Disc compression on left S1 nerve root

[chak]

Hi - sorry its been a little while but got caught up in all the paperwork involved in leaving the froces

Been reading through all the replies and cant thank you all enough for responding and giving me more of an insight into it all.

dont have time to write a proper reply to you all at the moment because im just on a quicky break and have to fall in again shortly but will be back on asap.

[physio.smith]

Good luck with whatever it is that you end up doing.
Always people on here that can give you advice in the future should you need it.

[Judith Mollet]

There's been lots of sensible advice for you Sean; get a good physio, Mackenzie works for alot of patients; and the "watch the training" story from Canuck physio gives a message. It's tough that your back doesn't seem to have taken to life in the marines but I'm sure you will manage in the long run even if you have a complete change of career direction. When I was a sporty young newly qualified physio 20 plus in the UK then in Switzerland I did: walking -climbing -trekking -aerobics -tennis-jazzdance- ski touring -mountaineering -jogging -swimming etc etc and of course physio full time. All the resisted manual exercises I did for my patients combined with my energetic free time carrying heavy backbacks gave me two central disc protusions and weird pains down both lages that bothered me for years and made me rethink and redirect my sports. And believe me there is a life out there after the initial confrontation with the awful truth that not all backs like everything we do with them! Now aged 53 I do long cycle tours over walking paths for fun (uphill downhill) and ride horses for hours every week. Being a physio I of course believed I needed physio training exercises and mackenzie and fitness gym stuff to be fit to ride. So I irritated my back 10 years ago again by doing it all under expert supervision. Shit happens. No more gym workouts. Today I have the best core stability I've ever had by riding and grooming horses. I also help the blacksmith now and then lifting the hooves for up to 2 hours without dying horrrible deaths afterwards. Also work as a physio half time. Never felt better! Wish you all the best and good luck with all the decisions that are coming up.

[tonym23]

i also think surgery is the last last last last resort

i teach yoga but be careful with yoga.
a lot of yoga involves extreme spinal compression.
and flexion!

however. there are teachers who work in the style of scaravelli yoga
they are usually trustworthy...also gentle yoga.
there is also feldenkrais

i am wary of pilates....but work on machines is usually good. be careful with mat classes.

that can all help. also the body can heal and fix itself, over time, if you help it.
learning more about your body, how to use it and how to live and work with it.
that can make all the difference.

tony.