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On a side note, another thing that pisses me off is that I never missed one Houston Supercross, ever!!. Because of this shit, 2009 was my last trip. Two hour drive, and all that walking can't do. Sometimes I think being paralized would be better. No more pain, and I could Just have a scooter.
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I was pumped but then I was pissed cause he didn't put my name in the video! I then had a bunch of footage for Godfrey and Pastrana for the first Nitro Circus video and wouldn't give him it unless he absolutely put my name in the credits! lmao Well he stood by his word and its in there, so I was happy to be part of the first Nitro Circus video!
Oh and, Laying In bed does make It worse, but doing too much also makes It worse. Dam if you do, dam If you don't.
Send me a message on here later down the road, and let me know how you're doing.
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L4 blown to bits.
The doc said he took a medium sized shrimp out.
It had squeezed into my spinal cord, pinching it to the size of a pencil lead.
Same crap, started with pain in lower left back, over time went down my butt cheek,
then felt like it was a bad hip, more time and work it went extended down my outer thigh, behind the knee.
Setting some roof trusses by myself did the deed, ended up with pain all the wayto the underside of my left foot.
Left me flipping like a fish out of water on the floor.
After the operation, which turned into a lumbarectomy (sp?), that is they had to make a big hole to get the crap out,
pain down the leg was gone right away.
But it felt like I had a big swivel in my lower back, and felt like I had been kicked by a horse back there.
It took 3 years to get back to maybe 70%.
This year, the 4th year, it still get's stiff and aches after a long day of work.
I don't lift anything over say, 50 lbs anymore.
Got rid of the dirtbikes and went back to street riding.
With me, it just took a long, long time to heal.
Even the doc wondered why i wasn't dancing in the street after 6 months.
All I know is, it's still getting stronger, 4 years later, bit by bit.
All I can say is hang in there guys, take some time and take it easy.
This back thing, you can't rush it.
Was a time, I was the big breadwinner.
Any job, it wasn't going good, I just hit it harder.
Get it done.
Now, heck, I have to watch it like a little bitch.
I know I've lost 2 customers that felt I just didn't have it anymore, that if I hurt
myself on their job they'd be in big shit with a comp claim or whatever.
Where does the leader of the pack go, when he can't lead the pack anymore?
I woke up from surgery (microdiscectomy) and all the pain in my leg was completely gone. For the first time in months, I could bend my leg without pain. My back hurt like hell where they cut me but literally ALL of my leg pain was gone. At week 7 I put on my hockey skates for the first time and got back on the ice (non contact). In the spring of 2013, I signed up and raced for the first time since before the injury and then proceeded to race every weekend for the entire summer.
I still have some minor setbacks from time to time but my doctor told me that would happen because my nerve was so badly damaged. He said it may or may not go away but I am 97% better and when the flair ups happen, they are not nearly as bad as the original injury. I have been able to limit the flair ups with a good training program (see my advice below).
My advice? 1. Always avoid surgery if you can but if you have to have it, a microdiscectomy is probably the safest back surgery you can have. It's one of the only surgeries where there is a huge chance it will help, a small chance it won't but ZERO chance it will make you worse (barring a mistake by the doctor). 2. Once you are healed up, ease into a training program that focuses on your core. If you have a strong core it will take the pressure off your spine a bit and it really helps. 3. look at how you treat your back. I was always a strong guy so I abused my back when I picked things up. I made some small changes like always remembering to lift with my legs, I ditched my over the shoulder hockey bag for one with wheels and I stretch all the time to stay loose.
Sorry for the long winded response but I was in your position a couple of years ago and felt desperate. I just wanted to say that I am back to a completely normal life of racing MX and playing hockey 2-3 nights a week so don't lose hope. Hang in there.
35 yrs of dirt bikes and construction have given me a lot of aches in my spine and lower neck. Found a great physical therapist and she has cured every pain in my body, I now go in for a "tune up" every 6-8 months.
She said 90% of her clientele were told by their doctors the surgery was needed when in fact they were being lied to or misdiagnosed.
Dr. Fuchs Orthopedics specialists of SW Florida.
I really hope you can find some relief guys, this thread is tough to read.
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Similar pain multiple times since then over the years and it seems to be happening more frequently. Multiple MRIs only show some tears in a disc, which some docs have theorized periodically leaks and then irritates the nerves. It usually feels better in a couple weeks.
No pain down the legs or numbness anywhere else.
Chiro did nothing for me. Physical therapy didn't help. I'm in the Army and still race so I have to stay in pretty good shape. Still it comes back every now and then.
Have had epidural sterioid injections but am going in to try a facet joint block Thursday. If it works, they will do a facet nerve ablation later, which will deaden the offending nerves for 6-9 months. It's a minimally invasive thing and there's really nothing to lose if it doesn't help.
BUT, I had a friend recommend a book to me on some of the alternate causes of back pain. Of course, for many of you there are some very concrete medical indicators, but for me it didn't make sense that I could go out and pound motos, but then two weeks later hurt my back by sitting up in a chair. So in addition to medical routes, I'm also considering the idea that some of my back issues are tension/stress related. I'm 41, married, kids, career... plenty of things to be worried about. Anyway, not saying this is the answer, but I can honestly say in the week since I've read the book I swear my back does feel better. We will see how it holds up in the long run. And I'm sure not canceling the facet block!!
Healing Back Pain - John Sarno MD
Honestly I think a new disc is probably my long-term answer, definnitely preferable over a fusion. It sounds like the technology has come a long way over the years and recovery is around month for a single-level replacement.
Like somebody else mentioned-INVERSION TABLE-.....INVEST $150 bucks or so and get yourself one. Therapuedic.
Don't dispair, there's a lot treatments available out there.....focused stretches, message.
Agree man, OP is way too young to be afflicted with this misery. Take the treatment you can, get to where you can manage it-THEN weigh your options whether you want to continue to ride & thrash your body/joints.
Trust me.....if it means MISERY down the road............DO NOT DO IT.
Proceed slowly and wisely bud.
You think it's bad now, wait 'til your our age!
And, most of all, find the right doctor. I had the same concerns and my doctor said, and I quote, "My goal is to return you to your normal life even if that life isn't so normal to most people. If you want to race and jump dirt bikes and play hockey, that is what we will do and we won't stop until modern medicine tells us there is nothing left to try". That made me feel much better and after taking a season off between the original injury and surgery/healing, I have one full racing season under my belt and ice hockey twice a week for over a year with barely a hiccup.
Stay positive and do all you can do to help yourself heal and you'll be back to normal.
PS, I'm 39.
I've just learned that I broke my back in a crash in Nov and the doc is saying eventually I'll have to fuse my L5 and S1. My pain is tolerable, and everything I'm reading about back surgery makes me think that if my pain is a 2-5 on a scale of 1-10, then maybe I should stick with that as opposed to risk moving up on that scale.
Lower back issues for nearly 30 years. About 14 years ago had sciatic nerve problems down my right leg. Was playing softball and loved to slide and dive. It took it's toll on me. First go round just simply stretched and took a wonderful but now banned anti inflammatory called Vioxx let's say 6 months later it's gone. Almost 21 months ago pulled my back and ended up with sciatica down my left leg (moto in my life and no ball playing). Went through PT for 4 months and it got worse. My doctor and insurance screwed around and did the next step which was steroid injections to the trouble spot uncovered in the MRI's (yes, multiple MRI's). No help from the steroid injections and I'm nearly convinced from many other stories these injections rarely help for herniated disc (L5-S1). Eventually I find a new doctor last July who accepts my case and performs a microdiscectomy. He tells me I will walk out of the surgery center the same day. Surgery at 6:45 and I walk out at 11:30. My pain level went from a 9 to a 1 in just 5 hours. The plan was nothing more than walking for the first 12 weeks post op. At the 5 month mark I still had this small pain in my back and the calf pain others described here. Started PT again. It's a slow program and I was also told that I may have permanent nerve damage due to the length of time between injury and eventual surgery. Focusing on the core right now and have plans to ride again but I'm not sure if this thing will ever be 100%. Would I have surgery again? Absolutely. The lesson learned here is to jump on the program of PT and see if that works for you but if you see things going south have that conversation with your doctor and if he says surgery then jump on that. The longer you wait the more likely it seems the nerve conditions stick with you post op.
Nerve pain is from the herniated disks is absolutely the worst thing I experienced. I found that Doctors don't care about pain. I was right there with you guys who question staying alive. Drinking heavy in order to try and get to sleep is familiar. Narcotic painkillers don't help with nerve pain is what I was told. I eventually found relief through months of Physical Therapy. Everyone I talked to who had surgery regretted it. Same with steriod shots. Like mauimotox99 it took a couple of different Therapists to make any headway, but in the end PT saved me.
When I think about how bad I hurt compared to how I feel now it seems like a bad nightmare yet I was ready to end it all. My left arm is still much weaker than my right but I can ride again. No big jumps for me though.
Good luck to all of you guys dealing with the agony of nerve pain. Keep fighting!
After going thru the whole process for over ten years and finally finding the fix to the terrible back pain I went thru, I highly recommend the ProDisc disc replacement if you have tried everything else and find out you have a torn disc. If your back is killing you start with physical therapy, then microdiscectomy, and if that doesn't fix it then a ProDisc replacement. Don't ever get a fusion!! That is old school and know so many people that is made worse and ruined their lives.
But if you read in my earlier posts, MRI's will not show torn discs and the only test to find a tear is a Discogram. I did not have a major herniation so the Doctor's told me for years I was lying about my pain and it can't be as bad as I was describing. Ten years later and my life ruined because of back pain, I finally got them to take me seriously. The torn disc ended up burning a hole in my L5 from leaking on top of the bone. The jelly inside of discs is a form of acid that will burn thru bone and that was where all my pain was coming from.
Long story short, don't let Doctor's push you aside and not take you seriously! Get a MRI and if your herniation isn't that bad but you have serious pain, you might have a torn disc. Torn discs can not be repaired and will cause you major pain!
Do lots of research and if your Doctor even mentions fusion, find a new one!
I wish you all the best!
Saying a prayer for you.
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