back problems

[Woodduck Commander]

Originally Posted by Hebert

damn yak..you a young pup..wait till ya get old like us.....nah, i have some bulging disks too..i feel your pain everyday.

You think he's young... I'm his seventeen year old brother and i just finished a month of therapy for my bulging disk... Us Langleys are hard on our backs

[Woodduck Commander]

I still have some of the pills they gave me if you have the $.. Lol

[Ray]

I know a lot of people who went to Kozak also, but he could not see me for 2 months and I couldn't walk or work.

After my surgery, I was back to work in 2 months. I had zero pain until I went back to work. Then some scar tissue touched some nerves and I had some leg pain again.
I went to a accupuncture doctor and he fixed the scar tissue.'

[jchief]

Austin, check www.spine-health.com.

As for Dr. Kozak. One of the best, but I use Dr. Wolf in LC who supposedly studied under him. Know several docs in LC that have used Wolf.

Injections and accupuncture and chiropractic do work for some people. The injections can be repeated for a while if they work.

good luck

[Ray]

There are several minimally invasive procedures that some pain management doctors can do to help with pain in the legs and back.
I had several of them, but they only last so long.

[yellalilyslicker]

Originally Posted by Big Flounder

How long ago did you have the surgery? I have a herniated disc too but have been putting off the surgery. I got steroid shots in my back earlier this year and it was like instant relief but I am starting to get that pain back shooting down my right leg when I sit down. I can't sit on my wallet.

Had surgery in 1997, still good today.

[yak'em-n-stack'em]

Anyone ever tried traction?

[BottomOfTheBoot]

Not trying to endorse PEAK or anything, but along with therapy, traction is the way to go.

Everyday, your vertebrae squeeze together bc of your body weight being pulled down by gravity. Your spine "shrinks" and squeezes your vertebral disks causing pain.

If your hand (vertebral disk) were between two weights (vertebrae), pulling the weights closer would cause more pain.

Pulling them apart (traction) alleviates some of the immediate pain.

[longsidelandry]

Originally Posted by yak'em-n-stack'em

Anyone ever tried traction?

I get pretty good traction with the Mickey Thompson's on my truck...

[Jordan]

Originally Posted by longsidelandry

I get pretty good traction with the Mickey Thompson's on my truck...

:spineyes :

[jchief]

As with all the other "fixes" traction works for some and not others. Depends on what shape the disc are in if it may help.

[Salty]

Originally Posted by yak'em-n-stack'em

Anyone ever tried traction?

The traction table got rid of the sciatica in my left leg. I did it over a year ago and it hasn't come back. It will not repair your discs, however. As someone noted...it will not work in every case.

[Salty]

Originally Posted by Woodduck Commander

I still have some of the pills they gave me if you have the $.. Lol

[PathfinderNI]

Was just listening to Dr. Snow who is an accupuncturist/chiropractor on the Moon Griffon show a while ago....sounds like if you don't feel better you don't pay. Anyone use him before?

[Ray]

Originally Posted by PathfinderNI

Was just listening to Dr. Snow who is an accupuncturist/chiropractor on the Moon Griffon show a while ago....sounds like if you don't feel better you don't pay. Anyone use him before?

I used Dr. Snow. He is a very nice guy, but you do pay your deductible.
He helped me. I thought it was all B.S., but I have tried almost everything
there is to try.
It works, but it takes time.
He was able to break up the scar tissue and stop the pain in my azz and leg.
They put the needles in different areas then put electricity in the needles.
That broke up the scar tissue.

[jchief]

I used him and it did help. As with anything else, works for some and not others. There are other accupunctuist out there. He was expensive and my insurance did not pay for him.