3 Great ways to manage a disc Injury.

We all know someone who has had a disc injury, and it can be a catastrophically painful experience.
Correct management in the short term can mean a much quicker, and more comfortable recovery.

FIRST! – Make sure you are correctly diagnosed – don’t listen to your mate or that bloke at the pub. Serious pain warrants a serious professional examination and diagnosis! Incorrect management can prolong pain, recovery time and risks long term disability!

1. Ice – apply ice as soon as possible, a disc injury usually has an inflammatory component. The ice will help to decrease the inflammation, and it will also numb the area, to reduce the transmission of pain signals.

2. Brace your Stomach muscles with all movements – Core strength. This will inevitable be a part or your rehabilitation and recovery, but the more stable you are, the less continuing damage is likely to occur.

3. Stay mobile – don’t lie in bed for days on end. Research shows that the sooner you move around, walk, crawl, etc, the faster you will recover. When you are immobile, your muscles waste away and you will have a slower recovery, and are more prone to injury in the future.