What does it feel like to recover from lumbar disc herniation?

People who have never suffered from this disease have no idea what it feels like to recover from lumbar disc herniation. Lumbar disc herniation is also called intervertebral disc herniation. The main cause is long-term fatigue of the waist, or sudden force on the waist, which causes the intervertebral disc to move from its original position, causing compression on the nearby nerves and producing a series of symptoms. The direction of intervertebral disc herniation is different, some protrude forward, and some protrude sideways, so the symptoms of lumbar disc herniation are also different.

When I first started to suffer from lumbar disc herniation, I was still in school. It was a very cold winter. I just felt it was very cold at that time. I always had leg cramps and was very afraid of the cold, but I didn’t take it seriously. I never thought there was any problem. I went to the school clinic many times, and they all said it was a calcium deficiency. I also thought it was just a calcium deficiency. The feeling of cramps was always with me. Later, the feeling of cramps would exist when I lay down. Then, I found that I was very tired and my waist would hurt after walking a distance. Later, the distance I walked became shorter and shorter. After walking a distance, I really wanted to find a place to sit down. After walking a distance, I almost limped. Finally, I couldn’t stand it anymore, so I went to the hospital for a check-up. The CT scan showed that I had lumbar dislocation and lumbar disc herniation. I was prescribed some painkillers and some blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing drugs, and I recovered. At that time, I thought it was just a cold and it would be better after a week or two. Later, the situation became even more outrageous. Suddenly I found that I couldn’t walk at all. I had to hold on to the wall to walk to the toilet. I was only in my twenties at the time. So I went to a big hospital for a check-up. The hospital arranged for me to be hospitalized and I did an MRI. The MRI showed that I had left kyphosis of L5-S1 and lumbar spinal stenosis. I didn’t understand much of this at the time, and I didn’t even know where L5-S1 was located. When I was hospitalized, my attending physician (a young doctor) talked to me and said that since my waist was protruding like this, generally speaking, I could choose some surgeries. One was minimally invasive, but the recurrence rate was very high. The other was to cut off the entire lumbar disc, then cast something, and then fix it with metal. Which one you choose depends on your financial situation. Of course, he mainly recommended the latter option.

After lying in bed for many months, I found that my lumbar disc herniation had improved a little. At least I could walk a little. I was immediately filled with confidence and began to desperately look for some good methods of recovery. Of course, the advertisements you see are also varied. I tried applying plasters (they are all for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and they are okay. Sometimes I feel comfortable, sometimes uncomfortable, and the plasters can relieve the symptoms), walking backwards to exercise, twisting my waist in the morning, soaking my feet in winter (my feet are very cold, and the left and right feet sense different temperatures), blowing my waist with a hair dryer, lying on the bed, and rubbing my waist with my hands (the L5-S1 part, anyway, the part that makes me uncomfortable). These may or may not be effective. Anyway, I gritted my teeth and persisted for a long time, but I didn't find any obvious effect. I always thought that the lack of effect was because I couldn't persist. In fact, it was really hard to persist. My waist was uncomfortable and I was too lazy to move, so why would I bother with so many tricks? Every time I think of it, I do it subconsciously. In fact, these should be done in moderation. I must not do strenuous exercise, otherwise it may aggravate the condition. In this way, I take good care of my waist. But in fact, when I got better to a certain extent, pessimistically speaking, after the condition stabilized, there was no effect anymore. It was basically like that. It was always there and you couldn't get rid of it. It wouldn't take your life, but it would tie your hands and feet. You couldn't exercise, stand for a long time, sit for a long time, move things, or bend over. Once you stay in one posture (sitting or standing) for a long time, you will feel uncomfortable. Occasionally, you will feel pain when you get up, especially in winter. It will get worse if you are cold, and it will get worse if you are too tired. After a good rest, the condition will stabilize again.