Hi wendy, what other option's did your doctor give you? Did he suggest any kind of treatment such as therapy, excersise, stretching? As for the chiro, some people benefit and other's don't. My chiro helped me greatly for some pain's but not for other's. If you do decide to continue with the adjustment's be sure to tell him if something is making it worse, don,t let them continue working that area if it's not helping. I know their not a quick fix either, it may take several visit's. Did you show him your mri photo's? Hope the best for you. Steevo

Thanks for the advice. I'm still going to the chiropractor I seem to be doing better, but I still have quite a bit of back pain, not as bad as before though but I guess you could say I have my good and bad days. I'm finally getting to play basketball now i'm so happy I just hope I make it through basketball then softball. But thanks again for the advice....Wendy

I've had ddd since 16. (now 27) (moderate loss disc height, stenosis, thecal sac compresssion, dissication, herniation, nerve impingement, etc..) l4-l5 I was an athlete as well at the time and although I couldn't play serious sports, i'm still active today. Personally, I would get some physical therapy excercises for stability and core strenght and stay away from chiropractors, unless they are giving you soft tissue massage and not cracking you. When a chirpractor cracks you they are causing instability.

In my case, by far the most important thing with ddd is to stay as active as possible and not simply lie down and rest; take things slow build up and try to hold it. When your back goes out, make sure to go on a walk, bike, stairmaster, stretch and do core strengthening/pt excercises instead of lie around, even though that seems like the best thing to do.

this is advice to take to the bank! Excellent points and real life experience. The myth that laying out and allowing your back to heal is just that, a myth. Stay active, you do not have to participate in high impact sports or super crazy activities but laying around waiting to get better is as bad or worse then playing combat sports.

I've had back pain since I was 15, I missed days at school because I couldn't bend enough to put my socks on.

I went to chiropractors for years and it never helped for longer than a few days.

Once iwas old enough to pay for myself I went to a physiotherapist and they got me to work on building core strength and also learning how to detect muscle inmbalance and how to treat myself.

I'm now late 30s and my back is better now than it was when I was 15. One of the reasons is I gave up running. I haven't run since I was about 21 because it always lead to days or weeks of back pain. I still run when playing with my kids but don't 'go for a run' or play sports that require a lot of running.

I've become an active swimmer and a regular gym user and I really enjoy it. I'm slim, fit and heathly.

But keep your future in mind, some people commit suicide b/c their backpain is unending and unbearable in later life. It doens't have to be if you learn how to take care and treat yourself and be sensible enough not to do the things that you know will only make it worse.

Your back has to last you for another 60 odd years, take care of it. Personally if I were you, i'd get multiple opinions until I knew exactly what was going on (don't get a chiros opinion).

Once you have that knowledge, you can make informed decisions, live with less pain and be confident in what you do.

Chris

I had it since I was 17. Even before that I had some problems in my achilles,... I am now 35.


But I got rid of my back pains a year ago when one doc corrected my sijd = si-joint dysfunction/dislocation.


It took 20 years of pain and many useles visits to doctros (and x-rays, mris, tests,...) to finally find someone who knew about sijd. I feel lucky to found one, finally!


His diagnose:
m53.8 dysfunctio/dislocation articuli sacroiliacale l. Sin.

M41.9 rotatio scoliosis
g54.0 syndroma tos l.A.

M35.7 syndroma hypermobilitas levis
r29.8 symptomata musculi quadriceps l.A.


I had leg length inequality (left shorter), lordosis, scoliosis, bad posture, left foot over pronation,... And no doctor had ever even heard about sijd!


After sijd correction my high blood pressure was gone, as well as headaches, migrens, leg weakness, tos and a lot of others...


Medical world is so lost... I had that sijd since child, but no-one knew how to correct it. Sad...