05-06-2008, 07:02 PM
[quote Grumpyguy]My doctor sent me to surgeon and he wants to do surgery immediately on my herniated disk.
Right now, it hurts so bad, putting on my socks for instance is almost unbearable.
But he said, the best he can promise is a 50/50 outcome.
Several local chiropractors offer something called "decompression therapy" which is actually supposed to "suck" in the leaking disc gel.
I've talked to 3 people who have had this done and they all say they are 90 to 95 percent better whereas the people who have had back surgery all say they still suffer a great amount of pain.
So who has had decompression therapy?
Research has shown that traction, which is what I think these chiroporactors are selling, has no effect. My belief is that the extruded matter actually needs to be physically mashed by movement to be broken down. MacKenzie works on this principal.
All that said, there's no way to offer you any sort of meaningful response with the sparse level of information provided (you didn't say how it started, how long it's been going on, what you've tried, how old you are and what other problems you have, or provide the MRI results if there was one).
Every injury is different and you could be comparing apples to oranges making any sort of conclusion based on your friends' experience.
Right now, it hurts so bad, putting on my socks for instance is almost unbearable.
But he said, the best he can promise is a 50/50 outcome.
Several local chiropractors offer something called "decompression therapy" which is actually supposed to "suck" in the leaking disc gel.
I've talked to 3 people who have had this done and they all say they are 90 to 95 percent better whereas the people who have had back surgery all say they still suffer a great amount of pain.
So who has had decompression therapy?
Research has shown that traction, which is what I think these chiroporactors are selling, has no effect. My belief is that the extruded matter actually needs to be physically mashed by movement to be broken down. MacKenzie works on this principal.
All that said, there's no way to offer you any sort of meaningful response with the sparse level of information provided (you didn't say how it started, how long it's been going on, what you've tried, how old you are and what other problems you have, or provide the MRI results if there was one).
Every injury is different and you could be comparing apples to oranges making any sort of conclusion based on your friends' experience.