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in reply to: antalgic scoliosis, can it become permanent? #8308
Hi Dr Corenman,
I didn’t see your reply until now!! Thanks for you response!
Well almost 6 months has passed and I feel like a new man!
I had MRI done and my surgeon noticed sever rupture in my L4 disc. Shortly after I opted to go with surgery. The surgery I had was lamenectomy. As soon as i woke up I noticed pain was gone and I was able to walk immediately with zero pain!
It has been about two months since surgery and I feel great! The tilt is almost gone, as you mentioned it was tilting to compensate from pain. Because I was tilted for a while my surgeon says I should be completely straightened out in another month or so. Although I really didn’t want to go with surgery it was the best choice I could’ve made! I’m now back to normal activities and feel strong.
Thanks!!
Brandonin reply to: antalgic scoliosis, can it become permanent? #7096Hi Dr Corenman,
About a year and half ago I tweaked my back by lifting a light box and tossing it to my left. I had severe back spasms which eventually went away. I was ok but still noticed a tilt that resulted from this injury. I would do stretches to try to straighten it out but tilt never went away. I’m tilted to right, left hip higher. I started feeling really tight pull from my left QL muscle and decided to see a sports therapist to help with my tilt and tight QL. He told me my tilt was due to muscle imbalance and he attempted to re-lengthen my quads, hamstrings, and psoas. It was pretty painful.
I was seeing the sports therapist for about a month then one day I came home after walking and felt a really bad sharp pain down my left buttock and now feel it on my left calf and shin. I couldn’t take two steps without feeling sharp intense pain on my left buttocks. I was referred to a chiropractor, he took x rays and determined that I have a herniated L5 disc. He advised me to get treatment 5 times a week, pain has subsided a bit, I would say about 45% better. He performs manually decompression. I can now walk around without my crutches but cannot walk too far because my left buttocks and calf will have nerve pain.
Do you think this is progress? Or is my body naturally trying to heal? Pain is felt on my calf and top of my foot now, is this a phase of progression? My chiropractor informed me that I have a antalgic tilt from nerve being compressed. Other than getting pain free and resolving my disc issue, will my tilt straighten out without surgery? I’ve had this tilt for about 18 months now.
Please let me know your thoughts. I’m considering surgery depending on now I feel in the next 30 days and if I know for certain that surgery is the only way I can correct the antalgic tilt.
Thank you in advance,
Brandon
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