Re: OT: Need advice on herniated disk

2006-08-06 Thread felv
A good physical therapist may be of more help than a chiropractor, and around the same cost. Worth a try if the chiro isn't helping. Equine assisted therapy on a horse may help too. When I developed a compression fracture in my back as a pre-teen, the only way I got any relief on the bad

Re: OT: Need advice on herniated disk

2006-08-05 Thread catatonya
Wendy,I'm sorry to hear about your husband. I hope he's feeling better soon.tonyawendy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys,As always, I trust your opinion. My husband has beenhaving horrible back problems after laying this tilein our house, and he had an MRI last Thursday. TheMRI showed

To all who replied Re: OT: Need advice on herniated disk

2006-08-01 Thread wendy
Thank you to all of you who responded about the herniated disk. I forwarded your messages to my husband at work yesterday. We paid a chiropractor $3500 yesterday for 20 sessions on a spinal decompression machine for lower back pain, a chair for excersizes he can bring home, and a few other

RE: To all who replied Re: OT: Need advice on herniated disk

2006-08-01 Thread Helene Hand
!!! Helene -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of wendy Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 12:37 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: To all who replied Re: OT: Need advice on herniated disk Thank you to all of you who responded about

RE: To all who replied Re: OT: Need advice on herniated disk

2006-08-01 Thread wendy
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of wendy Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 12:37 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: To all who replied Re: OT: Need advice on herniated disk Thank you to all of you who responded about the herniated disk. I forwarded your messages to my husband at work

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2006-08-01 Thread Nina
Hi Wendy, I'm sorry that your husband is having such debilitating pain! I have some idea of what he's going through dealing with constant back pain and how hard it can be to be still through the worst of it. I have learned if I don't listen to the warning signals, that first "ice pick to the

RE: To all who replied Re: OT: Need advice on herniated disk

2006-08-01 Thread Helene Hand
yes I did.,, Helene From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TenHouseCatsSent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 2:34 PMTo: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSubject: Re: To all who replied Re: OT: Need advice on herniated disk it's funny, helene, because while the parafon fo

RE: OT: Need advice on herniated disk

2006-07-31 Thread Helene Hand
, walk and keep mobile. Massage therapy good too. I could go on and on, but I think that is enough. Helene From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 12:37 AMTo: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSubject: Re: OT: Need advice on herniated

Re: OT: Need advice on herniated disk

2006-07-31 Thread Marissa Johnson
Hi again Wendy. I haven't had any herniated disks, but many of my family and friends have! I know the pain can be hiddeous. I know massage therapy can prove to be very helpful in relaxing the muscles and easing the pain. I've also heard that there is a plastic device (not sure what it's called)

Re: OT: Need advice on herniated disk

2006-07-31 Thread TenHouseCats
hi, wendy. i've had three back surgeries over the years--two for ruptured disks at L3/L4 (because my ruptures were at that level, i did NOT have sciatic involvement, so they kept saying, you don't have a ruptured disk, you have endometriosis... the gyn folk, of course, said, you don't have

OT: Need advice on herniated disk

2006-07-30 Thread wendy
Hi guys, As always, I trust your opinion. My husband has been having horrible back problems after laying this tile in our house, and he had an MRI last Thursday. The MRI showed herniated disks in L4 and L5. We are visiting a chiropractor right now, as his new health insurance does not kick in

Re: OT: Need advice on herniated disk

2006-07-30 Thread ETrent
I'm not much help - but I hope so much he feels better soon! elizabeth In a message dated 7/30/2006 9:03:10 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi guys,As always, I trust your opinion. My husband has beenhaving horrible back problems after laying this tilein our