Been off a little while :(

[ta2dfreak]

Hey Fellas, been a bit since i've been here. Found out I ruptured L4-5 and herniated L3-4, with mild numbness and weakness in my right leg Sidelined for a while. Anyone else have this type of injury? What treatment did you undergo? What was the recovery time? How long before you were able to go back to lifting? Thanks

 

[IA_info]

ouch, hope you can find some help. Maybe get some hgh to help with recovery time.

 

[ta2dfreak]

Thought about that. Time will tell. Starting with physical therapy (like that's going to remove the extrusion pushing up against the nerve), then onto cortisone shot (again just masking the pain caused by the impinged nerve), and maybe finally arthroscopic surgery to actually remove the problem.

 

[gpg9991]

Get yourself right bro. Make that your focus. Worry about lifting after

 

[ta2dfreak]

I'm not gonna lie, it's hard right now not being able to go to the gym. Fighting mild depressed attitude and trying to stay positive and thankful that it's not worse than it is. But i really miss lifting and it's only been a couple of weeks. Doesn't help that i'm not the most patient person in the world

 

[MikeSnow]

You sure it was ruptured ? That often requires surgery , hope not but if it makes it better than it is than it could be a good thing

 

[tj124]

I had L4 L5 disc removal 5 years ago. It took 6 months of rehab before I saw the inside of a gym. Good luck bro.

 

[ta2dfreak]

I had L4 L5 disc removal 5 years ago. It took 6 months of rehab before I saw the inside of a gym. Good luck bro.

Did they fuse L4-5 together?

 

[ta2dfreak]

You sure it was ruptured ? That often requires surgery , hope not but if it makes it better than it is than it could be a good thing

MRI confirmed a almost 3/4 inch "extrusion" to the right side of the spinal canal impinging on the nerve root.....looks like a little crooked finger. I'm hoping they can do arthroscopic procedure on it vs slicing through skin, muscle and fascia.

 

[ta2dfreak]

BTT for more responses from anyone else with experience with this type of injury, treatment and recovery.

 

[bearbear22]

BTT for more responses from anyone else with experience with this type of injury, treatment and recovery.

Had ruptured/herniated S1/L5/L4 with unbarable sciatic nerve pain down the left leg. Had Microdisectomy surgery to fix the problem and it worked thank god. Was able to weight lift again after four months but dont do deadlifts anymore and lighter weight on squats but other than that everything is g2g.

ps. if you have to go the surgery route research your surgeons and use a Neurosurgeon not an orthopedic surgeon.



Strength and Honor....

 

[ta2dfreak]

Thanks fellas appreciate both sides of the equation (surgical and non-surgical). I don't want any surgery other than arthroscopic if it comes to that. Seems like the more people I talk to, the one's who had major back surgery ended up worse than when they went in and the one's who had the arthroscopic microdiscectomy had good results.