mushroom 12,352 Posted April 4, 2019 Report Share Posted April 4, 2019 1 minute ago, NEWKID said: Hopefully not mate, the chiropator started on me today, hoping he can straighten me up a bit...fair bit of work to do...I'm in the most pain I ever have been at the moment...I don't like pill or any meds really but I'm rattling at the minute lol I'm playing the private health game now I just have to be patient for a few months, then go in with a sudden back problem lol I'm dreading that I might need to have surgery to fix it. Crazy thing It all started in work, I was at the desk, reached for my brew and sneezed at the same time.... BOOM that's was it, back and left leg fuucked! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waz 4,198 Posted April 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 12 hours ago, NEWKID said: Well the right hand x-ray is how my back looks at the minute, the left hand is how it should look.....pretty twisted through graft and poor carrying....it's at a point now where from my back to the bottom of my right leg is killing....laying on my back to put my socks on !! Lol My hip has dropped on the right hand side and the bottom 3 vertebrae are twisted to it.... I didnt graduate from med school, in fact I never even went. But my prognosis for what its worth is.. your a little bit fcuked! Hope you get fixed. 12 hours ago, mushroom said: I'm playing the private health game now I just have to be patient for a few months, then go in with a sudden back problem lol I'm dreading that I might need to have surgery to fix it. Crazy thing It all started in work, I was at the desk, reached for my brew and sneezed at the same time.... BOOM that's was it, back and left leg fuucked! Ive just had bronchitis the same time as this sciatica & if im in bed having a coughing fit I probably look im having an epiletic fit. Ok if im standing up straight though. No pain for a few days till earlier, so took an ibo. I still havent braved the gym yet, keep thinking in a day or 2, but its gonna be after the weekend now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waz 4,198 Posted April 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 Turmeric. Ordered some capsules., apparently its a natural anti inflammatory. Chucked a load of in my dinner the other night, probably placebo, but I thought I felt a bit loosened up. Side effects so far, yellow shit. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
si brown 8,486 Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 17 hours ago, mushroom said: I'm playing the private health game now I just have to be patient for a few months, then go in with a sudden back problem lol I'm dreading that I might need to have surgery to fix it. Crazy thing It all started in work, I was at the desk, reached for my brew and sneezed at the same time.... BOOM that's was it, back and left leg fuucked! 17 hours ago, NEWKID said: Hopefully not mate, the chiropator started on me today, hoping he can straighten me up a bit...fair bit of work to do...I'm in the most pain I ever have been at the moment...I don't like pill or any meds really but I'm rattling at the minute lol im 45 and had two discs replaced about 10 year ago, ive been where you lads are and it's shit... I can remember when I fcuked them up cos I was stripping a stone wall on the moors to build a barn with, I put up with it for years till it got to the point the chiropractor was on speed dial. long and short of it they removed them because they had disintegrated and the bones were rubbing together and were making them wedge shaped... after the operation they said as soon as you can make it to the bog at the end of the ward you can go home, I was home the next day and plastering ceilings a week later! I wouldn't recommend having discs trimmed as they can and usually rupture again so what's the point, my little nan had had 3 fused together and said don't even think about fusing so I opted for replacement discs, wish id of had the balls to have had it done sooner as it was an instant fix! takes a while for the scar tissue to stop burning but way better than living on pills and in agony! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
si brown 8,486 Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 27 minutes ago, maxhardcore said: Where you get the op done mate and who did it ? Scarborough hospital on the nhs, the surgeon was called mr north but from what I head he’s retired but fcuked backs where his buzz:) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
si brown 8,486 Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 49 minutes ago, sid g said: had it for years comes and goes I`m on naproxen down side is they give me guts ache so I take some others to combat that they give me headaches .. I took the anti gutwack stuff and thought I was gonna have a stroke, me head felt like it was gonna explode... that’s when I decided I wanted it sorting 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 29,582 Posted April 5, 2019 Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 Great that you lads are getting fixed up but yous are probably the last of a generation to be having disc replacements and fusions give it 5 - 10 years and that,ll be a thing of the past with the stem cell stuff they are doing now they can literally re - grow the discs.....its what im hanging out for if and when needed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waz 4,198 Posted April 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2019 Im 16 stone or thereabouts, have to convert from kilos, but lost around a stone between xmas and end of feb. 5'10" and I reckon I can loose the best part of another stone, less than that & I feel week, im not a wiry shape. My ripped minescal cartildge and my other athritic knee feel better, so another stone lighter I reckon ill be doing the caterpillar again.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tatsblisters 7,914 Posted April 6, 2019 Report Share Posted April 6, 2019 On 04/04/2019 at 23:35, NEWKID said: Well the right hand x-ray is how my back looks at the minute, the left hand is how it should look.....pretty twisted through graft and poor carrying....it's at a point now where from my back to the bottom of my right leg is killing....laying on my back to put my socks on !! Lol My hip has dropped on the right hand side and the bottom 3 vertebrae are twisted to it.... My Xray pics came back showing a dozen number six shot in the lower back.lol. On a seriouse not has anybody tried the CBD oil for sciatica and does it offer pain relief. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
si brown 8,486 Posted April 6, 2019 Report Share Posted April 6, 2019 lad who I work with got his mother in law some cbd tea bags, she recons there ace compared to pills the doctor prescribed 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 26,079 Posted April 6, 2019 Report Share Posted April 6, 2019 14 hours ago, maxhardcore said: Exercise and strengthen your core and that will also help no end and keep moving. Swimming is very good. Try keep your weight about right. If I'm at 19stone to 19 and half I'm fine for the best part. If I go up to 20-21 stone I start to niggle. Swimming today mate... Always been pretty fit and trained a lot over the years, last few years not so much admittedly, but always active, kayaking, loads of walking etc... At the minute I've been advised nothing but swimming...to be honest that's all I think I could handle any way... I want to get it straightened up and then will start training again...lots of core exercises etc.. Gutted I can't kayak at the minute though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 5,944 Posted April 6, 2019 Report Share Posted April 6, 2019 1 hour ago, NEWKID said: Swimming today mate... Always been pretty fit and trained a lot over the years, last few years not so much admittedly, but always active, kayaking, loads of walking etc... At the minute I've been advised nothing but swimming...to be honest that's all I think I could handle any way... I want to get it straightened up and then will start training again...lots of core exercises etc.. Gutted I can't kayak at the minute though A decent chiropractor should be able to get you something like straight, good luck. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tandors 888 Posted April 6, 2019 Report Share Posted April 6, 2019 Do chiropractors actually work? I've read that it was dreamt up in the 1800s and is seen by the medical profession as quackery and does more harm than good? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tandors 888 Posted April 6, 2019 Report Share Posted April 6, 2019 Yeah but what defines a good one? Do they go to university or have qualifications? Is it a branch of physiotherapy? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 5,944 Posted April 6, 2019 Report Share Posted April 6, 2019 The bloke I go to definitely isn't a charlatan, I was there last couple of weeks with my shoulder and it's miles better at the end of the session. There's not necessarily a load of cracking and yanking on you to get stuff back where it should be it's mainly just realigning yourself with a bit of help from him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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