- I know for most people this won't cure your condition, but MAKE SURE you're doing this
The three things that have helped me with backpain longterm is more of a lifestyle change, adds to my routine. 1. Make sure you're at least engaging your back and core muscles consistently....
89 points28 comments4 d ago
- 17 Months of Debilitating Back Pain. The Answer Was a Lump I Kept Telling Doctors About.
I'm sharing my experience in hopes that it might help someone else who has been dealing with unexplained lower back pain. I essentially lost over a year of my life trying to figure out what was...
87 points45 comments2 d ago
- L5-S1 Artificial Disc Replacement
Hey everyone! I’ve been reading all of your stories and wanted to share my own journey in the hopes that it can help someone. This is going to be a long one, apologies in advance. Yesterday, I had...
79 points79 comments6 d ago
- The fear-avoidance-reinjury-dysfunction loop is holding back non-surgical recovery
I’ve posted on here many times but for context I work in orthopaedics. There are some issues that really diminish people’s experience whilst recovering from disk pathology. I wanted to summarise...
22 points5 comments7 h ago
- Awful chronic lower back pain
In my early 20s and it’s been getting worse the past three years to the point that it’s every day now. It’s a deep, near constant ache (sort of an ache, sometimes it reminds me of a dull “buzz”)...
20 points24 comments5 d ago
- 37 year old with 3 disk bulges, moderate arthritis and sciatica - is there hope?
Hi all, Posting this in b half of my husband. He had an MRI yesterday after having years of on and off lower back pain but the last year the episodes have gotten worse and longer until about 2...
13 points24 comments4 d ago
- 95% to fully recovered from my L5S1 disc buldge
Anyone who wants any advice or has any questions pls feel free to ask here
10 points28 comments1 d ago
- L5S1 disc buldge full recovery journey at 19🙏
My full journey at 19 with a L5S1 disc buldge My L5-S1 Disc Bullige journey (Yes o used AI to summarise and polish this, I don’t have the time to sit and type and edit all this so I did a voice...
10 points7 comments2 d ago
- How I beat chronic nonspecific lower back pain.
Introcution I long hoped I would be writing a post like this someday. There were times of deep despair during which I was very uncertain I ever would, but here we are. I had chronic back pain for...
10 points2 comments2 d ago
- Best Pain Killers for Chronic Lower Back Pain?
33yo active male. At 16 my doctor reviewed my back images & told me I have the back of an 80-year old. And that there is no cure. I repeatedly injured and re-injured my lower back from high school...
10 points68 comments5 d ago