Chantelle
I'm 23 and herniated L-4 and L-5 two years ago. Bad news. The only thing that I can say that helped was the perscriptions that the doc gave me - but I could only use them at night because they put me to sleep. It was Codeen sp? for pain and a muscle relaxant. of at least 800 mg. I went to Physical Therapy and believe me - GO! It sucks and it really hurts but if you don't you'll have pain forever. I still stretch every single day. I still get pain there if I sit too long or do a lot of bending or lifting. It's tough because a back injury like that usually takes a really long time to heal and you'll ALWAYS have a weak spot now. Summary? Take pain meds at night and DO YOUR PHYSICAL THERAPY!