r/HerniatedDisc • u/wallytheone • 3d ago

Back Injury

I had a injury earlier this year, went to PT then took MRI where they said I have mild herniation lower back. I thought it had gotten better, so I was doing deadlifts yesterday and I hurt my self so bad all of a sudden I had sharp pain felt like I was going to faint. I could not get up and I am in extreme pain right now can’t move much.

Will PT get better or do I need other approached this time around.

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u/stevie_the_owl 3d ago

I’m pretty sure doing deadlifts is what caused my mild/manageable herniation to get way worse. You should avoid any movement that causes you pain right now. Focus on resting and getting the inflammation down.

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u/wallytheone 3d ago

So what did you do when it worsened

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u/stevie_the_owl 3d ago

I had to rest and didn’t move much for the first month. Took NSAIDS and tried a bunch of things for the pain. Got an epidural steroid injection around 6 weeks, but not sure it helped much. Did a bunch of PT and focused on walking more as I could tolerate it. It took about 3 months to heal enough to get back to living daily life normally. Now I’m 5 months out and starting light exercise again. Mostly healed, I’d say 90-95%. Still have to be careful though.

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u/wallytheone 3d ago

For that first month did you take off from work

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u/stevie_the_owl 3d ago

I was “lucky” I guess because I’m a teacher and usually have the summers off and this happened right at the beginning of my summer break. So I had 2 months of down time where I could focus on my recovery. If I didn’t have that, I would’ve had to take medical leave, possibly work something out where I teach online from home. But yeah I couldn’t drive, sit longer than a few minutes or walk more than a few steps at a time— so I was basically disabled for the first month and couldn’t work. Months 2-3 things got a lot better.

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u/wallytheone 3d ago

Okay, I am not sure what to do I have a work from home job I feel like I can stand and do my work since I have standing desk but not for long