Willie B
Senior Member
I'm following this thread. I've had flare ups forever. Doctor offers no help. He sent me off for physical therapy. There they teach exercises that do help, and use electrical shock to pulse muscles. Last trip to PT they burned me pretty bad with the electrodes. It took a LONG time to heal.
A therapist explained it (in my case) as "The spine is an electrical conduit carrying millions of nerves from brain to every other part of the body. Nerves pass through notches in the vertebrae to reach their end. Young people have puffy cushioning donuts or tire tubes cushioning between vertebrae. With age, these discs loose their buoyancy, allowing the vertebrae to settle, pinching these nerves."
She explained that the laser surgery where they remove bone in the offending vertebrae is the fix, but they don't do that as a first effort at a fix.
I go years, then have a severe flare up, usually triggered by some unusual movement.
A therapist explained it (in my case) as "The spine is an electrical conduit carrying millions of nerves from brain to every other part of the body. Nerves pass through notches in the vertebrae to reach their end. Young people have puffy cushioning donuts or tire tubes cushioning between vertebrae. With age, these discs loose their buoyancy, allowing the vertebrae to settle, pinching these nerves."
She explained that the laser surgery where they remove bone in the offending vertebrae is the fix, but they don't do that as a first effort at a fix.
I go years, then have a severe flare up, usually triggered by some unusual movement.