Hi all,
I am continuing treatment of L5 S1 disc herniation- great results with Neurochiropractor and physical therapy. The past two weeks, I have had treatments 4 days a week alternating between neuro and pt. Everyone asks me if I am showing progress,and I respond with a resounding YES!!! But at the same time, I still have pain every single day. Missed going with my brother yesterday to Disneyland for his birthday. That sucked. A 20 minute visit to Borders last week nearly left me in tears- I couldn't get to the car fast enough. I am 36 and WAY too young for this kind of stuff. Plus, chiro tells me I have knots in my glutes- big deep suckers that have probably been there since my car accident in 2001. When treated, they feel like sharp needles digging in. And in all of the glutes- (I feel I am getting very good at anatomy- my right psoas often acts up, and there are knots in my gluteous minimus, gluteous maximus, and glueous medius. It literally is a pain in the butt!!! LOL!!) He tells me to try front lunges and a side plank, which should go along with all of the Mackenzie and isometric exercises I am doing in pt- plus yoga and pilates if I could just get up the nerve to follow the guy on the tv. Thoughts? Anyone else have glute issues that they are getting fixed? And does the pain ever get better???