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You're a doctor. You know that you can't decompress a spine. Sure you can provide some temporary relief which is mainly just positional and lasts as long as you are in that position.....but you can not change or alter the spacing or alignment between vertebrae and related soft tissue by pulling on the neck, adjusting or any other nonsense. Any relief from any of these treatments is placebo.
There's really nothing to heal. Most age or time related injuries are due to disc desiccation which is permanent. Disc herniations can shrink or resolve over time but not because you're doing anything specific.
how it's going:
end of the line, tomorrow morning. see you guys on the other side
Wait. What? Somejhow I missed this. Did you get surgery? How's it going?how it started:
how it's going:
end of the line, tomorrow morning. see you guys on the other side
yeah, replaced 4 disks, C4-T1, about 6 weeks ago. coming along slowly, every joint/tendon/muscle in my neck/shoulder/upper back is tender and has to adjust to my new spinal configuration. had to be done, no regrets. thanks for asking
Wishing you a full recovery.yeah, replaced 4 disks, C4-T1, about 6 weeks ago. coming along slowly, every joint/tendon/muscle in my neck/shoulder/upper back is tender and has to adjust to my new spinal configuration. had to be done, no regrets. thanks for asking
before, you can see how whacked my spine was, misaligned, collapsed vertebrae pinching nerves etc...would have to attribute that to a lifetime of surfing, e.g. getting smacked by the lip, headers off of sandbars etc etc. after, everything is nicely lined up, the hardware is healing nicely but it's going to take a while for the nerves to heal.
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Excellent! Heal fast!yeah, replaced 4 disks, C4-T1, about 6 weeks ago. coming along slowly, every joint/tendon/muscle in my neck/shoulder/upper back is tender and has to adjust to my new spinal configuration. had to be done, no regrets. thanks for asking
before, you can see how whacked my spine was, misaligned, collapsed vertebrae pinching nerves etc...would have to attribute that to a lifetime of surfing, e.g. getting smacked by the lip, headers off of sandbars etc etc. after, everything is nicely lined up, the hardware is healing nicely but it's going to take a while for the nerves to heal.
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Wow, looks like heavy duty surgery, best of luck with the recovery!@ tenover: good luck broseph - I would love to have been able to fix this with a shot. i had a lot of pain early on, but PT seemed to alleviate that. my immediate problem was that i was losing functionality in my left hand from the nerve compression (C8 mostly, i think)....numbness, tingling, my grip was about 50% gone. PT did not help with that and left unchecked, my left hand would basically wither into a claw.
@ One-off: appreciate your good wishes. first couple weeks sucked like i'd been in a car wreck, it's just such an invasive procedure - see below. but my left-right ROM feels pretty good right now (six weeks post-op), close to normal. i suspect holding my head up while paddling out is gonna be a stretch (literally) - probably something i have to work my way into, but it will be a few months before i even attempt it.
Happy holidays, gentlemen - best wishes and stay well
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Looks like Sussle had a 4 level fusion, not artificial discs.
They go through the front now - recovery is WAY faster for all these types of procedures.
That looks so gnarly. Again I wish you a speedy recovery.@ tenover: good luck broseph - I would love to have been able to fix this with a shot. i had a lot of pain early on, but PT seemed to alleviate that. my immediate problem was that i was losing functionality in my left hand from the nerve compression (C8 mostly, i think)....numbness, tingling, my grip was about 50% gone. PT did not help with that and left unchecked, my left hand would basically wither into a claw.
@ One-off: appreciate your good wishes. first couple weeks sucked like i'd been in a car wreck, it's just such an invasive procedure - see below. but my left-right ROM feels pretty good right now (six weeks post-op), close to normal. i suspect holding my head up while paddling out is gonna be a stretch (literally) - probably something i have to work my way into, but it will be a few months before i even attempt it.
Happy holidays, gentlemen - best wishes and stay well
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the front is by far preferred - if you go through the back, they have to cut through muscle. and i knew of a bunch of celebs who had this procedure - Keanu Reeves, Troy Aikman etc. did not know about Springsteen and i'm kind of amazed coz my voice is still mostly gone - sounds like a blown speaker. i'm guess Springsteen had some serious speech therapy as well, whereas i just figured my voice is the least of my problems. in fact, in certain quarters around here, Dad's missing voice is not considered a problem
