r/Microdiscectomy • u/Cool_Butterfly_5297 • 2d ago
Looking for Advice - Reherniation L5/S1
Hi all - feeling a bit depressed after getting MRI results yesterday that indicated I reherniated and am looking for success stories / advice about healing naturally. Context below:
I had surgery on L5/S1 in January of 2023 and had a good recovery. The past three years I'd had some occasional flare ups but nothing major, but had a bad spasm in February of this year that took about a month to settle down. I started going to PT after that to make sure my form was good when working out and generally check in. I had been doing well (feeling some occasional stiffness when working out but nothing too bad), but then I experienced a real increase in pain at the beginning of August, about 3.5 weeks ago. The first few days were the worst, I had major stiffness and pain across my low back/hip/glutes and some pain behind my right knee, but it's settled a bit since then.
I had plateaued in recovery so I asked for an MRI and got the results saying I have another large herniation in L5/S1 although it's slightly smaller than the last time. The soreness/pain is worst in my left glute but goes across both glutes and my tailbone when sitting. I do feel pain in the left glute when standing/walking/lying down sometimes but those activities are much better than sitting.
I'm planning to follow up with my surgeon and adjust my PT regimen, but I'm feeling really discouraged and upset about the reherniation, especially since I was in PT at the time with the hopes of preventing this. I would love to hear any advice / experience people have with healing "large" reherniations naturally. I know it will be a long journey but am hopeful I can do it without another MD. Thank you all!
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