I am going in for surgery on my L-5 S-1 disc on oct 10 the surgeon said i will be back to my everyday life i am just wanting to know if anyone on here has had the and went back to riding.
Has anyone had a microdiscectomy on there back and went back to riding
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I had it done 3 years ago. Best thing I ever did. Feels great no issues.
What do you do for work and do you think your back is any weaker
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I do construction for a living. It was weaker at first just from taking it easy for a few months.
That is what i do as well concrete work did you go to physical therepy
i had L5/S1 operated on 14 years ago and left the the L4 alone. Mine was pretty bad and i chose not to fuse. after 6 months I was pretty close to 100% by 3 months i no longer walked like i had a stick up may ***. at about 2 months post op the unstable feeling diminished significantly. the usual pain was gone right after the surgery. i did deal with some major discomfort for the next few days though. the doc went in from the back, spread the muscles and broke off some bone. after the incision healed up i was on the mend.
take it easy and do the PT if the doc thinks you need it. most folks screw up their back in the first 3 months after surgery. treat it well.
btw, get your core in shape if you don't want to deal with consistent back problems. My back was in the best shape its been when i was working wildland fire a few years ago. when i get lazy, that's when my back is at it's worst.
take it easy and do the PT if the doc thinks you need it. most folks screw up their back in the first 3 months after surgery. treat it well.
btw, get your core in shape if you don't want to deal with consistent back problems. My back was in the best shape its been when i was working wildland fire a few years ago. when i get lazy, that's when my back is at it's worst.
Same here, always had a strong back/core then got lazy and buggered it. (L4/L5)
I have been doing physio for sometime which helps and just had an epidural back injection last week, so much better. Now it's time to see if I can get it strengthened back up and fixed, hopefully won't require surgery.
I have been doing physio for sometime which helps and just had an epidural back injection last week, so much better. Now it's time to see if I can get it strengthened back up and fixed, hopefully won't require surgery.
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Squished L3. For 10 years after the injury I used to throw out my back once every year and be down for a week. Hasn't happened in over 5 years now. All good.
I used to wear a moto x back brace but I don't anymore for sledding. One thing that has saved my back is a Kmod rear suspension. I soften it up for the ride out at the end of the day and everyone else is complaining about the whooped out trail, I am happy and not sore at all. I think the suspension should be called old mans suspension cuz its so easy on your back!
I used to wear a moto x back brace but I don't anymore for sledding. One thing that has saved my back is a Kmod rear suspension. I soften it up for the ride out at the end of the day and everyone else is complaining about the whooped out trail, I am happy and not sore at all. I think the suspension should be called old mans suspension cuz its so easy on your back!
I had mine done July 29th, it is worse now than it was. Had to have another MRI, surgeon just looked at it with a funny look on his face then stammered his way through the rest of the appointment. I am 99% certain he screwed it up and knew it. So I got a second opinion which verified that he didn't do what was needed.
Having a cortisone shot tomorrow to try to get me through the winter riding season, then look at another surgery next summer with a competent Dr.
Research Dr's and get second/third opinions, I took it for granted that a Dr. would automatically know what he was doing, so wasted my entire summer doing nothing, am in crappy shape for winter, will be in pain all winter, and will have to give up another summer to get it fixed right. NOT a happy camper.
Having a cortisone shot tomorrow to try to get me through the winter riding season, then look at another surgery next summer with a competent Dr.
Research Dr's and get second/third opinions, I took it for granted that a Dr. would automatically know what he was doing, so wasted my entire summer doing nothing, am in crappy shape for winter, will be in pain all winter, and will have to give up another summer to get it fixed right. NOT a happy camper.
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I had a Discectomy surgery last February on L3-L4. I had herniated the disc Jan 2nd. I was crippled from it and tried to treat it over 6 weeks. Ended up back in the hospital and they did an MRI. I came out of the MRI with being paralyzed from the chest down. Thankfully this only lasted a short time and they operated the next morning. Long story short...... I went out sledding (very carefully) twice at the end of May. So 3 and 1/2 months after surgery. I'm doing way better now but will never be 100% Hope you are doing well!
I had a partial disk removed back in 1994 -L5 ( Medicine didn't have anything at that time to replace the blowout) scar tissue now- I was also blessed with a L-6 grinding into my Pelvis- Anyhoo
Had it done in August 1994- took it easy did the excersies and went sledding in January 1995 My buddies painted a handicapped emblem on my open 4 place that I had at the time- as that was my place to park- yeah they thought it was cute..
Best thing when I got stuck that year they didn't let me lift a finger and that helped-
Still feels sometime like I have a heavy weight pulling on my tail bone when I over do it / and Oh yeah watch the curb drops on the side walk the will get your attention.
All in all 100% of what I was no fusing on the bones and full mobility-
That was 20 years ago- and still riding strong!!! just don't push it
Remember this was back in the XLT day's with little to no plush travel in the suspension and running the LONG 136 track.. so with what the sleds have become recently your already ahead of the game.!!
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Had it done in August 1994- took it easy did the excersies and went sledding in January 1995 My buddies painted a handicapped emblem on my open 4 place that I had at the time- as that was my place to park- yeah they thought it was cute..
Best thing when I got stuck that year they didn't let me lift a finger and that helped-
Still feels sometime like I have a heavy weight pulling on my tail bone when I over do it / and Oh yeah watch the curb drops on the side walk the will get your attention.
All in all 100% of what I was no fusing on the bones and full mobility-
That was 20 years ago- and still riding strong!!! just don't push it
Remember this was back in the XLT day's with little to no plush travel in the suspension and running the LONG 136 track.. so with what the sleds have become recently your already ahead of the game.!!
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Do your research on your surgeon because I'm in the medical field and believe me there are more bad ones then good ones. It only takes one bad surgeon to mess you up for life. People are way to trusting with there care just because the guy is a doctor. Be patient with therapy after and give it time to heal. To many people rush it and then injure themselves even worse.
Wow, it sucks to hear that so many on here have had bad backs! I had a back surgery as well about 10 years ago. I am a concrete guy and also grew up on a ranch in Montana and abused my back being the "tough guy" all my life. I had injured it a few times before, but a water skiing crash had done me in ultimately. I had an intraforaminal herniation of L5-S1. I had several cortisone shots that helped for a while (about 7 years of off and on), but being a dumbass, I went snowboarding within a few months of feeling better, then back to the floor for the several days of crawling to try and get some relief. Long story short, I didn't learn, and a coaster ride in Vegas convinced me to get the surgery when I had to go to an ER there. I went in back home the next Friday, and was back to work (driving and manning the phone) that following Monday. I had instant relief of the nerve pain after surgery, but that's when the back pain started. As said on here in an earlier post, get your core strong. I didn't do the PT as prescribed, but did manage to strengthen up again. I was back on a sled for that sled year going easy, still riding, but favoring my back, and haven't looked back since. I think having a good doc is key. I've been able to do moto, sled, wake, mtb, and all of the above, without any pain from either, since recovery, and would recommend getting it taken care of sooner than later. I let mine go too long and the nerve wasn't happy for a little while after. I couldn't wear a shoe about 2 months after due to severe "burning" on the top of my foot! Crazy how the nerves work. I think it was just coming back online and showing me who was boss. Sleep Number bed is also a must!! So after all of that long winded garble, I think the answer to some is I don't think recovery should take too long, but your body will tell you when it's time. I don't think you can really do more damage to the joint itself if you can stand the pain to ride. The muscles in the back and damage on the way in will probably be the most painful, depending on which type of surgery you have. Mine was cut and peel and digging deep, so that was probably the worst. Nowadays it seems they can do that with a few small probes instead of big ole' man-hands! Good luck guys and I hope for the best and speedy sledding recovery to you all!!!
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I didn't get my first post right i am having my surgery the 10th of November( dam norcos) i am have a bit of nerve damage in my right foot.I have been off work since the 17 of oct and i am just now feeling a little better.I am planning on going to the PT joining a local gym that has a indoor pool tto swim during the winter
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