Crumbs, four years have gone by and I am still in pain unless I lie down flat.
Hi Benbow, welcome 🙂
Have you tried standing straighter? Have you been to a physio or osteopath to see if they can help with your posture?
Crumbs, four years have gone by and I am still in pain unless I lie down flat.
Hi Benbow, welcome 🙂
Have you tried standing straighter? Have you been to a physio or osteopath to see if they can help with your posture?
Hi Cassie it's a long story... I have a herniated disc at L4-L5 .. I had IDD therapy at the beginning of this year which decompressed the disc and all that horrible sharp shooting unbearable nerve pain (which was on the left)slowly disappeared....
This allowed me to straighten up in the end .. things felt they had massively improved but as I got straighter I felt this pressure on the right which I was hoping would just go ..
It is completely different to the pain I was in before it just feels like a massive muscle spasm which has now turned into one f these full on antalgic lean things ..
I don't get any leg pain no sciatica which is lucky but I'm having a horrendous
Time at the moment due to my posture
Sorry to hear that, I know the pain you are talking about and it is easier to lean and avoid it lol.
I hope you can get it all fixed soon. I have sadly learnt to adapt and live with my problems 🙁
Hi,
I have looked high and low on the internet regarding disc problems and antalgic scoliosis. However, in spite of this very few people who post on forums have mentioned this symptom or whether they recovered. I know pain in the legs is the main issue for a lot of people, as is weakness, but I have a list, resembling scoliosis. It is not reap scoliosis. This is purely the body's way of moving away from the nerve to protect it. My torso leans left but the top part of my body is OK. On this link you can see what I am talking about:
Did anyone have this and did it go away. If so, how did it go? I have been told that this is a common problem for people with disc problems, yet I have not read much from people who had it. Sitting, lying in bed, I don't get pain. When I stand up, I feel as if something is crushing my right hip. I cannot stand straight. When I do that feeling of the hip being crushed becomes palpable. As a result, walking strains the hip muscles which become inflamed, go into spasm and get stiff. I sometimes get leg weakness but that resolves with time. I am considering surgery because I have a large central prolapsed disc which is protruding more on the right side, hence my body is listing to the left to take pressure off the nerve. Since surgery is a very big step, I want to know if anyone else had this because I have had it for six months and I find it quite frightful.
I have also posted another thread but I wplould like to keep this one to focus on the issue of antalgic scoliosis/gait. The other thread is more about my experience of a prolapsed disc. Some wonderful people have responded to that one, and I am very grateful to them. If anyone can help, I would appreciate it very much.
Please note, I do not have the scoliosis condition from birth. It would be helpful if only those people answer who got anatalgic scoliosis as a result of the disc prolapse. The true scoliosis is a specific spinal condition and requires different treatment so it would not be relevant here. Sorry if this sounds rude but I want to hear from people who have had a similar experience to mine.Thank you.
I wish this guy was still around he is the only person with the same problem
I don't know if you have come across the Vertetrac which is a mobile spinal decompression device which has symmetrical as well as asymmetrical mechanical traction capability for lower back problems such as sciatica, herniated or bulging discs. There is a similar device for the neck, Cervico 2000, where the ability to apply asymmetrical traction helps with wry neck (torticollis) or antalgic listing or leaning due to disc problems.
There is an attachment for scoliosis which helps to arrest the curve progression in prepubescent children and helps to alleviate pain in adults with scoliosis.
These devices aren't right for every case - it's important to understand the underlying root cause of the neck or back pain before proceeding with any form of therapy.
Hi
I know this is an old post but wondered if anyone has had any success for correcting an antalgic lean?
I’ve had sciatica problems for 10 years worsening over last 12 months. It’s gone from nerve pain in lower leg to pain in hip going all the way to toes. I’m leaning over to avoid the pain. I’ve had MRIs over the years which show slight disc bulges and slight stenosis. However the pain is more than ‘slight’! An X-ray showed a wonky pelvis and a spine like a question mark. My doc just throws pills at me which I’m reluctant to take. I do take painkillers but it’s the heavy duty stuff I don’t want. Obviously surgery is the last resort.
Success stories and treatments please? Thanks for listening.
Willothewisp.