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Oh, my sympathies!
You've got some very good advice on this thread.
My two cents:
1. Be wary of surgery. From what I can make out, the improvement of diagnostics (scans) has led to increased diagnosis of abnormalities and mainstream medicine has a tendency to want to intervene every time it sees something out of whack. But surgery is drastic and outcomes aren't always great. Still, if you need it, you need it ...
2. Everyone's problem is different, so it's important you have someone personal to you who knows what s/he is doing. Nowadays, advice has moved towards strengthening exercise rather than rest. But you need someone to keep an eye on it to make sure you make things better not worse. I've got a "back whisperer" in Cambridge, MA and another in London. I trust them both and think they are wonderful, but they don't always say the same things.
3. If things are terrible, lie on the floor with your lower spine as flat as you can get it and your legs in the air (like an upside-down table). Then wiggle your arms and legs in any way you can. That will loosen you up a bit in a way that's safe. (You'll look like an idiot, though, if that matters!)
Good luck!
You've got some very good advice on this thread.
My two cents:
1. Be wary of surgery. From what I can make out, the improvement of diagnostics (scans) has led to increased diagnosis of abnormalities and mainstream medicine has a tendency to want to intervene every time it sees something out of whack. But surgery is drastic and outcomes aren't always great. Still, if you need it, you need it ...
2. Everyone's problem is different, so it's important you have someone personal to you who knows what s/he is doing. Nowadays, advice has moved towards strengthening exercise rather than rest. But you need someone to keep an eye on it to make sure you make things better not worse. I've got a "back whisperer" in Cambridge, MA and another in London. I trust them both and think they are wonderful, but they don't always say the same things.
3. If things are terrible, lie on the floor with your lower spine as flat as you can get it and your legs in the air (like an upside-down table). Then wiggle your arms and legs in any way you can. That will loosen you up a bit in a way that's safe. (You'll look like an idiot, though, if that matters!)
Good luck!