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Herniated discs are the effect of an unstable and Mis-aligned spine over time that has beared weight or injury that the spine and discs were unable to handle.
Although stretching and massage and strengthening your core are all good things to do to relieve some of those effects, the only true way to resolve this is to have the cause properly corrected. We see many similar cases in which posture is altered from a subluxation in the upper cervical spine. The upper cervical spine is the area where the head and neck meet. Once the head is tilted or mis-aligned even a small amount to the neck, the. The rest of the body must compensate and make changes in effort to balance the head. This always results in posture changes such as head tilt, one shoulder higher than the other, one hip higher than the other, one leg shorter than the other. Many times we see rotation of the upper body and/or lower body as a result. To properly correct this, one of the if not the most important things you can do is have the upper cervical spine examined by a specialist and specifically adjusted to its proper position to re-align and center the head so that will undo the compensation of the body in response.
Does that make sense? I would be happy to explain this over the phone to you if need be, but at this point the best you can do is have the cause of your problem corrected first and then we can discuss stretching, strengthening, massage, possibly traction, posture positions, etc to help your spine and discs to be in a more comfortable position and relieve the continual stress that is being put on them to make them worse.
Feel free to contact me and we can further discuss some solutions as well as find you a specialist that can help you somewhere in your area. DrArnone@Live.com 314-283-2248
All my best,
Dr Robert Arnone
St Louis, MO
