Cervical stenosis (note: if you have bad posture, fix it!)

God, enough with the Melo threads.

 

Great, another Melo thread.


Edit, now that this has been moved. Sorry about your health condition bro, I got nothing to add.

 

I feel for you man, but can you play power forward?

 

For another Melo thread.... it is cleverly disguised.. I give the OP that...

 

Six spinal surgeries, neck and back. Awaiting #5. Private message if you’d like ‘conversation’.

 

I need to get an mri done soon.
My doc says I might have sciatic nerve damage. Sent me to get an X-ray which I knew wouldn’t show anything, he didn’t want to send me to get a mri. Been having excruciating pain for months now.. **** feels like somona stabbing my back all the way up there I my shoulder/neck

 

Good posture is not only healthier it somehow gives you a better sense of well being and confidence, not exactly sure how to explain it.

Sorry to hear of your issues, I had terrible posture and a lot of spine issues as a teenager and young adult, I was able to thankfully get it fixed *or at least duct taped* with therapy and better habits

It sounds like your issue [not trying to be rude and I obviously don’t know the extent to your issue] might be past this point but I know that when I did physical therapy we focused on strengthing particular muscles to help support and take the pressure off. Most of the excersises and treatment was odd motions and etc. not something you would typically do in just general working out.

Also stretching and yoga has literally healed people who were pretty much paralyzed. I also did a lot of that.

 

I notice I lurch forward while seated a lot. I’ve been exercising a ton the last 6 months and that’s seemed to help with hip and lower back pain (ugh I’m old) but I still catch myself doing it.

Was talking to a guy at my gym who’s exercising specifically for posture and “opening up his diaphragm”. Says he spends all his days at a computer for work.

Good luck OP.

 

M,

I'm glad to hear they finally figured it out. Sucks thats it's been so lengthy and brutal.
You'll get there, Brother. Keep on hanging tough.
I holler at you, later.

Much love,

D

 

100% back the last statement here. I had chronic knee and back issues from running track in college while barely stretching during that time. Since then I started doing yin yoga and stretching daily and the pain is gone 99% of the time.

 

Try inversion table therapy for spinal stenosis before you consider having back surgery. I would try all alternate means of fixing this other than actual surgery.

 

i have this for my office chair and car and it definitely helps with back issues.

i have a couple herniated disks in my cervical. got an mri last year and was told i would need surgery, but i f***ing kicked ass at physical therapy (which i continue to do on my own) so for now im good. the lumbar support helps though. forces you to sit up straight.

regarding PT, when they told me to try that before surgery i was like "yeah, this will be a waste of time...im in major pain and discomfort and i need surgery"...but literally after my first week i started to feel better. after 6 weeks the symptoms were pretty much gone. those people are miracle workers!

 

Haven't had that, but I've had botched back surgery on my L5/S1 disc. Chronic pain. It never goes away, and it goes up and down in intensity. More or less from bad to worse, and then "back" to bad. I had hell playing with my kids when they were kids (adults now and out of college, thank god). Good luck!

PS: I hate getting MRI's myself. I can't do them standing up, and it hurts to lay down for the damn thing. I've lost count of how many I've had. That's depressing to think about.