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  • Donald Corenman, MD, DC
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    Not necessarily. There are times the nerve is so inflamed from months of compression, it can takes some weeks to have relief.

    Dr. Corenman

    PLEASE REMEMBER, THIS FORUM IS MEANT TO PROVIDE GENERAL INFORMATION ON SPINE ANATOMY, CONDITIONS AND TREATMENTS. TO GET AN ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS, YOU MUST VISIT A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL IN PERSON.
     
    Donald Corenman, MD, DC is a highly-regarded spine surgeon, considered an expert in the area of neck and back pain. Trained as both a Medical Doctor and Doctor of Chiropractic, Dr. Corenman earned academic appointments as Clinical Assistant Professor and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and his research on spine surgery and rehabilitation has resulted in the publication of multiple peer-reviewed articles and two books.
    Arowlett
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    I am a 39 year old Female in fairly good health and had a discectomy and laminectomy almost 4 weeks ago. It was the second surgery in less than a year because of a disc rehernition. The symptoms started in January and were severe nerve pain from my hip down to my toes. After the surgery on 5/26, I was totally pain free until a few days ago.

    I have suddenly started having pain in my hip again. It hurts sitting, standing or laying but not nearly as painful as it was before the surgery. I’m wondering if this is something I should contact my doctor about now or if I should wait until my follow up appointment in 2 weeks (6 weeks post op).

    I am starting to have panic attacks because I’m so worried about needing surgery again (which will most likely be fusion… which I’m far to young to have). Also – is there a recommendation of what to do to help relive the pain?

    Donald Corenman, MD, DC
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    You are only 4 weeks out from your decompression surgery and doing better that prior to surgery. It can occur that inflammation increases as you increase your activity. This pain will refer to regions that were previously painful but with less intense pain and won’t radiate down the previous pathway nearly as far. I hope you are in PT to recover and have guidance. If not, ask if you could go to a good physical therapist. Also, you might consider an oral steroid which can be helpful in the post-surgcial period.

    Dr. Corenman

    PLEASE REMEMBER, THIS FORUM IS MEANT TO PROVIDE GENERAL INFORMATION ON SPINE ANATOMY, CONDITIONS AND TREATMENTS. TO GET AN ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS, YOU MUST VISIT A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL IN PERSON.
     
    Donald Corenman, MD, DC is a highly-regarded spine surgeon, considered an expert in the area of neck and back pain. Trained as both a Medical Doctor and Doctor of Chiropractic, Dr. Corenman earned academic appointments as Clinical Assistant Professor and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and his research on spine surgery and rehabilitation has resulted in the publication of multiple peer-reviewed articles and two books.
    Ungarminh
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    Hello Dr. Corenman,

    With any luck this chain is still checked. I’m a 34 year old male who had a microdiscectomy the day before Thanksgiving of last year. Since then, I had been completely pain free, though did have the numbness in my leg for a few months after surgery.

    Around a week ago, I felt some tightness in my lower back/upper buttocks region and started slowly getting more and more pain in my hip, right buttock and radiating down into my right leg (the same pain that I had before having surgery), to the point where I was having trouble walking. The pain is coming and going over the past week and no pain relievers seem to be touching it, including one of the pain meds they gave me post operation.

    I can deal with the pain if I know it’s going to go away, my main question is, is there anyway for me to know if it’s being caused by a reherniation or just some type of nerve inflammation?

    Donald Corenman, MD, DC
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    There is no easy way to predict why your symptoms have returned but based upon your escalation of symptoms, I would predict that you have a recurrent herniation. You could undergo a short course of oral steroids to see if you can “knock down” any inflammation. If symptoms return, a new MRI is warranted.

    Dr. Corenman

    PLEASE REMEMBER, THIS FORUM IS MEANT TO PROVIDE GENERAL INFORMATION ON SPINE ANATOMY, CONDITIONS AND TREATMENTS. TO GET AN ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS, YOU MUST VISIT A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL IN PERSON.
     
    Donald Corenman, MD, DC is a highly-regarded spine surgeon, considered an expert in the area of neck and back pain. Trained as both a Medical Doctor and Doctor of Chiropractic, Dr. Corenman earned academic appointments as Clinical Assistant Professor and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and his research on spine surgery and rehabilitation has resulted in the publication of multiple peer-reviewed articles and two books.
    Ungarminh
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    I appreciate your quick reply. I’ll give my doctors a call tomorrow and see how they want to proceed.

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