[Maria]

Kml1
I've had an annular tear at L3 for a very long time. Probably near 30 years. It has given me terrible pain bilaterally in the hip areas supposedly tho difficult to say as L4 and L5S1 were also bulged and had eventually been operated on and still had probs. The pain that I was told was due to my L3 annular tear however was different than the L4 and L5S1 pain.

None of my pain really has been below my low back except for neuropathies (burning) that I had for many years (episodically before my first spine surgery for 7 years and chronically post my 2nd spine surgery from 1992 to 2003/05).

Continued best wishes with your ongoing search for what will work best to alleviate pain for you and allow you to function well with your family. I know when I've been at my worst I'm literally bedridden due to pain and definately can't even think about lifting anything hardly let alone moving.