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Myth #7 All doctors know how to manage disc herniations.

You must take responsibility for your own health if you want to recover fully.

FACT: Unless your doctor is an orthopedist, neurosurgeon, sports medicine doctor, physical medicine doctor, or chiropractor, he or she is unlikely to know the nuances of managing a lumbar disc herniation, and even if they do know they will not have the time to share that information with you.

Instead he or she prescribes an anti-inflammatory drug like ibuprofen, even though this treatment of ch....

FACT: Ibuprofen taken over time is dangerous, and there is no evidence that anti-inflammatory drugs alter the course of a disc herniation s recovery.

Your doctor never has time to really get to the source of your problem, nor a true solution.

FACT: By learning to manage your disc herniation you may return to performing virtually any of the activities that you love.

Myth# 10-Herniated discs lead to a life of infirmity.

On pages 64-65 you will learn how to squat to allow disc healing.

Modern healthcare is composed of lots of little care.

Myth # 9-Sciatica is always caused from a spinal injury.

This type of sciatica is managed through some simple exercises and lifestyle modifications (pages 175-184).

Learning these pain reducing techniques actually will speed the healing of your disc injury (pages 50-54).

FACT: While most sciatic pain is a result of disc injury, there are some people whose sciatica can be traced to muscle entrapment of the sciatic nerve.

Myth #8- Disc pain is best controlled by anti-inflammatory medicines like ibuprofen.

Seeking solutions from the overworked and underpaid The advent of managed care has caused many physicians to reduce actual patient contact time to a mere 5 minutes.

The best way to control the pain of disc herniation is to learn to avoid the activities and postures that aggravate your disc pain.

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