Hi Dr Corenman,
After reading your excellent website I’m pretty sure I’ll get diagnosed with herniated disk(s) pressing on nerves causing the sciatica pain I have in both legs. It is aggravated when sitting for long periods. I’ve been working with chiropractic/PT for 2 months with no improvement (but it’s not getting worse). And taking just 2 ibuprofen every 12 hours takes about 80% of the pain away and I am very functional.
I live in the Vail valley and have been referred to your office by my PT tech at the Head Clinic and my MD. After waiting a week for one of your nurses to return my call requesting an appointment, I was told that I wouldn’t get seen for another month. It was suggested since my symptoms aren’t too bad that I start with Dr. Karli instead. Either way I expect I am in for a wait for treatment.
My question for you is:
I’m an active 52year old woman. Snowboard, hike, tennis, running. I’ve gotten completely conflicting advice as to whether I should continue being active or not. After 3 months of flailing around with chiro and PT, and now having to wait probably another month to get a real diagnosis, can you tell me whether it is OK to at least go jogging for a minimal 20 minutes, so that I don’t lose my cardiac fitness??
Many thanks for your reply.
Karen