#herniateddisc

[ratboiharkness]

Hypothetically, what if I ripped out my sciatic nerve and used it to beat the shit outta my herniated discs until they weren’t anymore?

[wheelingwithgrace]

Disability can absolutely make you feel like a failure. I don't think that's talked about enough. Especially when it strips you of life experiences/milestones. At 16/17 years old, most teens are driving around and getting their first car. That was the age I truly started feeling different from my peers. I was stuck riding the school bus and relying on family and friends to take me places while everyone else my age had this newfound freedom. I started college and then had to drop out because I wasn't receiving the accommodations I needed or knowing what I wanted to do with my life. "You should already know what you want to do! What's your problem?" My problem is that I didn't get the same push into adulthood as everyone else. I didn't get the same freedom they did. I've always had to rely on someone. In high school, I wasn't worrying about my future. I was worrying about my health. When my next seizure would be. If I would have a seizure in the middle of class. If I was going to be bullied or assaulted again. Flash forward - I'm now working a job full time and just got diagnosed with all kinds of stuff in my lower spine including a bulging disc facet arthrosis, and facet effusions. Knowing that this is progressive and I might need surgery if conservative treatments fail - I genuinely don't know how I'm expected to live a proper life. My manager is pissed at me for having to go to doctors appointments and it's so hard.

[timfitz-bioart]

Med Legal Art (film interps)

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Some vignettes from a large, overview of injuries presentation. The injuries shown here include a dislocated clavicle, herniated disc, and fractured wrist. Other vignettes showcased a brain bleed, fractured ankle, and more herniated discs.

(it was a lot of images to sift through!)

[chronic--experiences]

After years of putting it off, I finally got my first cane.

Definitely having mixed feelings about it. I’m worried about judgement coming from people who have seen me move around without a cane, and people claiming that I’m faking a disability because I’m young.

At the same time it’s such a relief to have something that provides me with more stability while moving around. My left leg has gotten so weak and I’m constantly scared of falling after my leg has given out multiple times (once on a flight of stairs)

I’ve got great friends who are super supportive of me finally getting a mobility aid and are willing to fight anyone who looks at me funny, but it’s definitely going to get some taking used to.

[touching-grass-is-not-enough]

“I’m the coolest bitch in the physical therapy office rn” I say to myself as I’m struggling to lean forward

[nhathuocnamdominhduong]

Cách chữa thoát vị đĩa đệm bằng lá lốt là phương pháp chữa bệnh không dùng thuốc được nhiều người áp dụng. Lá lốt có độ lành tính cao, tính ấm, chứa những thành phần hóa học rất tốt cho quá trình phục hồi đĩa đệm. Ngoài ra thảo dược còn giúp giảm đau và thúc đẩy lưu thông máu hiệu quả.

https://dominhduong.org/cach-chua-thoat-vi-dia-dem-bang-la-lot-18609.html

[skuzz]

Some exciting new work hitting the press—my illustrations were just published in @thejnspg Spine for a research article on indirect neural decompression via lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF). The article is titled “Predictors of indirect neural decompression in minimally invasive transpsoas lateral lumbar interbody fusion." Always a pleasure working with @barrowneuro's own @thejuanuribe, Chief of Spine Surgery, and Neurosurgery residents Corey Walker, MD and Jakub Godzik, MD. Check it out online https://doi.org/ 10.3171/2020.8.SPINE20676 #spinehealth #spine #backday #backpain #spinesurgery #spinalcordinjury #lumbar #colunavertebral #disc #herniateddisc #posturecorrection #spinel #healthylivingjourney (at Barrow Neurological Institute) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPTJkEeHwku/?utm_medium=tumblr

[oseberg-shipper]

Hey so I had a thing called Cauda Equina Syndrome and it's extremely rare but also needs to be treated immediately. I just read a post about heart attacks and it looks like there's not a similar one about CES. These are the red flags:

Severe back pain

Pain down both legs

Weakness, numbness, tingling, in legs, ankles, feet

Numbness or change of sensation in "saddle area" which is everything that would touch a saddle if you were sitting on it

Urinary retention or incontinence

Fecal incontinence

Sexual dysfunction

A lot of the symptoms are embarrassing or difficult to quantify, but it's a medical emergency so it's important to know the signs. If you have these, especially a combination of pain and weakness or incontinence, go to the ER and demand an MRI. It happens for a bunch of reasons, but the most common is a massively herniated disc, which is what I had.

The treatment is emergency spine surgery and the sooner it happens the more likely you are to regain function. Left too long, it can paralyze you from the waist down, and even in more minor forms it can cause permanent incontinence.

I'm American so I know it can be really difficult to go to the ER, but the risk of missing this is extreme. I went during our big COVID-19 outbreak locally, because it was so important.