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Herniated Disc Fear
Diagnosed Herniated Disc FearFear often begins the minute a patient receives the dreaded herniated disc diagnosis…“I am sorry, but the test has confirmed that you have a herniated disc in your lumbar spine.” These words are the harbinger of dread and apprehension for every patient who hears them uttered. Fear is one of the first effects of the diagnosis, even before the reality of the situation sets in. Patients are often made to feel worse when the doctor uses a doom and gloom approach, imparting a significant nocebo effect to go along with all that fear and insecurity… The Effects of Herniated Disc AnxietyFear causes anxiety, which in turn brings on emotional stress. Emotional stress is the number one cause of chronic back pain to begin with, so additional amounts can only intensify the symptoms. Regardless of whether a patient is truly injured, or is just perceived as injured from a misdiagnosed herniated disc, fear is a prime player in the way their future health will turn out.Fear will contribute to the perpetuation of pain and the intensification of symptoms. Fear can even cause pain where none existed in the first place. Fear plays an important role in the considerable conditioning processes reported by most patients with chronic back pain… “I can’t do this... I can’t do that...” This common complaint is rarely due to the actual inability to perform any particular physical action. Instead it denotes a fear of performing said action or else suffer the most dreaded of consequences… Advice on Herniated Disc FearFear must be dealt with if you are to truly recover from any variety of severe back pain. This is true regardless of the diagnosis, actual cause or location. Back pain is a condition which exercises control over your behavior and future through fear, intimidation and agony.Anyone who has suffered severe herniated disc pain certainly does have a real right to feel afraid. Dorsopathy is the most painful condition in all of clinical medicine and the misery leaves an indelible mark on the mind, body and soul of every affected individual. However, in order to leave the pain behind and move on with life, it is vital to rid yourself of the fear and go back to living a full and unrestricted life. Anything less and the back pain has truly won… 6/28/08 Revised 12/9/09
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