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>I implore you not to do this, as a healthy 32 year old, until you have attempted to corset, or lock in place, your disc with your own muscle. This is not advi
by searine 7y ago
>I implore you not to do this, as a healthy 32 year old, until you have attempted to corset, or lock in place, your disc with your own muscle.
This is not advice you should be giving.
You are not his doctor. You don't know the extent or type of his injuries. You have no idea if core workouts will help. You have no idea if he/she even can walk.
90% of herniated discs resolve in 3 months. For the 10% that don't sometimes surgical intervention is needed. Don't muddy the water with vague uninformed advice if you don't know this persons exact medical details.
- matwood 7y ago> You are not his doctor. On one hand I agree, but it is useful advice to say make sure to talk to different doctors. If someone goes to a surgeon, they are likely to lean towards surgery. I'm going to assume the GP has already seen doctors that specialize in non-surgical treatments like steroid injections directly at the site, but for anyone else reading this information could be useful. And, the OP is right. The doctors I've talked to have all said surgery needs to be the absolute last resort. Many end up worse off or needing more surgery.