07-30-2011, 03:32 PM
(07-30-2011, 01:23 PM)RainbowAbyss Wrote: This is good to hear, I had the foreboding sense this was the end lol. That's exactly what I think it is through my google diagnosis. It is I believe, a herniated disk that is pinching the sciatic nerve, what stretches to you recommend and how long did it talk you to heal.
thanks man
I stretched my lower back a lot. I like this exercise http://www.ab-core-and-stomach-exercises...etches.jpg However, it may take you a while to work up to that because when you first hurt yourself it's almost impossible to do things like that. It was for me at least. I could barely bend at all. So what I did to start out with was stretch my quadriceps a lot, because that relates to lower back health. In addition to that, I did a lot of hanging knee raises to build my core strength so that my lower back would have more support and be able to heal better. So, my formula pretty much was...
Hanging knee raises to stretch the back and work the abs
Stretching my legs A LOT. The more the better, whenever you have free time. I did it a lot while watching tv.
Ibuprofen was definitely my friend for the first month as well.
I used DMSO as well. I just got the pure DMSO gel and rubbed it in to my back. I think it helped immensely with inflammation and worked well with the other things I was doing. Within a few months my back was pretty much 100% again and that's saying something because it was so bad that I could barely sleep at night and every time I sneezed it nearly brought me to my knee's.
I hope that helps. Good luck, I know how much it sucks right now.
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