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Herniated Disc Disability

Herniated Disc Disability Herniated disc disability can be the result of a very severe traumatic accident which may leave permanent painful symptoms in an affected patient. However, this event is incredibly rare. Most herniated discs do not cause any pain at all, and even those symptomatic disc injuries caused by trauma will generally resolve in 6 to 8 weeks, with or without treatment.

Physical Herniated Disc Disability

Some unfortunate patients do suffer from lasting neurological effects from a particularly bad disc injury. Typically, these people have suffered spinal cord or cauda equina damage due to a violent herniation which compressed the affected neurological tissue. This type of injury is usually the result of a severe car accident, act of violence or sports occurrence. All but the worst herniations should resolve with time and proper care and permanent spinal cord or spinal nerve injury is very, very rare. However, if you are among the few who have endured such a violent herniation leading to nerve damage, my heart truly goes out to you. There may be little modern medicine can offer in terms of a cure for your pain, but at least there are a wide range of potentially effective symptomatic treatments available.

Perceived Herniated Disc Disability

The overwhelming majority of people who consider themselves to be disabled from a herniated disc are really just victims of the considerable nocebo effect of a particularly grim diagnosis, combined with a collection of conditioned responses tied to psychosomatic symptoms. Patients who have been warned that their spines are unstable, or in a progressive state of degeneration, are likely to suffer an emotionally induced escalation of symptoms.

Remember that most herniated discs are blamed for symptoms when all along the pain is sourced from a completely different causation. In these cases, the herniation is a mere scapegoat blamed for pain, but coincidental to the symptomatic expression. The physical effects of the disc might be suspect, but the psychological aftermath of the diagnosis is well documented. Many people diagnosed with a herniated disc or 2 will endure a downward spiral of pain and dysfunction leading to eventual disability. The crime of it all is that there is absolutely no structural reason for the disability to exist. It is truly a result of programming and nocebo effect…

Herniated Disc Disability Advice

I have seen many disabled patients respond incredibly well to knowledge therapy. This does not surprise me, since I am one of these very patients. I was on a steady course towards functional limitation and had been warned by many doctors that surgery and eventual disability were likely to be my fate. It is no wonder that my pain grew worse every year and treatments did little or nothing to provide any lasting relief!!!

Once I found knowledge therapy, I regained the confidence in my body and empowered my mind to cure the pain. I succeeded in overcoming my tormenting back pain in a matter of weeks and have devoted myself to helping others ever since… You have the power to break the bonds of disability. All it might take is a fresh perspective on your condition created by learning the real facts about herniated discs.

Herniated Disc Disability to Herniated Disc Home
5/5/09 Revised 12/3/09


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