@shugge1031 @michelletandler Agree here. No chiropractor. I had massively herniated L4L5. I left chiro in an ambulance. Tried everything…PT, YOGA, meds, etc. Microdiscectomy surgery saved me. But I was more severe. Stay fit. Work your core, yoga, get strong.
@BBCInMemoriam Microdiscectomy was a easyrecovery for me. Gotta baby it for a year but so much relief
@NateHodges @Davey_Hudson I had L5/S1 microdiscectomy surgery last June. The surgery bought me about six months of relief.
A discectomy (also called open discectomy, if done through a 1/2 inch or larger skin opening) is the surgical removal of abnormal disc material that presses on a nerve root or the spinal cord. The procedure involves removing a portion of an intervertebral disc, which causes pain, weakness or numbness by stressing the spinal cord or radiating nerves.
Learn more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discectomy