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


Condition Treatment Average Result Healed Helped
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Helped
a Little
No Change Made Worse
Back Lower (Lumbar) Herniated Disk
Physical Therapy
3.3
2 5 1 3 1

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 Made worse
one person found this not helpful

I did basic back stretches as well as light strengthening exercises.

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Treatment:   Physical Therapy
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 Helped a little
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StArted after I picked up box at work

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Treatment Combo:   Cortisone Injection + Physical Therapy + Rest + Heat Therapy + Percocet
Helpful?
 No change

historic treatment description

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Treatment Combo:   Physical Therapy + Range of Motion Exercises + Muscle Relaxants + Bed Rest + Back Support Brace + Change of Sleeping Position
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
Helpful?
  • shdwstar
  • 30 years old
  • 115 pounds
  • 5 Feet 6 Inches
 No change
1 of 2 people found this helpful

did physical therapy for a while didn't notice any healing so stopped. darvocet is off the market now it is garbage, and biofreeze woooooooo that stuff burns.

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Treatment Combo:   Physical Therapy + Darvocet Medication + Biofreeze
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  • egaugh
  • Female
  • 28 years old
  • 150 pounds
  • 5 Feet 7 Inches
 Helped a lot

historic treatment description

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Treatment Combo:   Ice + Physical Therapy
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  • keilabee
  • Female
  • 1 years old
  • 135 pounds
  • 5 Feet 5 Inches
 Helped a lot

historic treatment description

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Treatment Combo:   Discectomy + Massage Therapy + Physical Therapy + Bed Rest
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  • kris10
  • Female
  • 31 years old
  • 140 pounds
 No change
2 of 2 people found this helpful

I am including this supplement to note the numerous treatments that did not work. These treatments included the use of anti-inflamatories, ice, muscle relaxants, pain medications, physical therapy, and three cortical steroid injections were given over a period of one year. Pain medications were increased from norco, to percocet, to ...

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Treatment Combo:   Glucosamine + Cortisone Injection + Walking + Ice + Massage Therapy + Physical Therapy + Traction
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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
Helpful?
 Helped a lot

I woke up one morning with a sharp pain in my lower back. After a long treatment history my doctor finally found that I had a bulged disk in my back. He sent me to physical therapy and that seemed to do the trick. I tried a lot of different ...

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Treatment Combo:   Pain Killers (Analgesic) + Swimming + Tai Chi + Massage Therapy + Physical Therapy + Weight Loss + Back Support Brace
Dates:  March 3, 2009 - Ongoing
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  • shelliebee
  • Female
  • 42 years old
  • 130 pounds
  • 5 Feet 9 Inches
 Healed
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I bent over from a sitting position to pick something up off the floor and felt a severe sharp, burning pain in my lower back. The pain was so bad that I couldn't even sit. My doctor examined me and told me I had a herniated disk. He recommended physical ...

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Treatment Combo:   Physical Therapy + Epidural + NSAID gel (eltenac) + Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment + Naproxen Sodium - Aleve - Anaprox - Naprelan
Dates:  March 28, 2005 - June 30, 2005
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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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