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You may want to get an injection of Toradol 60mg Intramuscularly when you have an acute flare up to see if that alleviates the muscle spasms associated with a disc flare up. If it does you will cut your pain down markedly and rest period as well. You can get this injection at Urgent Care, Pain Management, Ortho, or regular Primary Care doctor's office. It's often used for people that come in complaining of neck and back pain and spasms. One must have good kidney function for this medication. It's a non steroidal anti-inflammatory medication and while it comes in other forms like oral and a nasal spray called Sprix the injection is the absolute most effective and won't upset your Gastrointestinal system.
Your Chiro might not want you to go to PT because if someone else can help you feel better maybe you'll stop seeing the chiro? Also doctors of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) are often very good at treating back pain with manipulation and one does not have to get high velocity or crunching done which I'm sure your chiro isn't doing to you either with your injury.
A 3 out of 10 sounds like progress and hopefully the pain will continue to be alleviated. With a really bad L5S1 and your history of flare up I imagine it will kick up again though. Many tools in the arsenal to treat back pain are worthy of a try and hopefully one can get some good relief without surgery and/or know when the time is right for that move.
take care~ Maria
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