What can i do to sooth three hurniated disks in my spine, other than surgery or !
Question:
What can i do to sooth three hurniated disks in my spine, other than surgery or medication?
i can't afford the surgery and i'm sick of taking pills. the stuff the doctor gives me makes me sleep and i'm sick of sleeping away my life, over the counter pain releivers do nothing. heating pads and ice packs are temporary. the first thirty minutes in the pool is good then i'm misserable all over again. please don't be crude i don't need to hear it. just good suggestions. thanks.
Answers:
Previous answers are good and can all help.
However, there is one thing that is not mentioned and that is the cause of EVERY case of herniated discs - dehydration.
The discs in your spine are like little pillows filled with fluid. Their job is to act as shock absorbers between the bones and to protect the many blood vessels, nerves etc that pass between the vertebrae.
When you are dehydrated (and virtually everyone is these days), the fluid in the discs gets thicker and reduces in volume, causing the discs to sag, shrink and allowing them to be squeezed out from between the vertebrae. That is exactly what a herniated disc is - a disc that has been squeezed out from where it should be to where it shouldn't.
Consequently, the fastest, cheapest and easiest way to resolve the problem, both in the short and longer term, is to rehydrate yourself and the only way to do that is to drink fresh, pure water.
Not coke, not tea, not coffee, not beer, not squash, not juice - WATER!
Ideally it should be spring water, but tap water can be OK if you either use a reverse-osmosis filter or even one of the cheap jug-type filters you can buy just about anywhere.
The average person should be drinking AT LEAST 2 litres (about 5 pints) of water a day and would probably benefit from drinking far more (3-4 litres in most cases). Water is the major constituent of your body. Every system needs it, every cell is bathed in it and every organ uses it copiously.
Re-inflating your dicscs by proper hydration WILL resolve the problem - think of a balloon - when it is limp and flacid, you can stretch it any way you like, but when it is fully inflated (like a car tire) it is pretty hard to change its shape significantly. When you rehydrate your discs will inflate and go back to their normal shape and their normal place, which is in between your vertebrae!
Brian
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