Treatment Reviews:  Strengthening for Back Lower (Lumbar) Osteoarthritis - Degenerative Disc Disease


Condition Treatment Average Result Healed Helped
a Lot		 Helped
a Little		 No Change Made Worse
Back Lower (Lumbar) Osteoarthritis - Degenerative disc disease
 Strengthening
3.8
(4)
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  • ruup4asmile
  • Female
  • 41 years old
  • 165 pounds
  • 5 Feet 5 Inches
Lower back pain from rear-end collision
 Helped a lot
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I was rear-ended about ten years ago and suffered some acute lower back pain along with the usual neck and should injuries associated with a rear-end collision. I spent several months in physical therapy learning how to strengthen my back and receiving massage therapy and stimulation by the use of ...

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Treatment Combo:   Anti-inflammatory Medication (NSAID) + Glucosamine + Pain Killers (Analgesic) + Swimming + Weight Machines + Strengthening + Ice + Chiropractic + Massage Therapy + Physical Therapy + Hydrotherapy + Range of Motion Exercises + Heat Therapy + Weight Loss + Visualization and Thinking Therapy + Pressure + Diet Management + Muscle Relaxants + Exercise + Proper Posture + Psychotherapy For Depression (Talk Therapy) + Bed Rest + Individual Therapy + Motrin - Ibuprofen + Vicodin Medication + Ultram Medication + Daily Meditation + Back Support Brace + Neurontin - Gabapentin + Change of Sleeping Position + Naproxen Sodium - Aleve - Anaprox - Naprelan + Soma + Flexeril + New Shoes + Therapy Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation - TENS + Biofreeze + Spinal Decompression + Celebrex - Celecoxib + Icy Hot + Methadone + Percocet + Aspirin
Dates:  February 8, 2001 - Ongoing
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Degenerative Disc
 Helped a lot

All of the therapy was given by the Chiropractor and it's been the only thing that has helped the most. Neck and back stretches, strengthening exercises, micro-current/electro-stim for muscles and neck & back adjustments all helped tremendously.

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Treatment Combo:   Strengthening + Chiropractic + Massage Therapy + Micro current + Physical Therapy + Traction + Stretching Treatment + Inversion
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My Experience With Receiving Treatment For Two Bulging Discs
 Helped a lot

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Treatment Combo:   Swimming + Strengthening + Ice + Chiropractic + Massage Therapy + Physical Therapy + Rest + Heat Therapy + Weight Loss
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FAILED SPINAL FUSION
 Helped a little
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I started wit DDD while in the Marine corps. It progressively got worse over the years to the point that my sciatica nerve was being crushed between 2 of the disc's. In total they fuse 4 discs and removed the sciatica nerve from between them. Since then 3 of the ...

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Treatment Combo:   Anti-inflammatory Medication (NSAID) + Pain Killers (Analgesic) + Swimming + Walking + Strengthening + Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery
Dates:  November 7, 2002 - Ongoing
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