Comments on: C4/C5 bulging disc. Any success stories w/o surgery? http://bulgingdiscsurgery.net/c4c5-bulging-disc-any-success-stories-wo-surgery/ Breaking News, Expert Tips. Get the Answers You're Looking On Bulging Disc Surgery. Sat, 24 Apr 2010 03:56:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Chas http://bulgingdiscsurgery.net/c4c5-bulging-disc-any-success-stories-wo-surgery/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Chas Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:59:52 +0000 http://bulgingdiscsurgery.net/c4c5-bulging-disc-any-success-stories-wo-surgery/#comment-50 I HAVE HAD THE SURGERY and I still take several pain medications every day seven years later. I was 49 when I had it. Part of the problem is that the surgery didn't happen in a timely manner and as a result I suffered nerve damage. Trust me when I tell you that ice isn't going to do anything for you the same as I wouldn't trust a chiropractor. A chiropractor treatment is what helped cause the nerve damage. I can tell you what is probably going to happen. The pain will continue, you will start to lose your range of motion in the shoulder,,,, then if you start to have nerve damage you will start feeling nerve pain worse than you do now all the time,, 24/7,,, it's not fun. If you do have it make sure you talk to your doctor about the outcome. I was awarded SSD even before the surgery. So you really should talk with him and if he feels you may be unable to work for the next year or so don't wait to file for Social Security Disablity. Try to find a spine clinic in your area like at a medical school or university. You really need to trust your doctor not just anyone with a computer and access to Yahoo. I've met a lot of people with the same injury at the spine clinic and the pain management clinic I go to and I really don't think I've heard of one around our age that has got better without the surgery. You got some advise here but I don't seem to see any answers answering your question of a success story. Some chiropractors will tell you they can fix it with decompression and all other kinds of their methods,,, I don't know anyone that has worked for that was over 30 years old. I've been through it. Here is a great site you should check out. http://spine-health.com Here's another great source of info on it from the Nat'l Institite of Health site on cervial spine surgery. Good luck http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002971.htm oops and I just remembered this is a good site also. http://www.uclahealth.org/body.cfm?xyzpdqabc=0&id=477&action=detail&AEProductID=Adam2004%5F1&AEArticleID=000029&AEArticleType=Injury I had mine at UCSD Medical Center in San Diego. If you are anywhere near Mo. there is a great spine surgeon at the Univ. of Mo, Columbia, his name is Dr. Christopher Kauffman If there are still some questions you think I may be able to help answer give me a buzz,, I'd be happy to share any information or web sites I use with you. Good luck I HAVE HAD THE SURGERY and I still take several pain medications every day seven years later. I was 49 when I had it. Part of the problem is that the surgery didn’t happen in a timely manner and as a result I suffered nerve damage.

Trust me when I tell you that ice isn’t going to do anything for you the same as I wouldn’t trust a chiropractor. A chiropractor treatment is what helped cause the nerve damage.

I can tell you what is probably going to happen. The pain will continue, you will start to lose your range of motion in the shoulder,,,, then if you start to have nerve damage you will start feeling nerve pain worse than you do now all the time,, 24/7,,, it’s not fun. If you do have it make sure you talk to your doctor about the outcome. I was awarded SSD even before the surgery. So you really should talk with him and if he feels you may be unable to work for the next year or so don’t wait to file for Social Security Disablity.

Try to find a spine clinic in your area like at a medical school or university.

You really need to trust your doctor not just anyone with a computer and access to Yahoo. I’ve met a lot of people with the same injury at the spine clinic and the pain management clinic I go to and I really don’t think I’ve heard of one around our age that has got better without the surgery.

You got some advise here but I don’t seem to see any answers answering your question of a success story. Some chiropractors will tell you they can fix it with decompression and all other kinds of their methods,,, I don’t know anyone that has worked for that was over 30 years old.
I’ve been through it.
Here is a great site you should check out.
http://spine-health.com

Here’s another great source of info on it from the Nat’l Institite of Health site on cervial spine surgery. Good luck
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002971.htm

oops and I just remembered this is a good site also.
http://www.uclahealth.org/body.cfm?xyzpdqabc=0&id=477&action=detail&AEProductID=Adam2004%5F1&AEArticleID=000029&AEArticleType=Injury

I had mine at UCSD Medical Center in San Diego. If you are anywhere near Mo. there is a great spine surgeon at the Univ. of Mo, Columbia, his name is Dr. Christopher Kauffman

If there are still some questions you think I may be able to help answer give me a buzz,, I’d be happy to share any information or web sites I use with you. Good luck

]]> By: mistify http://bulgingdiscsurgery.net/c4c5-bulging-disc-any-success-stories-wo-surgery/comment-page-1/#comment-49 mistify Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:47:17 +0000 http://bulgingdiscsurgery.net/c4c5-bulging-disc-any-success-stories-wo-surgery/#comment-49 As Richard said, there are many cases that are fully reversible. He mentioned the "McKenzie" method which is a method of assessment and treatment that focuses on active patient involvement and education to reduce and prevent further problems. You can find a practicioner certified in this method at www.mckenziemdt.org Most require treatment only over the course of a few weeks. As Richard said, there are many cases that are fully reversible. He mentioned the “McKenzie” method which is a method of assessment and treatment that focuses on active patient involvement and education to reduce and prevent further problems. You can find a practicioner certified in this method at http://www.mckenziemdt.org Most require treatment only over the course of a few weeks.

]]> By: Richard C http://bulgingdiscsurgery.net/c4c5-bulging-disc-any-success-stories-wo-surgery/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Richard C Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:29:52 +0000 http://bulgingdiscsurgery.net/c4c5-bulging-disc-any-success-stories-wo-surgery/#comment-48 There are a lot of successful stories about controlling bulges. The question is to get in the hands of a therapist that is going to do hands on work. There are multiple techniques available to work on the neck. Mulligan and McKenzie are but two. Trigger point work will also help to reduce the complaints. Use ice on the areas for fifteen to twenty minutes per hour. This will significantly decrease the complaints. Also talk to them about neurotensioning to see if it will work in your case. There are a lot of successful stories about controlling bulges. The question is to get in the hands of a therapist that is going to do hands on work. There are multiple techniques available to work on the neck. Mulligan and McKenzie are but two. Trigger point work will also help to reduce the complaints. Use ice on the areas for fifteen to twenty minutes per hour. This will significantly decrease the complaints. Also talk to them about neurotensioning to see if it will work in your case.

]]> By: KJ http://bulgingdiscsurgery.net/c4c5-bulging-disc-any-success-stories-wo-surgery/comment-page-1/#comment-47 KJ Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:15:01 +0000 http://bulgingdiscsurgery.net/c4c5-bulging-disc-any-success-stories-wo-surgery/#comment-47 If they want to fuse don't unless you can't move. If they want to fuse don’t unless you can’t move.

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