Caring for our discs

[Crystal33]

This is a doctors advice about healing a disc tear in as little as 5 weeks. I wish there were documented trials to prove it.

".....I'm going to be honest though, the annular tear is extremely difficult to treat. It will heal over with time, about a year. You can take glucosamine sulfate 3x in the A.M. and 3X in the P.M. 6/day at 500mg with 30% pulsed ultrasound overlaid with interferential therapy and ice. This will cut the healing time to 5-8 weeks. Only a D.C. can do this, call around for ones that do spinal decompression or F/D. Make sure they also have therapeutic modalities such as ultrasound and E-stim.
Stay away from exercise and epidural injections since this will only prolong your condition...
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Dr. Timothy Durnin
drs.chiroweb.com ."