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| Topic | Anyone have experience with degenerative disk disease? |
| Sahuagin 08/30/20 10:38:02 PM #3: | as far as I know I have two or more herniated discs. it's hard to give advice since I don't know what anything is like for someone else. random things I would say include: - the pain from a herniated disc comes from a pinched nerve, and should be painful but seemingly not associated with anything. it hurts in a particular place, but there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with that place and moving that place doesn't "really" hurt. you might actually find that if you straighten (or move a certain way) a part of your back, that the pain goes away. for example, sometimes you can have a lot of pain in your knee or ankle and then remember it comes from your spine, straighten your back, and the pain mostly fades. - there are other injuries that can give you back pain, like a pulled muscle. you "should" I think notice in those cases that moving the injured part of you is what hurts. it's also usually a different kind of pain. but it's not always easy to tell for sure. - lately I've discovered that folding your back backwards helps tremendously, and folding it forwards is bad. try to keep your shoulders back, maybe even your arms behind you. try to keep your midsection out forward, and your pelvis and upper back back. (try to keep your back convex (from a laying on your back perspective), not concave). (this is something that I have no idea if it could help someone else; it's just what works for me.) - if you have neck problems, I've also discovered that using a blanket for a pillow instead of a pillow seems to help a lot. it's a little harder on my ear, but you can adjust its shape and height a lot better. it's also a lot easier to clean. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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