Should I continue with physical therapy?
About a month ago I developed sudden, incapacitating pain in my lower back. I was diagnosed with 2 herniated disks in my lumbar spine with a free floating disk fragment. I’ve been going to physical therapy for a few weeks now to strengthen my back muscles, but I haven’t had any pain since the initial attack. Should I continue with the therapy? It doesn’t seem like it’s doing anything, since I haven’t had further symptoms.
Your physician probably ordered physical therapy for a specific time, such as “2-3 wk 9″, which means “2-3 times a week for 9 weeks”. You will have an evaluation visit, several weeks of therapy, then a final evaluation visit. Ask your physical therapist what was ordered for you.
You should continue your physical therapy for the full course. Not only are you strengthening your back muscles, you are assuring that there will be sufficient fluid around your discs to keep them cushioned.
Think of your therapy like antibiotics: you have a sore throat and the physician orders antibiotics. You feel better after a few days, but you must continue your antibiotics because there are “things” going on in your body that maybe don’t hurt, but aren’t quite fixed yet.
Last year I partly ruptured a disc in my lumbar area. The pain was so bad I had to crawl. My insurer would not pay for physical therapy, so I started my own exercises and did them for three months. Now I’m pain-free.
Please continue your therapy. After you are discharged from therapy, ask your PT for a Home Exercise Program (HEP) and do those exercises faithfully!
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