Thank you very much for your fast response. Your help values a lot to me.
As far as I can understand, the antalgic scoliosis thus cannot become permanent. Some claimed that the brain may get used to sending incorrect signals to the body and the scoliosis become permanent even after surgery.
Maybe I wrote something wrong though. I am not sure I used the medical term correctly. I do have neurological pain (positive lasek, in fact during the 3 months I couldn’t raise my left leg more than 5 degrees,even the slightest movement caused huge pain). By writing “I do not have neurological signs” I was expressing that I do not have weakness or absence of reflexes. I guess that’s a mistake so I wanted to fix this.
You write: “If you have leg pain that interferes with your life and have failed conservative care, a microdiscectomy needs to be considered. “
Well, the “conservative care” is what brought the scoliosis into my life, so I wish I could say that conservative care was a success to me :( I have tried mckenzie, pilates, swimming, physical therapy, strengthening exercises, all before of this mess. nothing stopped the progress of this condition ..:(
Anyway, I’d like to ask something else. Again, thank you once again for spending time to answer my messages. So…
Would persistent (chronic = almost 8 months) antalgic scoliosis (but NO huge leg pain anymore) be a good reason enough for microdiscectomy?
I mean, I did have a LOT of leg pain. But either I am healing or the nerve has adapted to the pain because I do not feel a lot of leg pain anymore. I feel dull spread burning pain in my lower back which scares the shit out of me because according to what I read in the net I may not be a good candidate for microdiscectomy. I think this pain is caused by inflamation near the injured area.
Also, will microdiscectomy (if it is successful) stop the inflamation in the lower back? It is possible? Or that burning feeling and sensitivity in the lower back will stay for life?
