Back surgery

[jchief]

Originally Posted by hargroderauto

I am going through the same thing debating surgery I have a herniated disk in C 6 pinching a nerve and have pain and tingling in left shoulder and arm. I had an epidural a year ago that worked for 6 months. I have heard horror stories about back surgery and think I will try to live with the pain for a while. I am seeing a Chiropractor but it is too early to tell if it is helping. I wish I never played football!

Dr. Eric Wolf in Lake Charles.

I waited to long and now have permenant nerve damage and was almost paralyzed.

If the injection worked for 6 months, by al means, get another injection.

[Hydro]

I am currently in decompression therapy for blown disk between C7 and T1, buldged disks between three others in the neck...

Started with complete loss of feeling in left ring and pinky fingers and the knife edge of my left hand, moved to allot of pain in left elbow and shoulder...

6 out of 24 sessions complete, ring finger back to normal and pinky well on its way...Shoulder and elbow feel better... I hope to be back fishing in a couple of weeks...


I went thru this 5 yrs ago with the disc between C5 and C6, decompression fixed me up... That disk is still in good shape, MRI's dont lie...

Like everyone else said, dont play around with numbness !!!

Good luck...

Hydro

[Salty]

Originally Posted by Hydro

I am currently in decompression therapy for blown disk between C7 and T1, buldged disks between three others in the neck...

Started with complete loss of feeling in left ring and pinky fingers and the knife edge of my left hand, moved to allot of pain in left elbow and shoulder...

6 out of 24 sessions complete, ring finger back to normal and pinky well on its way...Shoulder and elbow feel better... I hope to be back fishing in a couple of weeks...


I went thru this 5 yrs ago with the disc between C5 and C6, decompression fixed me up... That disk is still in good shape, MRI's dont lie...

Like everyone else said, dont play around with numbness !!!

Good luck...

Hydro

Decompression can work miracles in some cases. I suffered with severe sciatica back in 2008. For the first time ever, I went to a chiropractor as a last resort. In less than a month of decompression....the pain was totally gone and it has not returned.