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How To Treat Constant Back Pain While Suffering From Bulging Disc In Spine?

i am in constant pain from L4/L5 bugging discs sitting in nerves for 6 months now. I tried physiotherapy, steroid epidural injections and various meds to no avail. I was fit but can only bear a few lengths of the pool now having tried every other form of exercise which only aggravates it. What other options do I have before opting for surgical route? In particular what is effective pain relief medication/treatment. Thank you
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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I have gone through your query. Proper physiotherapy and muscle strengthening exercise will be helpful in most of the bulging disc cases. Wearing lumbar supporting braces or belts will be helpful also. Muscle relaxants like tizanidine , NSAIDs like aceclofenac and neurotropic drugs like pregabalin or gabapentin will be helpful in releving pain and muscle spasms. Epidural steroid injections are used as last option before surgery. If there is no improvement then endoscopic microsurgery or enucleation can be tried. These are miimal invasive techniques.
Hope this may help you. Let me know if anything not clear.
Thanks.
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How To Treat Constant Back Pain While Suffering From Bulging Disc In Spine?

Hi Thank you for asking HCM I have gone through your query. Proper physiotherapy and muscle strengthening exercise will be helpful in most of the bulging disc cases. Wearing lumbar supporting braces or belts will be helpful also. Muscle relaxants like tizanidine , NSAIDs like aceclofenac and neurotropic drugs like pregabalin or gabapentin will be helpful in releving pain and muscle spasms. Epidural steroid injections are used as last option before surgery. If there is no improvement then endoscopic microsurgery or enucleation can be tried. These are miimal invasive techniques. Hope this may help you. Let me know if anything not clear. Thanks.