Slipped disc info

[dickythorpe]

A work colleague of mine has slipped a disc.
He's in agony and stressing about how long he'll be off work etc etc

Anyone on here have any experience of what seems a frightfully painful affliction.

 

[Darran]

I did it a few years ago. It just got better on its own but it was agony.

 

[Niigata Jack]

A work colleague of mine has slipped a disc.
He's in agony and stressing about how long he'll be off work etc etc

Anyone on here have any experience of what seems a frightfully painful affliction.

Ask the doctor to prescribe diazepam, it relaxes the muscles around the spine, so disc will slip back in, he’ll sleep a lot taking those, but that’ll help the healing.

 

[Pacemaker]

NHS Physio will give him the correct exercises to put it back into place.

Very painful and the less you move the worse it gets, I didn’t take anything stronger than Ibuprofen but i felt like i could have done with something stronger. Fecking agony getting out of bed in the morning or lifting a leg to get into shower etc.

He has my sympathy and the bad news is he has it for life and needs to look after his back.

Hopefully it has not ruptured which is another level of pain beyond normal pain!!

 

[Itchysphincter]

Very painful for some people, insignificant for others. He’ll have no choice but to rest for a few days. Tell him to eat nothing but ibuprofen and drink water (not really, but definitely stay of refined processed foods until the inflammation settles down at the very least). Once he’s able to move get going and in a few weeks pay for a personal trainer and get on the weights to build strength. Others will say chiropractor or osteopath but that will only treat the symptom not the cause.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Very painful for some people, insignificant for others. He’ll have no choice but to rest for a few days. Tell him to eat nothing but ibuprofen and drink water (not really, but definitely stay of refined processed foods until the inflammation settles down at the very least). Once he’s able to move get going and in a few weeks pay for a personal trainer and get on the weights to build strength. Others will say chiropractor or osteopath but that will only treat the symptom not the cause.

Deadlifts helped me when I was suffering, lightweights of course and only started once I was pain free of course, planks helped as well as they strengthen the inner core muscles around the spine, apart from the occasional twinge and stiffness, I haven't had an issue with my back, for a good few yrs.

I should add is that I was never diagnosed with a slipped disc, my back issues were classed as mechanical back pain, muscles around spine going into a spasm.

 

[Dan_Swan]

It's not great, I slipped 2 discs in my lower back about 20 years ago, had to stop playing all contact sports as a result and was off work for a few months. From memory keep moving if he can, muscle relaxants and pain killers do help. As others have said the physios will provide accurate info on what is best to do for them.

One aspect not mentioned is Mental Health, I started to suffer with depression as a result of it. All good now though but perhaps check in with them to see how they are doing in that sense.

All being well it won't be too long for them.

 

[Squarebear]

Mine began with a tingling sensation down one leg and into my foot.

Within a few months I had agonising pain down one leg.

I was still able to work (at a desk) but the pain was insane. It'd take me an age to struggle into the car after which I'd reverse off the drive while screaming in pain (it totally fecked with my neighbours heads. Their faces used to be a picture).

Eventually I had to stop work (self-employed) and was spending my days lying on my lounge floor, in terrible pain, unable to move without even more excruciating pain. I'd have taken a cyanide pill to put an end to my suffering. I'm embarrassed about that now, but it's honestly where I was at.

Over the course of months physios, osteopaths, chiropractors had all advised me to seek surgery. I ended up paying for private surgery simply to jump the NHS waiting list. Money well spent.

I think people who had a slipped disc that, with a little bit of treatment, sorted itself out have been fantastically fortunate. Mine lasted about eighteen months before I got into hospital and was bstard hell.

 

[Itchysphincter]

Very painful for some people, insignificant for others. He’ll have no choice but to rest for a few days. Tell him to eat nothing but ibuprofen and drink water (not really, but definitely stay of refined processed foods until the inflammation settles down at the very least). Once he’s able to move get going and in a few weeks pay for a personal trainer and get on the weights to build strength. Others will say chiropractor or osteopath but that will only treat the symptom not the cause.

Deadlifts helped me when I was suffering, lightweights of course and only started once I was pain free of course, planks helped as well as they strengthen the inner core muscles around the spine, apart from the occasional twinge and stiffness, I haven't had an issue with my back, for a good few yrs.

I should add is that I was never diagnosed with a slipped disc, my back issues were classed as mechanical back pain, muscles around spine going into a spasm.

I have to train regularly to stay pain free. A couple of months off and I get all bent out of shape, painful.

 

[Niigata Jack]

 

[Niigata Jack]

Mine began with a tingling sensation down one leg and into my foot.

Within a few months I had agonising pain down one leg.

I was still able to work (at a desk) but the pain was insane. It'd take me an age to struggle into the car after which I'd reverse off the drive while screaming in pain (it totally fecked with my neighbours heads. Their faces used to be a picture).

Eventually I had to stop work (self-employed) and was spending my days lying on my lounge floor, in terrible pain, unable to move without even more excruciating pain. I'd have taken a cyanide pill to put an end to my suffering. I'm embarrassed about that now, but it's honestly where I was at.

Over the course of months physios, osteopaths, chiropractors had all advised me to seek surgery. I ended up paying for private surgery simply to jump the NHS waiting list. Money well spent.

I think people who had a slipped disc that, with a little bit of treatment, sorted itself out have been fantastically fortunate. Mine lasted about eighteen months before I got into hospital and was bstard hell.

They could have been miss diagnosed, l don’t think my issues were as bad as some experiences posted here, even though l experienced excruciating pain on times, doctors, physios always said it to be mechanical back pain caused by the muscles going into spasms.

 

[Squarebear]

Oh right. I can understand the muscle spasms. After all, the sciatic nerve is a big b*gger.

It wasn't until I had an MRI that I was told surgery was the only way. I suppose, had a chiropractor/whatever seen me much earlier they might've been able to sort me.