Re: herniated disc and stenosis

The curve in the lower back and in the neck are related to each other. When one is affected, the other is affected. I also hear you about lifting patients over the years on the job.

One thing you might try is putting one leg on a chair and pressing on the front of your thigh gently and holding it for a few seconds, then trying that with your other leg. that helps keep the lower back curvature and will probably help the neck curvature. If your cervical disc is slipped, this is probably not advisable, either. If your chiropractor can get your disc to stay in place and heal, this is a good exercise to keep in mind.

Doc also gave me an exercise for the neck to help maintain the alignment. Lie face down on your bed and pull up on the mattress with your toes. You need a pillow under your chin, then gently allow your head to go forward and down and put a stretch on your neck a little. That helps the cervical vertebrae stay aligned. If it hurts, don't do it. I probably wouldn't do this, either, before I checked with Doc. You've got to be very careful right now.

The swelling is usually treated with NSAIDS by the medical. That you don't want if you can avoid it. I don't know if the serrapeptase Dr. Sahley uses from the Pain and Stress Center for her back problems/inflammatory response would be advisable or not. They deal with this kind of thing, too. You might call her and talk to her about it. Their business office number is: 210.614.7246 They use amino acids to help with pain and anxiety from it. That helps a lot because the stress your body goes thru when you have this kind of pain depletes your body of amino acids. I think the CNC's charge about $40 for a half hour consulation now.

I've also used a homeopathic temporarily that wouldn't work for more than an hour at a time and boswella for pain, but they weren't very effective. You're taking pretty bad pain here.

The pressure has to be taken off the nerve. A good chiropractor can help you with that, but if the nerve keeps getting irritated, the swelling and pain is going to keep getting worse, then the nerve will be affected as far as arm movement is concerned. Anything below a bad disc in your body is affected. Meaning your arms will be affected first. You don't want that. I'm relating my own experience.

My chiropractor didn't want me going to a physical therapist and him, too. Doc also said stick with chiropractic. In other words, don't lift and do those exercises with your arms a PT will give you. PT helped me some by strengthening up some of my upper body muscles, but the disc problem came right back and the disc wouldn't stay or heal until I cleaned my body out. So you can see cleaning out is pretty important to helping the discs stay in place and heal.

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