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Originally Posted by peter12
After struggling through a year and a half of herniated discs and doing anything ANYTHING to alleviate the almost unbearable pain, I will say that the only treatment that worked was 6 months of physio followed by strength training 3 times a week. That's it.
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Once you begin reading up on the subject you'll find that this is the most effective approach.
It is also an approach that takes the most amount of time, and is more involving than the 2x per week appointment approach.
All the people around me that have back problems have not ever done any kind of strength training or mobility exercises, ever. Instead they prescribe the solution to their 'pain' as simply going to the chiropractor as often as needed. If the solution lasts for a day, it simply means they should go more often.
Even worse they get to a point in their life where they just 'live with it.'
Yoga, foam rolling, soft tissue work, mobility exercises, strengthening exercises, core exercises, cardio....over the long term these all work better.
You will also not find many chiropractors that tell you to 'start doing mobility work 2x per week' because it directly affects their bottom line.
Shoddy industry to say the least.