OT: Lower back pain

[lowhandicapper]

Good for

if it worked for you great, it's not always that effective for everyone . There are multiple areas where the sciatic nerve can get pinched for example.
And the disc won't always realign itself like it did for you.

It's not about realigning a disc, it's about opening the space between the discs, which allows the fluid necessary to heal the disc to enter and stay. Adjusting the spine alignment and healing a damaged disc are not the same thing. All the adjustments in the world won't heal herniated disc, although it may help to make it temporarily more comfortable. Without the fluid there is no healing from a disc problem....Period.

 

[bourbon n blues]

It's not about realigning a disc, it's about opening the space between the discs, which allows the fluid necessary to heal the disc to enter and stay. Adjusting the spine alignment and healing a damaged disc are not the same thing. All the adjustments in the world won't heal herniated disc, although it may help to make it temporarily more comfortable. Without the fluid there is no healing from a disc problem....Period.

I understand what you meant. I'm saying your solution worked for you but it's not always just that and not all pain is due to disc bulging even though there is a visible bulge on an mri.
The sciatic nerve can get pinched by multiple structures from the nerve root to the hamstrings . Or multiple spots.
For a person with multiple impingements your approach will fail. If symptoms are not to to the bulged disc it will fail. If there is ligamentous injury in certain areas you could potentially aggravate your condition.
The chiropractor I go to uses lighter adjustments, lord of soft tissue work, stretching , electrical stimulation, and exercises . He eschews traction anymore due to some downsides to the therapy . The cases that are usually that bad often require surgery in his experience. The others usually are helped by the other methods .
It's great you found an answer and I say that very sincerely, but your answer won't work for everyone . In the right case such as you, you're darn right it will. I'll assume you're motivated to do work on your own, similar to me.
In the estimation of the pros I saw they say it's 1%-10% of their patients that'll do the work at home.

 

[lowhandicapper]

I understand what you meant. I'm saying your solution worked for you but it's not always just that and not all pain is due to disc bulging even though there is a visible bulge on an mri.
The sciatic nerve can get pinched by multiple structures from the nerve root to the hamstrings . Or multiple spots.
For a person with multiple impingements your approach will fail. If symptoms are not to to the bulged disc it will fail. If there is ligamentous injury in certain areas you could potentially aggravate your condition.
The chiropractor I go to uses lighter adjustments, lord of soft tissue work, stretching , electrical stimulation, and exercises . He eschews traction anymore due to some downsides to the therapy . The cases that are usually that bad often require surgery in his experience. The others usually are helped by the other methods .
It's great you found an answer and I say that very sincerely, but your answer won't work for everyone . In the right case such as you, you're darn right it will. I'll assume you're motivated to do work on your own, similar to me.
In the estimation of the pros I saw they say it's 1%-10% of their patients that'll do the work at home.

Your body heals itself when you put it in the position to do so. Just check on that cut you got a week ago.
Chiropractors hate traction because it is a proven healing technique and we live in symptom based for profit health care system. Lets face the facts, less trips to the chiro mean less vacations for the chiropractor. Bruce Wayne scaled the pit after some self traction for goodness sakes.

 

[bourbon n blues]

Your body heals itself when you put it in the position to do so. Just check on that cut you got a week ago.
Chiropractors hate traction because it is a proven healing technique and we live in symptom based for profit health care system. Lets face the facts, less trips to the chiro mean less vacations for the chiropractor. Bruce Wayne scaled the pit after some self traction for goodness sakes.

Oh lord, I get it it worked for you. If you're going to somehow use a super hero movie to try to prove your point I'm going to call you an idiot. You're an idiot if you assume your condition is the same as everyone's else.

https://www.jospt.org/doi/pdf/10.25...action include,spine may cause further strain.

 

[The Spin Meister]

I have struggled with low back pain basically my entire life, or from when I was about 16 until I was 42ish......Regular chiropractic, shots, therapy, you name it, I did it and I did it regularly.

I bought an inversion table about 3 years ago and it changed my life. I rarely have any type of pain or discomfort ever now. It's hard to get used to at first, just like any regular exercise one may do but once you understand how to use it and how to allow your body to let go, it WILL heal you. The science of traction is completely healing. A disc needs to be separated to heal so that fluid can enter and heal it, when it is compressed it cannot fill with fluid. It took me about month or so to really get used to using and get more aggressive with the declines and it hurt sometimes as I was pulling apart a herniated disc and another one or two that were aggravated as well.
If you have patience and understanding with the inversion table it will heal you but as with any other healing practice like therapy or exercise it will not feel like a picnic at first, like being sore after a therapy session. The key is going to and holding positions that do not make your body contract or tighten the muscles, go to points where you can stay "released." Those points will get better and better with each traction. If you laying upside down with all you core muscles firing to keep you together, you'll get nothing out of it. Let go!

Did you use various execercises and/or stretching in conjunction with inversion? Seems you would still need to strengthen muscle, tendons, and ligaments to get full and long lasting benefits. Add in weight loss and proper nutrition.

 

[psu_andy]

Oh lord, I get it it worked for you. If you're going to somehow use a super hero movie to try to prove your point I'm going to call you an idiot. You're an idiot if you assume your condition is the same as everyone's else.

https://www.jospt.org/doi/pdf/10.2519/jospt.1979.1.1.36#:~:text=Contraindications for spinal traction include,spine may cause further strain.

I don’t understand why you are being confrontational with this gentleman. The original poster asked for advice and he is getting a broad range of opinions. Have some grace

 

[bourbon n blues]

I don’t understand why you are being confrontational with this gentleman. The original poster asked for advice and he is getting a broad range of opinions. Have some grace

Really? Serious misinformation and pulling the they just want to rip you off ?
Show the grace , you get the grace . He didn't so he got told, and when you use a Batman movie to prove your point I don't take you seriously .
Lower back pain isn't necessarily disc pain. I pointed that out to him, explained how not all conditions can be treated successfully that way.
I did explain politely at first . Then I got testy .

 

[psu_andy]

Really? Serious misinformation and pulling the they just want to rip you off ?
Show the grace , you get the grace . He didn't so he got told, and when you use a Batman movie to prove your point I don't take you seriously .
Lower back pain isn't necessarily disc pain. I pointed that out to him, explained how not all conditions can be treated successfully that way.
I did explain politely at first . Then I got testy .

Understood

 

[lowhandicapper]

Oh lord, I get it it worked for you. If you're going to somehow use a super hero movie to try to prove your point I'm going to call you an idiot. You're an idiot if you assume your condition is the same

Show the grace , you get the grace . He didn't so he got told,

Haha. Words of a fool.

The only way to heal a disc is to open up space in between them in order for your body's own fluids to heal it. You could get surgery, which isn't healing it but altering it. Otherwise you can get some symptom comfort treatments. But if you want your body to heal it it must be tractioned. There are other ways to achieve traction other than that of inversion tables. People who don't understand how to let go struggle with an inversion table, probably why bourbon struggles with them, because he can't let go.

 

[psu_andy]

Okay - nevermind what I said - lol

 

[Bedivir]

Sorry to hear that. I hope you’re doing better now. It’s been a long time since your reply, so I’d be glad to hear from you. Actually, it all depends on the size of your hernia. If it’s not that big, it’s definitely worth working with it. The thing is that if you make up your mind and do the surgery, it may come back. Some advice for you: keep making injections (if you have unbearable pain), do stretching exercises (to relax your muscles and restore blood circulation in the disk area) and do some strengthening exercises. Still, I recommend consulting with a sports physiotherapist about the exercise. Self-treatment may hurt you. Keep us updated on your issue!

 

[lowhandicapper]

I had low back pain for 20 years and I played golf competitively.
I saw a ton of different chiropractors regularly, did some therapy, etc.
I bought an inversion table about 3 years ago and after 2 months of use I've never had back discomfort again. I wish I'd have done this 20 years ago. Amazing. I hardly ever use it anymore. Maybe twice a month for past year or so, just to even myself out and stretch the back. I used it nearly daily for the first 2-3 months and it all went away. Like magic.
Modern medicine and medical billing don't want you to know this.

 

[WaylonJ]

I bought an inversion table about 3 years ago and after 2 months of use I've never had back discomfort again.

Good to know. I have on-and -off back pain. Not terrible but probably not going to get better. Good to keep in mind.

 

[heckmans]

Good to know. I have on-and -off back pain. Not terrible but probably not going to get better. Good to keep in mind.

Decompression is great, but obviously there are so many reasons for back pain. I tried decompression at a chiropractor, but it didn't help me.
FWIW, I had really bad low back pain in my late 20s. (Mid 40s now) I was fit, healthy and sometimes could barely get out of bed in the morning. Turns out, it was really tight glutes and quads pulling on my back. A hip flexor stretch turned out to be the key for me. Changed everything. Obviously trauma to a disc is one thing, but I'd go so far as to say that, absent a specific diagnosis, yoga (flow) is a great thing to address many sources of pain. Keeping muscles stretched and strengthening the core is probably the best way to stay healthy in the long term. .....Also, get massages, sauna, etc. Stay well and avoid sick care.