Michael, How are you now?

How are you now?

Thanks for the comment Edwin and the encouragement. It’s true it takes a long time! But now 5 months later I am much better! No stabbing pain, just a dull pain in my ankle when I twist. I am posting an update video this week so stay tuned. How are you healing up from your surgery? Have you started physical training yet? That also helped me a lot!

@@ChelseaWhitaker Hi Chelsea. Nice to know you're better. My sciatica is gone, a few pains in my toe and right foot, but I think will lessen. I'm "only" 7 weeks from my surgery, not 5 months like you. I started physical therapy last week. I still have a dull ache in the right side of my lower back, which is freaking me out. Do you still have low back pain, or did you ever? thanks

@@ChelseaWhitaker I'm 10 months in of back pain. I found out I have a disc buldge at L5 s1 I've tried physical therapy, chiropractor, decompression exercises, deep tissue massages, medicine, etc nothing helps. I got a steroid injection 24 hours ago I'm waiting to see if it will kick in within the next week to relieve me of pain. My doc said if it helps with the pain surgery will help the pain go away. I have back pain on my left side when I sit not when I walk or stand I have no leg pain (Sciatica). Has your pain went all the way away after surgery? Also did u have leg or back pain b4 surgery or both 🤔

@@davidlindgren7605 I'm 10 months in of back pain. I found out I have a disc buldge at L5 s1 I've tried physical therapy, chiropractor, decompression exercises, deep tissue massages, medicine, etc nothing helps. I got a steroid injection 24 hours ago I'm waiting to see if it will kick in within the next week to relieve me of pain. My doc said if it helps with the pain surgery will help the pain go away. I have back pain on my left side when I sit not when I walk or stand I have no leg pain (Sciatica). Has your pain went all the way away after surgery? Also did u have leg or back pain b4 surgery or both 🤔

@@freestylebully4849 yes, pain is gone. Go to a spine surgeon and follow his advice.

How are you now sir I'm thinking about getting it done in the same boat you were

@@Jacob-rp5ip Immediately after the procedure the leg pain was completely gone but two or three days afterwards it came back which had me worried. Apparently what was happening is that the surgical medication was finally out of my system and the surgical site was inflamed and the tissues were pressing on the nerve. I started to up the anti-inflammatory meds and that helped and after two weeks post surgery everything started to settle down. At the beginning of the fourth week my surgeon cleared me to start physical therapy and at that point I was allowed to bend and twist again as for the first three weeks I was told to keep my shoulders and hips in total alignment. It was a 12 week recovery process to be cleared for work but I don’t have a job that I said in an office chair. I did physical therapy twice a week and took what I learned there and continue those exercises daily at home and we kept increasing range of motion exercises and most importantly strengthening of the muscles in that area. I am totally released now and hike, bike, swim and run with no pain. Knowing what I know now I absolutely would do it again but for the first two weeks I thought I had made a terrible mistake because of the pain from the surgery but also the temporary return of the leg pain. If you decide to have it done just keep that in mind.

@@V10Pilot Thank you so much sir for answering my scatica has been so bad the past few months I've tried physical therapy medication chiropractor everything and nothings getting better I feel like I'm just getting worse every day I'll go back and legs ache and feel heavy I've lost all my strength down there I don't know what to do anymore so this is my last choice I went from mountain bike in the woods doing 7 to 8 miles each day in great shape and everything just went downhill I kept trying to bike at first then it just kept getting worse I had to get off the bike the past Few months have been able to do anything just been laying in bed but I try to stay active during the day but I can barely walk thank you for giving me hope

@@Jacob-rp5ip after all the reading and talking to others I decided to get the surgery right away rather than waiting months or years. The longer that nerve is compressed the longer it will take to recover and if you wait too long it may not ever get back to 100%. I did injections, physical therapy, and chiropractic treatment all of which were just Band-Aids but weren’t really fixing the problem.

@@V10Pilot Yeah how long was yours compressed for I found out about mine Beginning of September But I've been having symptoms since June so I hope I'm not waiting too long

Hi, I’m curious how you’re doing now? I’m a little over 2 weeks now and am in the same boat it seems as you were. Hope you’re doing well!

@@TheTayann123 I'm 10 months in of back pain. I found out I have a disc buldge at L5 s1 I've tried physical therapy, chiropractor, decompression exercises, deep tissue massages, medicine, etc nothing helps. I got a steroid injection 24 hours ago I'm waiting to see if it will kick in within the next week to relieve me of pain. My doc said if it helps with the pain surgery will help the pain go away. I have back pain on my left side when I sit not when I walk or stand I have no leg pain (Sciatica). Has your pain went all the way away after surgery? Also did u have leg or back pain b4 surgery or both 🤔

I just found out I have a L5 s1 disc bulge to the left. I have back pain when I sit but no leg pain. Do u have a disc bulge/ back pain or only leg pain. Also I only hurt when I sit not when I'm trying to sleep. Did you heal up completely? If so how long did it take and what did u do to heal ? Please help 😊🙃 also my back used to get tight when I lay down for bed but since I started back exercises 4 weeks ago. It doesn't get tight when I lay down only when I drive or sit. Are u 100% healed or do u still have back pain? Are you having any complications after surgery since u commented 10 days ago

How are you now ? Day 13 and my pain is back

@@haleyfortner8865 how are you doing now

Jeff, how are you now?

@@haleyfortner8865 I'm 10 months in of back pain. I found out I have a disc buldge at L5 s1 I've tried physical therapy, chiropractor, decompression exercises, deep tissue massages, medicine, etc nothing helps. I got a steroid injection 24 hours ago I'm waiting to see if it will kick in within the next week to relieve me of pain. My doc said if it helps with the pain surgery will help the pain go away. I have back pain on my left side when I sit not when I walk or stand I have no leg pain (Sciatica). Has your pain went all the way away after surgery? Also did u have leg or back pain b4 surgery or both 🤔

Just checking in! How are you?

I just found out I have a L5 s1 disc bulge to the left. I have back pain when I sit but no leg pain. Do u have a disc bulge/ back pain or only leg pain. Also I only hurt when I sit not when I'm trying to sleep. Did you heal up completely? If so how long did it take and what did u do to heal ? Please help 😊🙃 also my back used to get tight when I lay down for bed but since I started back exercises 4 weeks ago. It doesn't get tight when I lay down only when I drive or sit. Are u 100% healed or do u still have back pain? Are you having any complications after surgery?

6 weeks.

has yours gone away now?

Still some but it’s begging to centralise and ease back up into my back. Physio and consultant believe it is due to the nerve being compressed for around 3-4 years and will take a while to return to normal

@@Tom-gy3sd I'm 10 months in of back pain. I found out I have a disc buldge at L5 s1 I've tried physical therapy, chiropractor, decompression exercises, deep tissue massages, medicine, etc nothing helps. I got a steroid injection 24 hours ago I'm waiting to see if it will kick in within the next week to relieve me of pain. My doc said if it helps with the pain surgery will help the pain go away. I have back pain on my left side when I sit not when I walk or stand I have no leg pain (Sciatica). Has your pain went all the way away after surgery? Also did u have leg or back pain b4 surgery or both 🤔

@@freestylebully4849 Hi, glad to hear you’re progressing with your treatment, sounds very similar to the way I did. I’m now 8 weeks post surgery and only have mild sciatica at infrequent points during the day. Before surgery I was crippled with back and left leg pain, not sleeping couldn’t stand up for longer than 30 mins etc. sciatica not completely gone but definitely back to a normal quality of life which is the most important thing! Good luck man, any more questions about it just shout. Cheers, Tom

@@Tom-gy3sd tiiigghhhtt and thanks for responding. How long were you in pain b4 surgery