Herbalife Back Pain

Back Pain

April 12, 2011 – 10:49 pm

Back Pain

Almost 4 years ago, I stepped off a curb and ruptured my L4-L5 disk. I think it was caused by years of doing stupid things to my back, and that curb was the last straw. I have not had surgery. I have, however, had the luxury of not having to work full time for any of those 4 years. What helped me was eventually (after 9 months of pain, of spending all my time lying on my floor, of being essentially completely disabled, of taking 15 ibuprofen or enteric coated aspirin a day) finding a doctor who believes strongly in rehabilitation — only 1/100 of his ruptured disk patients get surgery! He set me up on a program of physical therapy, which I still try to follow, and which always helps when I get flare-ups, which are always due to not exercising, or doing something stupid to my back. He also gave me a series of epidural corticosteroid injections, which gave me tremendous relief. I have not needed to see my doctor for 2 years now.

Surgery should be the absolute last resort, in my opinion. I heard about studies that showed the outcome 2 years after a back injury to be the same, whether or not surgery was performed. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it makes no difference, sometimes it makes things worse. And after surgery, one still has to do physical therapy. In my experience, rehab after surgery is much harder.

I started on Herbalife in November of 1997. About 3 months ago, one of my Herbalife colleagues recommended adding Xtra-Cal and Herbalifeline to my program. The Herbalife really does seem to help — I take 2 Xtra-Cal three times a day and up it to three Xtra-Cal three times a day when I have pain. Also, I read here from someone (thank you, whoever it was!) that the Thermojetics Beverage also has anti-inflammatory properties, and so I drink it in the mornings as I do my exercises. Not only does it ease the pain, but it gives me the energy to work hard. I wish I’d known about Herbalife 4 years ago — it would have spared me a lot of pain.

I can’t say I’m pain-free, but it is at a manageable level, about a 1 on a scale of 10, and I do have fairly long stretches without any pain.

Disk pain is at best unbearable, and the most devastating thing that has ever happened to me. At times, I was willing to do absolutely anything for relief. But with patience, it does get better.

Liz Farr Los Lunas, New Mexico

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