Degenerative disk disease

[Muay Thai]

I have Spina Bifida oculta, L4 L5 degenerative discs, pelvic tilt, and huge knots of scar tissue in hip flexors from pinning 3cc there in my early 20s often. I am in constant pain.
I have a severed nerve and artery in my forehead/right temple area from TBI. I have battle wounds from years of fighting in the streets and being incarcerated. broke tons of bones
and tore muscles and tendons never with surgery, and tons of scar tissue in the neck. thus my reasoning to try this as opposed to being a pain patient for life like they tried to make me. They were prescribing Dilaudid, ibuprofen, Tylenol, gabapentin, flexerol COMBINED for years. I only took Dilaudid for a month this was like 2021 and it made me addicted it felt great but withdrawals were terrible. The doc mentioned nothing of this, I believe these compounds also directly contributed to my

I tried the trainwreck from KRAVE it was 10$ for 75ct bottle at the smoke shop - it took the edge off
I tried the MAENG DA, the same brand from the same smoke shop yesterday - it felt amazing

1.5g has been my max dose for both "strains"/blend, I have heard mixed reviews about this brand, and I have also taken numerous days off with ZERO withdrawal symptoms, trust me I have DT from the worst opiates plaguing the USA, and I didn't notice a single difference after 30 days straight (almost) and a few days off in between and after.

I did seem to develop a tolerance within a week or two so taking a day off or two per week was suitable and effective.

 

[Akamai]

Temp relief .
GD3CBB (P) CREAM topical


Saved my sanity lol

gonna look into what Alfresco mentioned!

 

[Muay Thai]

also, DEGENERATIVE DISCS are not a disease, that's a total misrepresentation and mislabeling. I don't even consider spina bifida a disease as I've lived with it and thrived regardless , and was not aware of it whatsoever until a MRI 3 years ago

 

[Rob S.]

Im very glad that this topic came up. Just wanted to make my own thread about DDD.

Today i finally know what is wrong and why i have constant back pain, after 1.5 years (and 2 x MRI and and echo) i went to a specialist in Germany because the doctors in my country couldnt see anything wrong in my back. They just told me they couldnt see anything and i just had to go for physiotherapy.

Today in Germany i got a new MRI and this specialist right away told me i had DDD L4/5 and black disc L4/5.

My options were to first get an injection to see if that would relieve all or some pain. If this was the case then they could freeze the nerves that are giving me this pain. This could possibly give relief for years.

Other things he advised me was inversion table and possibly physiotherapy.

I also read that the reverse hyper machine can give some relief. Luckily we have this in our gym so i will give it a try.

Would be great and much appreciated if others would keep chiming in to give their advice because its really frustrating living with this constant pain.

 

[Rob S.]

Forgot the following…

If nothing would give me relief the last option was a surgery were they will remove the degenerated disc, put something else in place and then connect the vertebrae together using steel pins. He strongly advised against this atm because according to him this is a serious surgery that is not without consequences.

I really hope i will get some pain relief in the coming weeks.

 

[Muay Thai]

Im very glad that this topic came up. Just wanted to make my own thread about DDD.

Today i finally know what is wrong and why i have constant back pain, after 1.5 years (and 2 x MRI and and echo) i went to a specialist in Germany because the doctors in my country couldnt see anything wrong in my back. They just told me they couldnt see anything and i just had to go for physiotherapy.

Today in Germany i got a new MRI and this specialist right away told me i had DDD L4/5 and black disc L4/5.

My options were to first get an injection to see if that would relieve all or some pain. If this was the case then they could freeze the nerves that are giving me this pain. This could possibly give relief for years.

Other things he advised me was inversion table and possibly physiotherapy.

I also read that the reverse hyper machine can give some relief. Luckily we have this in our gym so i will give it a try.

Would be great and much appreciated if others would keep chiming in to give their advice because its really frustrating living with this constant pain.

I have the same L4 L5 issues as you

hip thrusts that are ever so popular with women on a flat bench placed horizontally under a smith machine bar. bridges they look like , and hip adductors/abductors, and SLDLS, no regular DLS, , hypers are not as efficient and I had way better ROM and quality of life with light SUMO stance SLDLS

or if you have the machine that works.
also strengthen your GLUTES.

inversion tables are mandatory and inexpensive I need to grab mine from storage.

SUB CARDIO/OFF DAY WITH 1 DAY YOGA - babysteps with this, ease into it, you'll be sore AF, I shake the entire time for first month or so.

daily epsom salt baths then COLD SHOWER for 2-3 min after. ICE. HEAT PACK after a few ice sessions.

 

[Muay Thai]

add foam roller, chiro therapy (massage/deep tissue, ultrasound, electrostim, and adjustments), and check and see if your medical insurance covers acupuncture or acupressure

if not, buy a shakti mat on amazon for acupressure benefits