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How to Heal a Lumbar Herniated Disc Naturally (at Home)

2020/05/15 by Meital James 4 Comments

Injections. Pain killers. Endless physical therapy. And then surgery.

This is what you’ll face if you choose the conventional herniated lumbar disc treatment.

This is why here you’ll only find the best natural home treatments for lumbar herniated discs.

Not only are they superior, but they are ultimately cheaper and more effective than any pill, injection, and even surgery.

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Page Contents

  • 1 Signs and Symptoms of Herniated Lumbar Disc
  • 2 What Causes Low Back Herniated Disc?
  • 3 The Best Home Treatments for Lumbar Herniated Discs
  • 4 1. Home Back Traction/Spinal Decompression
    • 4.1 2. Infrared Heating Pad
    • 4.2 3. Proteolytic Enzymes
  • 5 Can Herniated Discs Heal on Their Own?

Signs and Symptoms of Herniated Lumbar Disc

First, you should know that if you’re only experiencing back pain, with no other symptoms, don’t jump to conclude that you have a herniated disc.

You’ll be surprised to know that many people have a ruptured disc without even knowing it since the pain is felt only when the disc touches the nerve next to it.

The pressure causes pain.

A herniated disc in the lower back usually feels like local back pain with radiating leg or arm pain (depending on where the herniation is).

But, if you experience loss of bowel control along with these symptoms, you should go to the emergency room as quickly as possible.

Loss of bowel or bladder control is a medical emergency, so you should get to the emergency room as quickly as possible if either of these things happens to you.

What Causes Low Back Herniated Disc?

Technically, a disc herniates when the outer part of the disc begins to weaken and the inner soft part starts to press outward.

Most people don’t even know they have a herniated disc until the herniation is touching the nerve.

The two most common causes are trauma and muscle imbalances.

Muscle Imbalances, also known as “postural dysfunctions, put abnormal pressure on the disc that will cause increased wear and tear over time.

Eventually, the weak spot will give way and make contact with the nerve, bringing a world of pain to your life.

This does not happen overnight (unless the cause was trauma – like in a car accident).

It takes a long time for the nerve to suffer enough pressure to cause pain.

Natural home treatments for bulging discs are cheaper in the long run, they are non-invasive, more effective, and in my opinion, much healthier for you.

The Best Home Treatments for Lumbar Herniated Discs

Herniated Disc is by far one of the most common conditions associated with chronic back pain and most people get the best results when they combine multiple treatment approaches together.
Here are the best natural options. The more you combine and the more you use – the quicker you’ll heal.

1. Home Back Traction/Spinal Decompression

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Like I’ve explained before, the pain you experience comes from the pressure on your nerves. If you go to a chiropractor or a physical therapist, the first thing he’ll do is spinal decompression.
He’ll use a back traction machine to separate your vertebrae and lift the pressure off your nerve, which usually results in immediate and long-lasting relief.
Other than being an effective drug-free pain relief for herniated discs, this “negative pressure” will help a misaligned disc to be sucked back into place and create space between the vertebrae for more blood and oxygen to get there.
This is the real and natural way to completely heal a herniated disc.
No pain pill or injection can do this.
There are many ways you can do spinal decompression at home – whenever you need it (without depending on a physical therapist) and for a fraction of the cost of treatment.
You can use a back stretcher. You can use an inversion table. You can use a home back traction unit. The possibilities are endless.
To make this easier for you, here’s my post about the best home back traction units, and here’s my post about inversion therapy (some surprising stuff you’ll find there…)

2. Infrared Heating Pad

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Another amazingly helpful way to relieve herniated disc pain without medication is infrared light therapy.

Infrared rays, which are completely invisible to the naked eye, are capable of penetrating deep into your tissues (literally right down to your bones) where they gently elevate the body’s surface temperature and activate major bodily functions.

An infrared heating pad will boost your blood circulation in the area, bringing – fast – pain-relieving agents, oxygen, and healing agents.

The result is a quick pain relief, which usually lasts for 6 hours, while “working” on healing the disc herniation in the long-term too.

(Don’t worry; far-infrared rays are 100% safe. They’re NOT the ultraviolet rays which cause sunburn and skin cancer).

It’s my family’s favorite “home doctor” for almost all pains, aches and ailments for years now.

You can learn more about infrared light therapy HERE, and you can find the top 2 infrared heating pads in the market – HERE.[/yellowbox]

3. Proteolytic Enzymes

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About 40 years ago a doctor named Dr. Max Wolf, from Columbia University, discovered that when the body reacts to pain, the bodies of younger adults responded by flooding the painful area with something called “proteolytic enzymes”.

But for some reason… the older folks he studied showed dramatically reduced levels of proteolytic enzymes and therefore felt more pain.

Since then scientists have found that proteolytic enzymes are the first line of defence against pain and inflammation!

Proteolytic enzymes can also “eat” fibrin and scar tissues, cleanse toxins from the blood and even fight viruses and boost your immune system.

My favorite Proteolytic enzymes supplement is called Heal n’ Soothe – Here’s my full review for it.

Can Herniated Discs Heal on Their Own?

Look:

You’ll get different answers to this question, depending on who you ask.

Through my research, I’ve found that small herniations tend to heal on their own after about 6 weeks.

Larger herniations may not completely heal, but may definitely feel like it, since you can get rid of most of not all symptoms.

Like I’ve mentioned before, the best approach would be to combine more than 1 of these natural treatments. If possible – all of them.

Do regular spinal decompression at home, fight inflammation through systemic enzyme therapy, mind what you eat, carefully exercise (swimming is best), and use infrared heating to relieve your pain fast – without medication.

Bottom line is that natural remedies for herniated discs cost less, in the long run, are painless, and most importantly – effective.

(Spinal decompression, for example, was proven time and time again to be able to prevent back surgeries.)

I hope you’re convinced as I am because when it comes to healing, nothing will be more effective than you believing in your ability to heal.

Do you have any questions or comments? Looking forward to reading them in the comments below.

To your health and happiness,

Meital

 

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About Meital James

Meital James, Founder and CEO of 4 healthy living blogs, has a background in Naturopathic medicine, research, journalism, and nutrition.
Her blogs are the culmination of her thousands of hours of research and experience and all the posts are verified by scientific findings.

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  1. Ben Allen says

    2016/12/16 at 5:12 pm

    I appreciate the information on helping your herniated disc. I had no idea that having muscle imbalances could cause herniated discs, I though that you would have to have some sort of accident to get a herniated disc. My brother thinks he may have a herniated disc but he has never gotten in an accident or anything, I will be sure to share this information with him.

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  2. Pi Bar says

    2016/11/25 at 6:55 am

    Does it makes sense, or might it even be a bad idea, to supply proteolytic, fibrinolytic enzymes to a damaged annulus (made of fibrin) which is trying to repair itself by producing new fibrin?

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    • Meital James says

      2016/11/27 at 6:46 am

      That could be a problem I think. In your case I would opt for infrared therapy in the form of infrared heating pad to boost blood circulation and promote more fibrin production. I would also use back traction as another aid to healing.
      I hope this helps!

      Reply
  3. John Carston says

    2016/06/14 at 3:32 pm

    My dad suffers from a herniated disc so I’ll have to share these natural treatment tips. He has used conventional treatments and they have helped but without a lasting solution. I don’t think that he’s tried proteolytic enzymes so I’ll recommend he tried that, like you said. Thanks for the helpful article.

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