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Ruptured Disc Surgery
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[QUOTE="nephron, post: 534037, member: 23759"] I seemed someone flippant there, so let me qualify my statements whilst answering your last questions the best I can. The confusion regarding what to do immediately after a back injury is fairly common. In the old days, conservative therapy meant BED REST. Now, they're not doing that anymore, as apparently bedrest increases time to meaningful recovery as compared to "semi" conservative measures. Basically, what's recommended now is what you can find in any Barnes & Noble bookstore: a good "care of the low back" type book written by medical personnel of some type. Your doc, and certainly your Orthopedist or Physical Therapist will have info. You might even find all the info on the Internet for all I know. Sure, you don't want to go out and pound the crap out of your back with repetetive "blows" to your spinal column, but there are exercises that are designed to stretch/relax the paraspinous muscles, stretch/relax zygapoph lig's, and create strength in the abdominal muscles. The last part being most important, as now you're going to learn how to support yourself with abdominal muscles instead of your lumbar vertebral column. It took me roughly 2 weeks to almost fully recover from my injury and you could probably be well-advised to perform gradually increasingly intense physical therapy and start riding anytime you feel comfortable about it again. As it is now, my L/S is whacked on films, but I rarely have backpain. Cased a big double hard enough to break my talus in 2 and dislocate it, but never had backpain. :laugh: [/QUOTE]
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