Bludge disc (L5 S1), lower back pain.

2017-12-26 19:57:38
Hi sir I am suffering from bludge disc (L5 S1) from three month . Please let me know any treatment for this problem.thanks.
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o Back Stretching. o Do the cat/cow stretch. o Core Strengthening Exercises

Answered2017-12-28 14:30:57

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Initial management is with local hot water compression. Medications like Etova Mr, Neurokind LC, Orthocort and Evion will help.
Next Steps
Physiotherapy with back extension exercises and pelvic traction may help. Try to avoid bending forward, this exaggerates the pathology and pain.
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If symptoms like weakness of lower limb, tingling or numbness are present, it indicates nerve compression. It requires evaluation with MRI scans.

Answered2017-12-27 02:28:52

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Dear Practo user , Many thing has been advised to you related to disc herniation & you must have tried all I believe . One needs to understand disc that disc is a Avascular structure ( devoid of blood supply ) and whatever medicine you take is surely not going to your disc . Exercises you do that too helps you in relaxing or strengthening your back muscles but not addressing root cause of problem , which is disc . Even medicine gives you relief in acute phase , but disease keep on aggravating and become chronic ( rarely disc gets into auto regression) Then what to do - Get MRI done and consult doctor for correlation of their clinical findings with MRI image interpretation ( X-ray is inadequate for soft tissue analysis) . Once pain generator ( source of pain) is found , appropriate advise can be given ranging from depositing drug near source of pain ( selective root sleeve epidural if herniation is small) to endoscopic spine surgery or open spine surgery (if herniation is big ) . Hope this helps
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Consult good interventional pain specialist or Orthopaedician trained with spine fellowship for correct diagnosis
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Don’t self medicate with pain killers , it will never address your disease

Answered2018-01-04 12:02:32

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