Herniated Disc Pain Relief Methods

By Joshua Roberts


Herniated disc is a bulge of the spinal disc due to its soft central portion going out through the damaged outer rings. It could aggravate the nearby nerves causing numbness, pain and weakness of the body area the nerves are connected to. Some people that have this do not experience any of these symptoms though.

There is no need for you to undergo a surgery if you are experiencing this because it will just heal itself over time. But if you are feeling the symptoms daily which might affect your activities then you should find some herniated disc pain relief Conroe methods to help you with. Here are some ways you can do in relieving your pain.

A visit to a chiropractor would help in finding out exact location the herniated disc is in and proper treatment can be administered. Spinal adjustments would be performing after diagnosing you in preventing further protrusions to happen by realigning the disc. The various types of adjustments can be performed and choosing which one of them is suitable for your condition will be dependent on the diagnosis they have.

Physical therapists could be approached if you are having difficulties in walking and moving around normally. Specific exercises will be given to you which improves your flexibility, strength and the range of motion which must be continued even after doing these in the sessions with the therapist you had. This would prevent similar injuries from happening again by strengthening your back.

You should stay active as well in order to remain mobile and avoid injuries and inflammation due to being fragile resulting in disc problems. Simple exercise like dancing, swimming, cycling or walking could be done and customizing it according to the physical fitness you have. Slowly increase the distance or repetitions to improve your conditions gradually.

But doing too much of these exercise is not advisable as well and it is important for you to have enough rest and sleep. Get the recommended hours of sleep every night and rest between the exercises you are doing. This would keep the stress hormones from increasing which reduces the risk for injuries.

Work on maintaining a good posture specially when your work requires you to sit down the whole day or even during days at home. You must stand up then move around every after a few minutes and learn again the proper sitting and walking postures. Stretching exercises could also improve your posture and doing this is highly recommended.

Have a healthy diet consisting of anti inflammatory foods such as leafy vegetables, healthy fats, lean proteins and fermented foods. Inflammation makes recovery of spinal injuries harder so working on lowering it is important. Other factors that increases it are smoking, stress and lack of sleep and you should avoid these things to reduce your inflammation.

The pain could also be reduced by undergoing acupuncture treatments and massage therapies as well as using essential oils and heat packs. Massaging and heating the painful areas relaxes muscles, increases blood flow, loosens tight tissues and produces calming chemicals. There is a proper time of performing these things and you must get the approval of the doctor first before doing them.




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