Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

but you have to leave that ice on for the full 20 minutes. What you might want to do is go to an orthopedic doctor and get a referral to physical therapy. They can work wonders giving you targeted exercises for the pain. They can also issue things like TENS units that deliver mild electroshock to the skin and jumble the pain signals so that you're more comfortable.

Surgery is the last resort, to get rid of the bit of disc that is pressing on the nerve root but the recovery is difficult and the outcome not 100%, so surgeons usually want you to go through a course of physical therapy, first.

Good physical therapy with patient follow up on the exercises can often delay surgery by years.

Once that back pain starts to radiate down the leg, it's time to stop chiropractic treatments and find an orthopedist.

Good luck!