3 Ways to Relieve Herniated Disc Pain

Example; If you experience back pain, leg pain, leg weakness, numbness, burning, problems with your bowel and bladder, etc. your herniated disc is in your low back.

You may still have numerous symptoms in other parts of your body because the affected nerve moves through you body and causes problems wherever it goes and possibly other areas along its path.

Doctors recommend medications, pain injections of steroids and epidurals ( to numb the problem area), physical therapy, and surgery (the last resort).

Many back pain sufferers report that these treatments don’t provide long term relief or cure.

1. Therapy balls or the large balls commonly used as a work out technique to strengthen the bodies core muscles. Set on one of these large balls and gently bounce up and down for 4 minutes each day. This pumps the disc sending much needed blood and oxgyen to the area needing the nutrients mentioned early to heal the disc. This exercise delivers pain relief quicker and helps to heal the disc more quickly as well.

2. Ice, I know, I know it sound simple but it works. NOTE: do not use heat that’s the worst thing to try for this problem because it causes more swelling and pain! Using ice correctly will provide relief, so do it right! Ice will reduce the swelling around the sensitive nerve, numb the nerve and reduce inflammation so it feels better. The correct way to ice your disc is once every hour for up to 4 hours a day over a period of 3 entire days. So that’s 3 to 4 hours a day, night time while relaxing before bed is a great time, and for 3 days in a row.

3. Biofreeze is a prescription strength pain relieving gel that can be found online or in most chiropractic clinics and many physical therapy clinics.

• Biofreeze contains an herb called llex that reduces inflammation, swelling and quiets nerves easing pain.
• It can work for up to 4 to 5 hours and is really good for anyone experiencing pain from a herniated disc.