Treatment Reviews:  Heat Therapy for Back Lower (Lumbar) Herniated Disk


Condition Treatment Average Result Healed Helped
a Lot
Helped
a Little
No Change Made Worse
Back Lower (Lumbar) Herniated Disk
Heat Therapy
4.0
2 4 2

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 Helped a little

StArted after I picked up box at work

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Treatment Combo:   Cortisone Injection + Physical Therapy + Rest + Heat Therapy + Percocet
Helpful?
 Healed
3 of 3 people found this helpful

I had severe lower back pain after slipping on a patch of ice. I fell on what I called by tail bone. The initial pain that I had was in my lower back. After a few days I started to have pain shooting down my left leg. I also started ...

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Treatment Combo:   Anti-inflammatory Medication (NSAID) + Pain Killers (Analgesic) + Strengthening + Discectomy + Chiropractic + Massage Therapy + Physical Therapy + Traction + Heat Therapy + Anabolic Steroids + Exercise + Proper Posture + Bed Rest
Dates:  May 11, 2001 - August 23, 2001
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  • calmincense
  • Female
  • 51 years old
  • 162 pounds
  • 5 Feet 7 Inches
 Helped a lot

Started in 1990, I was carrying a 50# bag of dog food. I poured it into the barrel turned to put the empty bag into the receptacle and I hit the floor. I had no ability to stand, sit or walk and was in sheer agony, lying on the shop ...

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Treatment Combo:   Glucosamine + Pain Killers (Analgesic) + Walking + Strengthening + Ice + Physical Therapy + Stretching Treatment + Rest + Heat Therapy + Weight Loss + Inversion + Muscle Relaxants + Exercise + Proper Posture + Bed Rest + Vicodin Medication + Back Support Brace + Leg Elevation + Change of Sleeping Position
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 Helped a little

What happened is that for several years now, I have had lower back pain. The pain started in 2006, and has been ongoing. I first noticed the pain if I would sit or stand for very long periods of time, and then I would just go to bed, and after ...

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Treatment Combo:   Weight Machines + Ice + Range of Motion Exercises + Heat Therapy + Exercise + Percocet
Dates:  June 1, 2006 - Ongoing
Helpful?
 Healed
one person found this helpful

One of the worst things that has happened to me in my adult life happened just the other day. On the east coast have have been getting a lot of snow so I was out being the man of the house and shoveling off our walk when I stooped to ...

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Treatment Combo:   Ice + Chiropractic + Massage Therapy + Heat Therapy + Inversion + Daily Meditation
Dates:  January 13, 2010 - February 10, 2010
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  • johngiger
  • Male
  • 37 years old
  • 207 pounds
  • 6 Feet 1 Inches
 Helped a lot

years ago I was working a summer job as a Roofer for a small company in California. After one very long and hot job I was helping the others in the crew offload unused material form the top of a two story room While bringing a roll of roofing material ...

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Treatment Combo:   Anti-inflammatory Medication (NSAID) + Pain Killers (Analgesic) + Chiropractic + Physical Therapy + Stretching Treatment + Heat Therapy + Exercise + Cymbalta + Psychotherapy For Depression (Talk Therapy) + Daily Meditation + TUMS
Dates:  August 1, 1998 - Ongoing
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 Helped a lot

For over twenty years now, I have had incredible lower back pain. I fell off the back of a hook and ladder fire truck and caused me to have slipped discs. I had surgery on my back but it still hurt. I have tried every pain medicine out there, but ...

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Treatment Combo:   Massage Therapy + Heat Therapy
Dates:  April 1, 1987 - Ongoing
Helpful?
 Helped a lot

I want to share my treatment results for back pain which I was experiencing for a while. Strange as it may seem, but not ice packs, but hot packs really helped me. Hot pack method has been used historically in many cultures and looks like it still works. It worked ...

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Treatment:   Heat Therapy
Dates:  July 29, 2008 - Ongoing
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