So I am out of hospital. The Distectomy went well. I am to be a couch potato for a week then short walks for a week then walking in water each day for a week then back to work for 4 hours a day then if ok back normally!
Anyway further down the track I want to do a series of CPP and back strengthening exercises that will be a routine I can do each day. Obviously NO forward bending or twisting that is what the surgeon thinks popped the disc... any thoughts guys? I like a routine I can stick to so I can be strong for all the sitting I need to do when I get back to work and exercises that won't over contract my pelvic muscles or abdominals. I did some more psoas work the other day and it has helped the CPP irritation a lot.
Post Disctectomy exercises that won't flare CPP
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Sherradin
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Post Disctectomy exercises that won't flare CPP
CPP since 2005. Prior to CPP always overly fit and active. I am female. Had two natural births: singleton 1998 and twins 2000. 2002 emergency back surgery - L5S1 herniation. Then recurring UTIs. Usual antibiotic overload. Then constant debilitating burning bladder and reaction to many foods. Australian Pain Clinic 2007. Turning point was Dec 2009 Attended Wise Clinic in Santa Rosa USA.
Was helped by strict diet but now eating normally after years of restricted diet - wonderful. Helped by: stretching,relaxation, yoga, trigger point, warm baths. Worsened by: stress, sitting, abdominal or glute exercises and salicylates
Medication: Now off all pain clinic meds no more Endone or Elavil only Lyrica 50 mg as Dec 2010 just reherniated L5S1disc and had discectomy. Its taken years but I feel I am over it.
Was helped by strict diet but now eating normally after years of restricted diet - wonderful. Helped by: stretching,relaxation, yoga, trigger point, warm baths. Worsened by: stress, sitting, abdominal or glute exercises and salicylates
Medication: Now off all pain clinic meds no more Endone or Elavil only Lyrica 50 mg as Dec 2010 just reherniated L5S1disc and had discectomy. Its taken years but I feel I am over it.