Fix / Heal bulging or herniated disc injury - Jillian Michaels
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- After fracturing my spine and herniating three discs during a bad fall - for the first time in my life I knew what it meant to suffer with acute severe back pain.
In this video I teach you what I learned after this injury to heal, manage the pain, and stay hopeful during recovery. But... most importantly what NOT to do after herniating a disc. I go over the worst mistakes you can make with back injuries that can exacerbate the pain and make the injury much worse.
Then I go on to talk about mental and physical strategies for optimal recovery without surgery for herniated and bulging discs.
Heal herniated or bulging discs.
Fix low back pain.
Jillian Michaels
100 percent spot on. Only those of us who have experienced this really appreciate the advice
Huge huge emotional component to this injury. Agreed. Sooo rough.
She's correct.
Exactly this! I'm 34, fit and healthy and badly herniated my L5/S1 almost a year ago. It was severely compressing my spinal nerve, causing extreme pain down my entire leg. Every minute of every day was agony! Made worse by the misdiagnosis and a doctor unwilling to provide pain medication. It was 7 months before I could see a specialist. By then I was physically, emotionally and mentally exhausted. Unfortunately disk was in such a sad state I required surgery. I'm at week 12 post op now and finally getting back into the gym and work. Knowing what you yourself have been through and how well you've removed gives me hope. Thankyou for sharing
A disk need one year to be fully healed. No pain does not mean you are fully healed. Please don't exercise with weights, use your body for exercise, don't rush
Sounds very similar to me. Luckily I had an MRI within a month and came across Stu McGill many years ago so I had a round idea of how to approach rehab. I am 2 months in and hoping to avoid surgery if I can
Same here. Herniated at age 33 in November 2022. I'm now 35 and I'm still in pain a year later... L5-S1 disc is herniated.
hey any updates? I'm 20 and bulged L4-L5 and L5-S1 in the gy,- Pain for 8 months until I just got diagnosed. How are you doing :')?
I love this share. Thank you, Jillian. The Body Keeps the Score - it's true. A routine in the app with exercises for people with back injuries would be incredible!
Thank you for sharing this! I couldn't relate to this more if I tried as I sit crying, wearing adult diapers at 31yo. I live alone and literally crawl into the bottom of the bathtub to clean myself off.
Normally I work as a Paramedic and injured my back 3x at work. The first I was whipped across the back of the ambulance while treating a patient and we hit the ditch. The second time was pulled down a flight of stairs by a patient. And this last time I twisted wrong. I've been off work in excruciating pain for the last 3 months and can't get in to be properly evaluated... You're definitely correct when saying there is an emotional component to it as well. I've struggled with CPTSD for many years and it is literally breaking me in half.
I'm so sorry. How are you doing today?
Reading this helped me feel less alone. I’m an emt and also hurt my back on the job. This is also my 3rd time re injuring my back, its been very difficult this 3rd time around. I hope you are doing much better now. God bless you.
I feel ya pain. I herniated 2 disc in my low back. When you said u couldn’t get off the floor.. that was me…I’m 5 weeks into my recovery. Pool therapy 6 days a week for 2 hours has helped a ton!!!!!!
Hi Daniel. What kind of water excercises you do?
Can you tell me what you did to start recovering? I am in so much pain especially every morning when I wake up 😢
I was diagnosed with a herniated disk and sciatica
I'm laying here in pain with a herniated disc. I have been to a physio therapist. Thankyou for posting this just listening to your issues are giving me Comfort and hope.
This has been ongoing for 6 years but hasn't happened in the last 2 years and I thought I was out of it but here Iam.
The lesson I'm learning with this is that it's time for me to listen and start strengthening my body and also listen to my body. The signs were there that I ignored.
My husband is an amazing person who has been doing absolutely everything. I do feel like a burden though when this happens.
Time to heal and keep positive..I will get better and improve my health 🙏
Hey girl, 10 months later, did you recover?!
How are you now ?
THANK YOU for doing this. I have degenerative disk disease/arthritis that causes all kinds of issues, chronic pain, nerve leg pain, hard to exercise, etc. It does feel helpless, affects my quality of life so much. Ugh!!!!
I am no where near as fit as you, but I also recovered from a bulging or herniated disc injury. It required not only physical commitment and changes but yes, a deep letting go of stress that I kept trying to push through, a non-sensical situation that had no resolution - until I left. It was powerful, and im thankful for the experience, and I am also thankful that I found a way to change things I thought were impossible to change and to heal. I had the help of professionals, but had to advocate for intervention that was NOT surgical and NOT pain medicine. I was pushed by physicians to get surgery and get on pain meds, but really had to advocate to be allowed to try with a competent physical therapist and incorporating my training in therapeutic yoga and movement practices. Luckily, I did not have to resort to spinal fusion or pain meds. With diligent work and incremental steps and a lot of letting go, I am in a much better place.
I had spinal fusion but good for you & wishing you all the best in the future x
This is very, very encouraging. Thank you 🙏🏽
Super encouraging thank you for sharing
Jillian just doesn't care.
How r u now? Do u get pain and how is ur life now socially and do u work out , sports etc. Plz share ur experience as am in pain 😢
OMG Jillian!! This is why I love you, literally had an MRI 2 days ago, and feeling hopeless lost and stuck! Resulted in herniated disc, extruding disc, and horrible sciatica pain! Lost 100lbs on my own through working out and eating right, and now I am terrified at life without working out! Need definite help and assistance on what to do and how to do it moving forward!! I was about to google it all until you saved me from doing so!! Thank you for this video!!! You are a godsend!!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️ much love😭🥰
Same here I feel you
How are you now?? Hope you're doing well ❤️🩹
@tarajohnson470 - how are you doing?
Thank you for sharing your story. I went through similar tribulations. It is so helpful to hear someone who truly understands what back pain can be. I'm happy that you have recovered. Stay awesome!
Hey, Thanks so much Jillian! Loved the real talk! Not only did you inspire me to seek professional help and look at the emotional factors affecting my recovery but you have inspired me to share my experience more authentically and openly. I’ll start a bit here; Two years ago I lost my brother and wife to suicide and was left in a community with no family or friends around. I had to go on raising my then three year old son through his grief and I stopped “working a program”. I have had improper posture form all of my life but have gotten away with it until now. I’m two months out with sciatica, continually injuring myself by either trying RUclips solutions or trying to push through pain. Your video has a real impact and has given me direction! Also gonna start my new Wim Hoff audio book now!🎉❤🙏🙏🙏😊 I’ve made a lot of great changes in my life before, and it’s time to keep changing! To keep journaling, to keep seeking appropriate help and guidance, to meditate, and to say the serenity prayer and focus on THE THINGS I CAN CHANGE!!
You know her story is so damn true when it resonates with you as you lived exactly the same situation. Thanks for sharing this wonderful story, and, as a Kickboxer who had an L4 L5 disk extrusion that completely destroyed me, I can say it's possible to heal without surgery! To all of you guys who're struggling right now, it's possible to heal, have faith!
a little more detail please?
Yes please . Man Dr's can't do anything with me. They say my herniation isn't that bad. Except I'm still in pain after months of not working or lifting weights
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Glad to hear you've healed! Thanks for the hope inspo!
Thank you! You gave me hope! 3 1/2 months in and almost back 100. It’s been scary… hopefully soon I will be back to normal
how are you feeling now?
How are you now?? Hope you're doing well ❤️🩹
This is the very best video I have ever seen for back injury!!! I had a fractured L3 and 3 herniated discs 😢 it’s horrendous. Had Chiropractor stretch me and manipulate me before I was smart enough to see a neurosurgeon and get imaging. I KNOW the chiropractor made my injury worse. I needed surgery to fix things.
Now imagine for us poor saps that have degenerated discs. When there is literally no cure
Being with disc bulge for the last two years this is the first time I came across some one who is sharing her success story.I had completely lost hope but you seems a beacon of light.God bless
I'm 6 months into my recovery. I was very bad physical and emotional. Please get a great doc and mri as soon as possible then I took oral steroids when to warm water therapy 3 times a week a great back doc used x ray visual to give me 2 epidural they do not hurt. They do work for many. Rest as much as you can after epidural and pt! I list 10 pds. Eat better food chicken fish took turmeric vitamins c heal tissue. I was suicide before I told myself yes you can get better it takes months to feel better. It was pure hell. I did everything I mean everything to heal myself. You too will heal. Do not over do it or bend over without using your knees and never lift heavy objects of 10 pds! I pray. I eat better. I rest more. I manage my stress. Change your whole life for the better give yourself a year to heal. Im 6 months in about 75 percent better. GOD BLESSING ALWAYS ANNA
Im 38, been a personal trainer most my life. Idk how or what happened to me but im in the thick of it. Im just always in pain down my leg. And I swear people love seeing you break, because it justifies their negative thoughts. But I will get through this..idk how but I wont give up. Dont do anything to bother it and find what eases the pain. For me no more weights which is so hard for me. But im swimmimg and doing bodyweight everything. And stretching, stretching feels good so I do it. Until my doctor can tell me something better to do. But were all gonna make it!
Don't give up! Stay strong 💪 You're not alone
Hi, I'm wondering, has your pain in the leg gotten any better? I'm having pretty much the exact same experience as the speaker 😢 Did you get an MRI ? The pain is unbearable
I was diagnosed with a herniated disk and sciatica, it's a nightmare
Did you get better
People definitely love to watch others fall but karma will get them back. I been in pain for 2 years, can’t be a pt anymore, and largely because I worked for a gym that didn’t have equipment for their pts and the labor of building a gym inside a gym as punk teenagers purposefully got in my way just ruined my spine.
Thank you for this video. I live in South africa.. which has limited back specialist. I finally found Mcgills books. Now going through the process of recovery. Pain has slowed down alot with his spine hygene principles.. The pain was relentless. Slow progress and positivity...
Literally spot on in the moment for a friend going through the same thing that thought she may never run again due to the pain. She just got her assessment and the Doctor is getting her a therapy plan and she will and can run again. Thanks again for sharing #MakingADifference
I was given antidepressants for a muscle relaxant and when i complained that i couldn't sleep and i felt i was going crazy because i was so tired and the pain was too much she just gave me panadiene forte which didn't help, i ended up going to the hospital and they gave me some endone to take home, even the nurse at the hospital said i needed a muscle relaxant because my muscles were so tight, the doctor told me the antidepressant would fix my muscles, went to a different doctor months later and she was like what that's not a muscle relaxant so i went through the acute phase with no muscle relaxants and mine was from injury, it's crazy it really depends who you see for treatment, because i was saying the pain was making me suicidal i guess she thought it was more of a mental health issue, herniated discs are horrible and i don't think people understand how much the pain can effect you or how bad it really is.
I resonate with this so deeply. I’m 2
months in with extreme sciatica pain. Large disc herniation sitting directly on my sciatic nerve and it’s some WILD pain. I’m lucky to get proper treatment here in Italy. I hope everyone gets better..it’s not easy!
How are you now?? Hope you're doing well ❤️🩹
I'm here laying with a herniated disk watching her talking and the only thing I can think of is.. "wow, she's so pretty 😍😍😍" 😂😂
Jillian, I've been teaching Zumba and fitness classes for the past 13 years and am crying. The past 18 months I've had 3 herniated discs in my neck causing nerve pain down my right arm, and whole upper quadrant. It has been so debilitating. I felt like I have processed through so much trauma in the meantime because what can you do but sit there? It makes sense because the spinal cord is literally the brain, it is not separate.
I finally stopped doing everything 7 months ago & forced myself to stop trying to go out and socialize, stop having FOMO, just rest. I've tried all the conservative things, PT, massages, acupuncture, needling, supplements, meditations, cold exposure, infrared, you name it. I really can relate to that feeling of being in control. It is a free fall, one that feels like it may never end. I'm still having flare ups from simple things. I thought I would be one of the lucky ones and am still not sure if I will. The most I do is go for a 10-15 min walk, hang on the monkey bars on a playground, & some light PT exercises. I did 3 loads of laundry this weekend and flared up. If I don't have a Tylenol or Naproxin in me, I'll have that chemical inflammation go through my arm and it gets shaky.
I also think there is a difference between acute injury herniations and degenerative ones. Not quite sure how long my 3 boo boos have been there but I definitely think the wear and tear of exercise took its course. An MD said 1 of the boo boos is new, the other 2 are older.
As a fitness instructor, I am grappling hard and am not really not sure if my body will clean the herniations up on its own. I caved and ended up scheduling an endoscopic laser surgery next month to remove the herniated pieces that keep on causing inflammation. It's got a 95% success rate with 1% re-herniation but I'll have to take it easy for 6 months to a year. I guess it would be no different than what I would be doing. This procedure is minimally invasive and apparently people become pain free after a couple days. The surgeon who performs it said that for people who self-heal, the herniations never actually go away, which is why people continue to flare up. The annular tear in the disc may still be there for those who have degenerative issues. For acute injury, the annular tear has a better chance of healing and resorbing. So I do wonder if you continue to get flare ups since yours was an acute injury.
I went through a divorce this past year and got stranded in my homestate due to the pain, had to coordinate people moving my stuff for me from California because I couldn't go back and do it myself, got my mom a car, all while going through this awful pain. It has been one hell of an emotional ride. I've spent probably $20K on conservative treatments alone and now have extreme anxiety at the thought of going to another doctor. The pain likes to sit around a 1-3, but it goes up quite easily if I'm not careful.
Now my fitness and Zumba community is raising money for me so that I can afford this procedure because it's all out-of-pocket ($46K, can you imagine!?) I'm lucky I have a remote job, but I have to work in my bed so I don't have those awful symptoms from sitting upright. I'm ready to max out my credit cards just to move on with my life and work comfortably again. I cannot fathom having a traditional surgery with failure rates out the window. My mom says I should wait at least 1 year of "resting" and I'm only on 7 months officially. Crying in hysterics from the fear and anxiety has at least gone down from every day, to maybe 1x / week.
I was in the best shape of my life, and now am down to level -50 it feels. Your story encourages me and makes me think, perhaps I can pull through this. That little voice in the back of my mind tells me it's not going to work, why bother. And I'm 39. There are days when I have very little pain, but I'm also doing very little. So that little voice says it's unlikely you're better.
Thanks for reading and being there for people going through this.
Hang in there!! I'm so sorry!! I am in a similar condition to you. For me it's back pain with numbness and tingling down my leg. I have had those meltdown days too, days where fears and missing out on life just overwhelms me. It's tough. I hope you find healing. 🥲
Proteolytic enzymes help healing through reducing inflammation and pain by creating macrophages that eat scar tissue.
I have 3 herniated discs and 2 pinched nerves. The C6 is a major nerve that causes the down the arm numbness, pain, tingling, aching.
Herniated disc’s do heal. Inflammation is key. 2000 IU’s fish oil and proteolytic enzymes. There is a lot of research data on it. I opted out of cervical epidural. Lifting laundry baskets are forward head posturing and the worst for me. Those supplements can also be taken directly after surgery to reduce scar tissue.
@@danih7577 That's awesome, thanks!!
Hi Jillian! Can you please make some back friendly beginner exercise videos ❤️ love you!!
Jillian I just want to say thank you so much for this. I truly deeply feel so humbled by knowing i can get through this. Knowing that at least one person in this world has felt this kind of pain and they could barely walk and made it gives me courage and faith to truly surrender and have faith. I truly thank you for each and every word you said it saved me. I could have made it so much worse and hearing you was so moving that it truly moved me to find the deeper meaning, ti truly release all the things that no longer serve me and my healing and to obly focus on a Doctors advice that I fully trust. Your words of wisdom have truly shifted the trajectory of my healing life. You are a blessing. May your life be blessed and full of love. Radiating love and light, Andrea and Dimitris (my living partner)
I have surgery for mine as all professionals fobbed me off saying I needed to relax & learn to breathe as my pain/headaches/muscle soreness was stress & tension 😠 well no my disc had herniated & my spinal chord was damaged. Surgery was my only option.
You are an inspiration Jillian as the shape you are in is phenomenal to say you’ve struggled with this pain/damage. The pain is unbearable!
Bless your heart Jillian. You get it. I was in a semi accident and messed my back up just like you did. People were telling me to “ just suck it up and exercise.” They thought I was being lazy and didn’t want to exercise. I know my body and you are totally right in saying you need to seek professional help. I can say today my back is much better and I can exercise once again. I modified some exercises so I could build back up strength. It was a slow process but I took every day one day at a time. I have a positive attitude and just keep plugging along. Thank you for this video!
so glad to hear you are doing better ❤️
How are you doing today?
Did you had covid before the herniation incident? I blame covid. I had same l5-S1 herniation, l4-5 tear, L3-4 bulge. It’s been 9 months and I’m still in pain. Taking pain killers reduce it but it comes back again
So nice to hear someone understand the pain and the feeling like your life is over. I so get it!! It's so scary. Will I ever be able to do things I love again? I'm active and social and laying around the house makes me feel like my life is over.
Love your tips. I was in pain, my back and shooting down my leg. I took well meant advice from a friend who was a PT (without being properly evaluated first), did some back stretches to unpinch the nerve and help my leg, and my pain blew up! It was the worst thing I could have done. Totally should have waited till I knew what was going on in my case.
Love the tip to find meaning. That is huge. Things happen for a reason and when I learn what I need to, the problem gets resolved. Such a good insight. Way to deliver that tip in such an understandable way.
It sucks to be poor and to have these types of injuries.
Love you more than I already did :) I am so sorry you went through this but it is amazing it helped you grow. Grateful you are doing ok
This resonated with me a lot. From the injury to the potential emotional contribution to the injury
I watched this twice, just because it spoke so much to me. Not just because of back injury, it speaks to more than that. The advice is applicable to how to go about day to day and life challenges. Thanks Jillian.
my pleasure. always hoping we can learn from each other and move forward together.
So true!
mine has been 2 years of pain!!!! All because of a chiropractor!!!!! 😢 Im 27 and I cant go. to gym anymore. Im so hopeless and FRUSTRATED
How you feeling now ??
I just herniated a disc yesterday doing a PR back squat and it’s been devastating. I’m basically an invalid w/ horrific pain. So glad I found this video
How are you
@@raoufbriki4208 I’ve fully recovered and lifting again thanks to an amazing physical therapist. Thanks for asking:)
Any progress
Where do we find the success stories of recovering from herniated disc that caused sciatica? At most of the forums, you find people who are just as lost or in worse pain than you, longer than you, which inevitably affects your morale.
Yes I can’t find many recovery stories either. The all talk about surgery.
@Julia Veitch that's disconcerting. My doctor doesn't want me to go for surgery. I am just beginning to move around more after a 2nd epidural steroid injection. So, I feel a little more hopeful than when I initially wrote that message. Thank you for your message.
How are you getting on now?
@juliaveitch7443 I have improved a lot more since the last message. I did start having flare-ups from time to time, which I manage with OTC pain meds. Otherwise, I try to do McGill's exercises except the modified crunch as it seems to cause more pain. So, the other 2 exercises, atleast 2 times a day now.
I am able to manage overall, but I do fear, from time to time, that the pain might come back.
How are u doing?
This video could not have come out at a more perfect time. Due to frustration with not being able to go to the gym for a good while due to covid, I thought screw it and went absolutely ham at home. Problem was, my form was terrible, I was emotional and didn't pay attention to my body. After a day or two, the worst back pain of my life came out of nowhere. Lo and behold, pretty sure I have either a torn tendon, pinched nerve, or a slipped disc in my lower back. Now I've been stuck in bed for the past week trying to let it heal and it's gotten better but wow I could certainly stand to have it get better sooner! Edit: And 100% on the money about the severity of the pain. I barely ever cry due to physical pain, but this was something else...
Is it possible that I'm lucky one with thoracic herniated disc, 7-8 5mm, pain every day. no surgery recommended??
Thank you Jillian. This pops up as I’m about to do a cobra pose and traction for bulging disk. Due to cost I’ve had to wait for an mri for this year. I had unfortunately tried Nueromed system last year and it caused major nerve issues and who knows, possibly the bulging disk.
Please let me know how to get appointment with Dr. Stuart
I would love to know too😢. I am currently down (4 months and counting) I may be wrong, but I feel as a nobody it would be hard to get in to see him..
I often wonde .as i am a nurse, how does one get better while having to work..
PS hopefully you have overcome your injury by now 🙏
Why is there so little research onto the herniared disc? Surgery not ideal. So many of us suffer. I wm having issues walking. Month 4. I have numbness. I tried pt, walking, epidural.where is the science?
And if you were overweight, you would have been overlooked and denied so much of this. "Well, if you lose weight...."
Um, sir, I can barely wipe my own ass right now....
In the middle of it at the moment. Great advice. So used to healing so fast but this has been 6 months.
My stupid PT herniated my disc, so the medical people are no good either. So SORRY, but her advice sucks too. They DON'T know everything.
I vave several pinched nerves. My doctor ahh you don't have severe case, just take B vitamines and exercise. And book me for a neurologist after 6 months oh c'mon. I'm going to a PT, whathever exercise I'mbdoing is making it worse... You need guidence...
Jillian, thanks for your commitment to wellness and fitness, but please reconsider your choice for president
Thank you for posting this. I’ve had a herniated disk for about three years. Just this morning I sneezed pretty hard and it triggered my disc bulb again. To this day I still have not been able to see a specialist and I’m not sure when I’ll see one.
Something you said in this video reminded me of why I believe this happened to me. It was the stress and it manifested physically. I feel like what just happened this morning is that stress again. I really hope I can let go of this weight that’s breaking my back again. I just feel a sort of comfort knowing that someone understands how I feel. Thank you
I love your seriousness and honesty and you really understand what that means so you talk from experience many thanks for this video and I hope me and all patients get well inshallah 💝
Image having that and being disabled because of your ex-husband cripped you, but you can't get treatment because you have SS which barely covers any doctors/specialists. That's what my nana has been through- she barely can get any help at all. She gets 12 visits per year and her knee is currently infected from one of her 15 knee replacement surgies.
Hi l,m having same nearly 1year.which kind of doctor l should contact please ❤
no pain...just checking you out. well...maybe mental pain from life..thats it
It's very difficult to do nothing when the specialist can't see you for 6 weeks. 😢 I honestly can't do anything, but letting go and having others do your work, help you around the house, ext.. it's so difficult 😭
Thank you for this video! I had chronic pain in my hip, sciatica that turned my life upside down and kept working out, yoga, Pilates and finally got an MRI and turns out I have a herniated disc in my lumbar spine and I watched this and decided to wait for an expert! Saw my spine doc and he told me NO gym! Nothing nothing I need PT and cortisone shots but really Thank you!! I am hopeful to get back to working out, to adapting ❤️
VERY Good information & advice....I can tell your being totally honest & not just trying to sale a pipe dream....thank you for your compassion & integrity...God bless you for this.
MOGUL...... 🙏
😢 I'm in the exact same situation now...After intensive dance classes, I had to rush to the ER due to extreme shooting pains down the leg, intolerable 😔 I was diagnosed with a severe herniated disc and sciatica _ im trying to figure out my next step, for now taking Blokium, but its just a crutch
I absolutely love listening to your epic knowledge ! I can’t believe you couldn’t get an appointment that easy if Jillian Michaels needed something from me I’d be right there ✌️!! Hope your recovery is 110% and you look amazing as usual !!
I am crying! I have hope. I was terrified that my quality of life was over. I feel understand and motivated again. From the bottom of my heart... THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO
Look up IDD therapy and inversion tables like the one build by Teeter. They are life changing.
The only way for the spine to heal is for it to elongate.
Thanks for sharing...💞.....I am a fitness Trainer and dancer and that's exactly my journey at the moment.... seeing U saying these things gave me hope that I will go back doing all the things I love....
Thanks again beautiful soul....wish love and light ❤️
Jillian I’m glued to this video. I’ve had really bad chronic lower back pain for just over 2 years now. I’ve spent hours & hours googling what to do. I’ve had an MRI, worked with physical therapists and it didn’t help. I’ve worked with chiropractors and it’s helped a bit. I learned what NOT to do when it comes to my own body movements in life and at the gym. It’s gotten a little better over the past few months but it’s still bad. I won’t give up because I deserve to live pain free. I’ve learned a lot thru this journey….similar to what you’re learning. I’m so happy that you are a success story. I hope I can be one too.
Chiro's are not right for this type of injury i'm sorry to say. You need someone who can assess your biomechanics and help you get to the heart of the problem. Physical therapy and corrective exercise would be farm more helpful. Also - check out Dr. McGills back mechanic videos. He is the true master and it will at least help give you some understanding of what's going on while you look for the right pro to help get you back into alignment.
I love u . I sent to s world famous orthopedic surgeon Dr Mccance he did an MRI referred me to a pain management specialist and no he only wants to do surgery plan b
Omg I feel you I have herniated disks neck and lumbar it’s a nightmare
Love this so much! I had a similar injury and used all McGill exercises. Controlled what I could control… diet, consistency with McGill exercises, and walking when I was able to. I am completely better… and smarter from the experience, although I would never wish it on anyone.
can you detail what you did a little more?
Im glad you say you are out of pain. Im a huge Jillian fan! I have 3 bulging disc L3, L4 and L5. I have been to 2 back surgeons, MRI's, injections...etc.... last July I couldn't stand or walk. Im under doctors care and doing a lot better. Back pain is the worst. If anyone out there has issues get to the doc and get fixed. No more Russian twists for me either :) But I can still run and cycle.
Thank you, Jillian. I suffer from horrible bulging disc issues, degenerative disc disease, and knee issues. Have been to one expert, seeing a second for another opinion.
I have herniated disc in my neck back I’m talking to a surgeon tomorrow I think they want to do a fusion
What product did you use for the epidurals? Stem cells? Steroids ? Prp?
I had a herniated disc and I went to a chiropractor that had over 100 5 star ratings on Google. He put me on a decompression table and I was worse after the first treatment, I had terrible pain and muscle spasms the next day and for the next several weeks. She is right about being cautious with your approach to treatment.
Thank you. I’m in a dark place right now with my herniated disc.
Also try your best not to sneeze or cough if possible. It's truly scary to go through. The hopelessness is very real. Having someone there to help make your meals or help you get to the bathroom is amazing. I had many days of being completely alone and not being able to move. It would take me a 30 minutes to get to the bathroom. The nerve pain is so horrendous.
Thank you so much for this video it really made my day. I am 20 years old and 3 month ago I herniated 2 disks. I was in so much pain and I was depressed to the point that I wished to die. it was awful. But now the pain has gotten a little better and the pain in right side of my back is gone somehow but there is still pain in my left side. I can walk for 30 minutes but the pain just increases. I still can't sit. I get depressed once in a week and think I might never be back to normal again but these videos help a lot. Thank you so much
This just happened to me and this is the worst thing I have ever gone through in my life and I am 25
2 months and im no better ..PT made it worse ... how long do i rest ...wont we get weaker
I never feel pain, whenever I see you.
Thank you for your honesty and directness. I am so sorry you had to go through all of this. I am amazed: how on earth did you go through all of this 'under the radar' while still doing all the media you do. You mentioned not doing Russian twists. I wonder how/if/when this will play out, perhaps, in the app? Any workouts for reduced back stress?
Wow she said everything I was feeling don’t feel alone.this sucks just had a baby three months old and I got my bulging disc while delivering her, I feel like man why do I have to be in this situation,and you can’t do anything about it
They told me surgery too, which is a last resort, I end up seeing a Chinese doctor and in healing process.
So my question is...how is your herniated disk now?
You are so inspiring 🙏🏻❤️ thank you
I loved your video, thank you so much!!!
Oh my gosh. This is my favourite video of yours ever. You spoke so much truth and are so relatable. I thank you for this strong yet vulnerable and truthful video spoken with such clarity!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am stock, as you described. It is months that I am in pain. Feels no end in sight. I followed so many people on internet and sadly perhaps I made it worst. I am in Vancouver and could not get even appointment. I read dr. McGill book but my pain is so constant that. i could not find any particular pattern. I sill have not been able to see specialist. I finally managed to do. an MRI to at least roughly figure out what could be wrong. As I did not have an accident that gave me an immediate painI. so i was going nuts searching internet tryping to guess what happened to my back. I have a family to take care and I have a job. My family is dependent on me financially and that makes everything so much harder. I finally last night learned that DR. mcgill daughter is in Victoria and made an appointment. Although not sure how I will make the trip in one. piece😂
Good luck, let me know how you get on with Stuart’s Daughter for advise on this injury. I have the same injury and I’d love some more advise.
Hi! Can you suggest some workout for painful knees
Dr. McGill is amazing! My chiropractor introduced me to his work a few years ago. You are in good hands. All the best from Canada.
Dang Jillian! I’m so sorry to hear your story! Thanks for sharing. I hope this helps people.
I have a house cleaning business and have two herniated disc’s. I got the epidural and lost my mind for over a week straight. No sleep, total rage, even lost friends. Never ever again. Still never found anyone to help. I keep trying
How r u madam right now?. Iam suffering from disc herniation since January. Can't it be heal without surgery?
Girl in the hospital now but your so right
Even in a long sleeve black shirt you can still see how ripped Jill's arms are
😂 thank you for noticing ♥️
@@JillianMichaels Anytime keep up the good work
@@JillianMichaels Anytime keep up the good work
Wow, I needed this, couldn’t have explained this situation im in better…thank you for being a voice for my situation and a beacon of hope. I’m a 36 year-old fit, healthy person and I was overworking myself in my job to the point of exhaustion and one day I tried to get up out of bed to get ready for work and just hit the ground in excruciating pain. It’s been months now and like you mentioned DOCTORs just don’t really give me a straight answer as to what’s wrong. It took me months to get an MRI to find out- I have two herniated discs in my lumbar spine, my L4 and L5. Hospital visits were quick to give me muscle relaxers painkillers, but nothing has helped. I had an epidural in my spine after a week-there was still no relief. They want me to do a second. I am now trying to get in contact with an orthopedic surgeon to help me to better Plan my recovery but it’s honestly just been so difficult to function or be hopeful.
Thank you so much for your story! I’m going through a severe lumbar herniation and this made me feel so understood and inspired that I can get through, honestly the hardest thing I’ve ever experienced. Thank you thank you! ❤
I'm going through it right now. Im in so much pain. Thank u .
For all those who need a little hope, I am a success story!! 10 months after a herniated disc I can tell you that I am almost 100 percent back to myself. Never lose hope! Follow Dr Stewart McGill this man is a genius. Every pain has a source and a cause and it is very different from person to person and you have to understand for yourself what is the cause of the injury and how to treat and repair it. In my case, strengthening the core muscles, and walking is what helped me. At some point I even added a backpack with 10 kg to my walks and to my astonishment this is what helped the most... crazy huh?!
I’m 16 and I’ve been dealing with a herniated L5/S1 disc herniation for almost a year and it’s stopped my life. Haven’t been able to play any sports go snowboarding or simply stand up for more than 25 min.
Thank you. 😢. Reinjured my back after finally being able to function normally. Its not as bad but again PATIENCE is top priority. That's so hard when you're a parent of 4. I feel useless. So thank you so much for your encouragement 💓
I just want to say to some other people that may share this thought......but has anybody else out there given birth and got pain meds, but now at 52 this is sooooooo much more incredibly painful that I'm like why in the world would I have needed pain meds for that???? 😅😢
i pushed it for 30 days driiving for Amazon after my lumbar injury.. Amazon doesn't give a F@#?, I eventually collapsed, couldn't move any more, my body literally was done.. Has anyone ever tried regenerative therapy for a lumbar/Disc/ instability injury??
I know exactly what you're talking about I crawled around the ground for like a year and I found no doctors that could help me. One even said he thought I had mental problems. I became suicidal thankfully a few people noticed me and gave me some advice and I really believe that God help me change my thinking it's a long story but I felt like he told me why are you always thinking about killing yourself don't you know you're going to die someday but today I want you to live anyhow that's another whole story. But what I did is I just started exercising and went back to work. People don't understand I was in so much pain but I said I was going to kill myself if I die if it kills me what's it matter period And I sucked it up and I sucked it up and went to work lived with pain for so many years because I gave up on doctors in the whole system and tell my body said no I'm not doing this anymore and I couldn't walk. So I had to do something thankfully I found the Doctor Who finally helped me and I am slowly and I am slowly very very slowly improving but yeah Julian you can really be hard to get help Verizon normal people
Hard to see a really good back pain specialist--they are tough to find. Agree about the epiderals. Impossible to get appointments with the good orth guys. Love dr. MCGILL you are spot on with back care mechanic, his videos help so much , but need a good MRI, and agree need to see a good neurosurgeon evaluation.
I absolutely agree. Stop doing outlandish moves. Professional help is the BEST. My orthopedic surgeon introduced me to biofeedback. Ever since then, my pain is completely gone. Had I not gone to the PCP, then referred to the specialist, I would’ve followed RUclips advice. Due to that experience, I went to school for Biofeedback. Awesome information. Thanks for sharing your story!!! Helps so many people!