leg, but never at the front. Is this disk herniation symptoms?
Hi Madden, thanks for the video.
I'm having lower back pain & sciatica on my right leg started the Mid of Jan. A month ago, MRI findings of L5/ S1 disc herniation. After several times Chinese osteopathic treatment, my lower back stiffness improves. But I'm getting more pain from the pelvic region, it affects my daily life. I can't neither walk nor sleep well. Is it normal? The pain of pelvic region is a minor form of sciatica? Also what is the meaning of "PID" from the MRI report? Thank you so much for your time.
What about a chronic "thrown out" back always in the same place? It's not a sharp nervy pain, more like a very strong ache like a torn muscle with loss of flexibility so bad you can't even put socks on. It has bothered me for 15 years now.
thank you , I will push forward
I experienced sudden onset lower back pain that has been severe and constant for 3 days now. I cannot bend forward without pain but no shooting pain in my legs, although the area around my hips is painful when I move. I don't know whether to see a doc or not? What do you think?
Absolutely great video,transparent concise and totally understandable but i've got a dodgy disc L5 and its not that easy to lean back in fact its impossible some times,do you mean after the swelling has gone down and your able to do that?
Thanks for these videos dr. Madden, it helped me recover on my disc herniation which i got last december. I have all the shooting pain from my buttocks to my left feet before but the only problem i have left now is the constant numbness in the left side of left feet. I think my progress has stopped, and im wondering if how will i get the numbness away if possible...
She was booked for therapy and an injection in the neck forDec.20th.Supposedely that's the earliest appointment available, she doesn't have private insurance and apparently must go through this waiting process.She has been to the emergency room multiple times within 3 weeks, how could they make her wait so long :( When you mention therapy, is it specifically for prolotherapy?If not, should we request it? Is the injection likely an epidural or perispinal etanercept? Which is a better alternative?
I've read a lot on forums and what not, where other people list different sorts of pain that they go through with herniated/ruptured disc, but I've yet to find anything similar to my worst case senarios. So far this has happened to me 4 times over the course of about 6 years...when my lower back "goes out", I get knocked to the ground, and it feels like what I'd imagine being shot, or struck by lightning would feel like (pain wise). My lower back begins to send these terrible shocks throughout my body. I have a high pain tolerance, but during these moments, I can't help but scream and cry. I can't fully describe just how horrible it is, but I'm not exaggerating when I say that I really do believe it would be up there with some of the most painful experiences. Once I'm down, I can not get up. It's not a pain you can push through, and when I attempt to make even the slightest move, it's just BOOM BOOM BOOM, shock after shock. Each time that this has happened, I have to get taken in an ambulance to the ER. They give me everything under the sun, and once I get home, I have to be lifted out of the bed for days, then it very slowly gets to where I can start lifting up on my own. My question is, do you have any idea what's happening in my body when I'm having such intense spasms? I deal with typical sciatica symptoms regularly, so I'm aware of the disc pushing into the nerve, etc. But what is happening during the time that I'm experiencing the electrical shock type pain that at one time, paralyzed my legs while my lower back was going nuts with spasms?
I'm experiencing the exact same thing. Makes me not want to live anymore. Have you had a steroid epidural? I did and pain got a lot worst. I was told by somebody to look up arachnoiditis. So I did. Now I just await my appointment with a surgeon to find out exactly why I'm feeling this much pain/stiffness/shocks/spasms.
beetlejes it's my non-medical opinion that your rupturing your disc with each time you have an episode. something I read about discs is the material inside causes almost instantaneous reaction with the nervous system. this is due to the material being treated as a foreign body, thus being attacked viciously by your immune system. one byproduct of this is inflammation, and the inflamed portion would be the nerve. so, the material itself touching the nerve, followed by the inflammation leads to the pain your indicating. it gradually goes away, either slow or fast depending on location of material, amount of inflammation, so on. the annulus of the disc slowly heals. then another month or two, the stressed annulus cracks when you move wrong, twist wrong, or put weight on it just so, and voila, pain is back. that's my closest guess.
This is to benefit others, not me.
Do you suggest that bulging disc IS NOT the cause of sciatica?!
Opening up the spine through gentle exercises in stretched-out positions - it makes perfect sense. Flexion on sports cycles is shallow. In fact, it's upright cycling that can cause problems.
My back issue has a 30 year history - I'm very confident in my analysis.
the prop up exercise and the other two that you have shown in your other video. and thanks for replying
I injured my back in the gym about 6 months ago, felt a sharp pain running down my buttocks,leg and into my calf.I've developed a limp as a result. I've been receiving physiotherapy, been to a chiropractor as well as my family doctor. I'm currently seeing an orthopedic surgeon who suggests an MRI scan. I'm claustrophobic, does it make sense having the scan, i'm extremely anxious and scared, will they be able to cure my limp after the scan or should i just continue with Physio. Help, please.
Thanks.Exactly I have a bulging disc C2-C3 and a pinched nerve for 5 weeks. I have heat in my head (like temperature),and neck pain, a little bit of hand shudder. This simptoms I still can survive, but I have a lungs spasm!!!
5 weeks ago I felt from my snowboard on the head. I did MRI but I still vait the result.Yesterday I did some neck extensions and turns and I feel better now. But I am wandering how far I can go with exercises i do not want to agravate the situation.What do you suggest me?
He started PT on Monday and is going 3x per week. They're doing traction, McKenzie exercises and some core strengthening exercises. He might be a little better. Hard to tell. Sometimes pain is just in butt and sometimes goes down to knee.
Only complicating factor is overweight (about 60-65 lb.). We also have an inversion table (goes back to about 50 degrees) that he's using at home when he doesn't go to PT. Should that help?
Thanks.
Hi.Thanks for your videos.Very interesting.I have a question one person with hyperlordosis can have an herniated disc?sciatica?or any back problems?
@maddenptofficial Thanks again for the insight. It wasn't trauma-induced. I just woke up one morning with a stiff neck, and over time it developed into radiculopathy. I didn't know what it was until it was too late. I don't have any pain, but sometimes stress gives me what I would call "psychosomatic" aches in my neck and arm that go away after a short time. I just would like to know what things I could do to ensure continued health and healing!
How many times a day! I'm 3rd time lucky with this,in 10 years! First time was really bad, because i didn't know my disc was pro-lapsing! I was bent right over! Had 4 pillows stuffed under my tummy! 20 minutes on the floor! Move around for 20 min's! Back on the floor! Every 2 or 3 days! 1 pillow taken away! until i was straight! Then i started these exercises! I did them round the clock! Had get back to work! Im doing them now! So how many times a day? I don't need to sleep for a wile!!
Im herniated L4/L5 just like in your video, its shooting out more left side... I have no leg pain and no shooting pains it's completely isolated in the back. It is causing stenosis and im showing early signs of arthritis... im 29 years old.... Original injury was roughly 9 months ago, about 2 months ago it got to the point where I could bearly walk and had my MRI... 2 weeks ago was my appt with the neurosurgeon. I went to Vidant in Greenville NC... he didn't recommend any types of surgey because I wasnt having shooting pains, he said it appeared to be healing itself already and he recommended core training, yoga and stretching... i go back in 3 months for a follow up. I will says pain meds didnt help but celebrex took all the inflammation out which helped me to be able to slowly train again
Philly_Ink hey man. look up vitamin c mega dosing. I've researched it, done it. I'm 100 today...from 25 about 1 1/2 months ago. it's awesome stuff. look it up
Richard Ryan im def going to, Ive seen your other comments... I'll let you know how it goes
Philly_Ink good luck brotha. it helped me, I hope it helps you too.
Richard Ryan thanks bro
any good feedback on the C Vitamin mega dosing?
hi
i have been diagnosed with a Marginal posterior bulging of L4/5 and L5/S1 discs,with minimum indentation to the thecal sac . no root compression is present in the lumbar spine . it is being about 2 years since i got the pains down the left leg; numbness tingling and inflammation down the left leg . i have been doing the mckenzie exercises for the past three months 2 times a day,but still there isnt much of a improvement ,it is actually getting worse . what would u advice me to do ? .
I also always warm up with stretching before each workout. I am very frightened that this may be something very serious especially because my trainer who is also my older cousin has slipped a disc in his back twice and now has severe pain in his back everyday and cannot move around like he used to. If you could please get back to me about what you think this may be as soon as possible it would be highly appreciated. thanks in advance.
The Clarences love & support Chad!
Hi Mr. Madden PT. Is it possible to lift weights without making a herniated disk worse?
Thanks for giving me the hope Dr
Is there any cure (or at least exercise) to at least relieve pain temporarily for a herinated disc on a lower back that is caused by a fall?
if not, any back surgery options available?
So I can make a full and complete recovery from this, also will I be limited to weight training or would you recommend easying back into it?
Madden, Thanks for an informative video. It seems that I have a herniated disk with a fragment does PT help. Thanks a lot
Very helpful. Thank you.
Does a herniated disc ALWAYS give leg pain as well? I feel like this sounds most like what I have but I don't experience leg pain.
My L4 is herniated on only the left side and it feels AWESOME if I bend at the waist and lean the opposite direction at the same time. Plus, I thought most herniations at L4 cause pain down the front of the leg to the knee, and not necessarily sciatica?
thank you for the video. very insightful