R Torso, Lower Back Pain
2014-09-21 – 2015-09-21
Grade: 2
After sitting a long while, then getting up, I noticed my back aching. It gets uncomfortable the longer I'm sitting but better when I stand and stretch it, or lay down to sleep.
It eventually took surgery to remove a piece of disc that herniated in November 2014. Initially, after a few months after the herniation, I was able to get back to some regular routines as soon as February 2015. However the piece that broke-off probably shifted and caused me as much and more pain in May 2015. The surgery was in July 2015. Though I was able to hike, run and bicycle right after surgery, I continued to have weakness and numbness. I picked 9/21/2015 to say that I recovered but this is arbitrary. I'm still weak on the right side and I'm not sure if that will ever improve to be equal to the left again.