Advice on disc protrusion

[monkey]

Good luck sonj. I hope all goes well with the surgery. The majority of patients who end up having to have surgery are pleased with the results if they have been wanting relief from sciatic pain. Let us know how you are after the surgery and what exercises and advise you found most useful. Look on the bright side, you will make a cracking spinal physio specialist with this experience.

[Sonj]

Hi, I will do and thanks again. A quick question, if a client had come to you for a problem like mine, what sort of treatment would you give them? How often would you see them to start of with? Would your treatment revolve around fortnightly appointments, giving one exercise to do at home (because a back extension is commonly given to disc herniation patients) And that is all? Or is it more common for a physio to have a more hands on approach -ie lots of different muscle testing etc, things like massage/acupuncture/ultrasound included in treatment, on top of the exercise therapy. Or are all these things that a physio will learn to do after training, like follow on training sort of thing. Curious, as I did become somewhat disillusioned by the treatment I was given and was wondering if this was common practise within the NHS because the private physio I have normally had was certainly more of an indepth treatment.

[sdkashif]

It is really pity for you that you have not recovered despite a number of treatment stretegies adopted. As far as I guess that you have followed many specialities at the same time while getting treatment. Failure to resolve your problem may due to improper treatment compliance or improper supervision. An other reason that could be not following the proper backs precausions. The disc disease is recurrent as healed (although healed) is in degenerative form and has a liability to manifest itself again if proper stretegies are not followed. Usually as a routine after being recovered from the disc lesion, the patient is advised to develop his back musculature, particularly extensors for maintaining the lumbar lordosis to prevent the recurrence.

However, if your consultant is satisfied that only operation can resolve your problem, you must follow his advice as a last resort. Keep us updating about you.