What Is An Annular Tear?
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2019
- Dr. Shim explains what an annular tear/ annular fissure is, and if it means you will need surgery.
To read more on the subject visit: www.shimspine.com/annular-tea...
Music: Creative Minds by BenSound
Great presentation 👍♥️
Very nice and informative.. pack of thanks to dr shim for broadcast useful information in easy and graphical term.... If patients suffered from spine issues heed on videos of dr shim, then interaction of patients with spine physians will be sooth
Thanks so much for this! Subscribed :)
can you please speak on Lumbar stenosis causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatments! Thank you so much Dr. Shim.
Been having pain for a year because of annular tear..it is depressing and debilitating..been crying myself most of my nights..i look far older than my age because of pain....:-(
Does your MRI have HIZ
@@guibiaojiang1633 there should be because we did mri twice and both said annular tear and ddd...none of the workers' comp doctors suggested surgery though even though i've been in pain for over a year...:-(
@@jdbimmer3853 One thing you need to know is...worker's comp is NOT your friend, they could care less about you. They are paid to tell you you're fine, go back to work...and that's it. You have to fight, fight, fight for what you need. I've been going on for 14 YEARS of severe low back pain, L4-L5, trying to get my back fixed. I was recently, March 2022, referred to a surgeon by my orthopedic of 21 years...which should've been done years ago as no amount of injections, or other things he's tried, have ever worked...at all...only left me hurting worse. The surgeon wants to do surgery but we have to wait and see if worker's comp will approve it. I doubt they will so it'll be more fighting to get it approved.
I wish you much luck and hope you get what you need to heal. 💗
Same!!!!!
@@jdbimmer3853 I am the same
Thanks for info
Very helpful!
Very nice and informative.. pack of thanks to dr shim for broadcast useful information in easy and graphical term.... If patients suffered from spine issues heed on videos of dr shim, then interaction of patients with spine physians will be sooth
do you treat annular tear?
diffuse disc bulge with annular tear but not compressing the nerve root
Nice video. It's worth getting the oils from Weedborn, though.
I just had a Discogram done and it definitely replicated my pain plus more. Question is do I need a fusion due the disc causing me pain for 4 years undiagnosed? Everything started after a fall that manifested as SI joint pain. I worked in the medical field and at this point I see clearly Mds do not know shit about the spine. It is scary how many years I have been getting no help. A doctor even said a year ago my back pain was psychological and not physical.
Positive discogram means 100 percent the disc is bad, you need Artificial Disc replacement.. Do not fuse, ever!
Has anyone in youtube land dealt with this and if so how did you go about it? There is much information about this topic and its all quite confusing. Pain levels can vary as does the healing timeline. From what I've read it can take up to 2 yrs and according to some literature it never heals and surgery is the only option. Also when it does heal spinal integrity is still compromised and prone to further injury. Per the literature, and as was mentioned in this video, the gold standard for diagnosing this can cause further degradation. There is some literature that supports biologics ie: stem cell injections. However this is not FDA approved and not enough studies to prove the efficacy, or half say it does work and half that don't. Some surgical methods look promising in so far as outcomes but what is unknown is how the spine will react and what problems that might cause down to road. I have a tear that was found on my recent MRI but I don't think that is causing my symptoms. Now I'm paranoid about moving for fear of being on that back pain rollercoaster. If anyone has had this problem and was able to manage it and return to their normal life leave some feed back. Good luck out there to all those suffering. I wish you well.
Hey there. How have you been? I have been having a severe lower back pain since last week. Went to see a specialist yesterday and I did MRI right away. They found minor slip disk plus an annular tear. I have to say, I feel rather gloomy with this diagnosis. The pain goes away after taking pain killer and another check up in a month time. I hope the annular tear will heal on its own and the pain will subside. The Dr recomended McKenzie exercise. I have started with it last night and it helps me to sleep as the pain keeps we awaken for so many nights.
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I am from China. I also have torn fibrous annulus. The MRI showed HIZ. The pain is obvious when sitting down, and it is not painful to walk. I know some people who have not recovered for more than ten years without surgery, and some have undergone radiofrequency and lumbar fusion under borescope. The effect of the operation is good. I think the anterior lumbar fusion is the best.
I got ran over by a truck the asshole was going 20 over and I got dragged 4 meters underneath it I'm very blessed and lucky to be alive and to be able to walk my accident happened over 10 years ago and my body is getting worse FML
Do you even know of one person making a recovery and getting back to their normal life after a painful annular tear / fissure? I have yet to find anyone that says yes to that question including dr, surgeons, physical therapists, or a chiropractors.
at age 40, most of the worlds population will have a disc finding on MRI, yet less than 50% of the world has chronic back problems. It gets better for most.
My doctor thinks I may have this. It hurts to walk, reach, turn, move, sit, to the touch even when I put my underwear it's excruciating pain, it goes and wraps around my shins and my knees hurt! My lubar back hurts, neck, shoulder, waist, and hip hurts. I'm numb and feel burning sensations! My doctor gave me some injections in my lumbar area that helped some especially in my neck and shoulder. I took pain meds and meds from neuro pain, and lidocaine patches but I'm still in a lot of pain in on my left still more where the injections was given but not as much where I couldn't even barely walk than in my rt side where I also Sciatic nerve damage bilate! My doctor is going to R/O things and find out what's wrong. It shouldn't hurt to sit on the toilet or anywhere and put on underwear!
How are you now
Hey how are you now?? Hope you're doing well ❤️🩹
@Preeti-lw9jc Hello, thank you for checking on me!! I'm doing better with that situation. It took almost three months to get my bilateral sciatic nerve damage under control! It took oral, typical, and injection steroids to finally get it from exacerbation mode! I still suffer daily with my fibromyalgia, arthritis, osteoporosis, CFS, and like 10 other pain related illnesses! I need to work out and get more active, but I'm so afraid because every time I get active during the day, my body attacks me with myositis, cramping, and horrific pain along with restless leg syndrome!! My pain doctor tells me to know my limitations! But it doesn't take much! I tried to rake my yard once, and I became so overheated that I thought I was going to pass out! I ended up in the hospital with rhabdomyolysis! I've bn in the hospital for pain induced hypertension! Instead of treating my b/p with blood pressure medication because it bottoms me out, they use pain management because once the pain is under control, my b/p stabilizes! I need to lose so much weight, but when you're afraid to move and use your own body because you know what's going to happen later. It makes doing anything hard to do! These spasms and pain last for hours into the next day! Where simple tasks become almost impossible to do, and sometimes impossible to do!! I need help so bad! I had to go out on disability when I was 36. I worked as a nurse before! I deemed me total permanently disabled on my first try! The depression over my situation didn't help! I isolate myself because I'm tired of people not realizing I'm different now! No longer the life of the party! I don't party anymore! Fibromyalgia has changed my life drastically! When you spasm so much during washing up till it exhausts you of all your little energy! I can't wash a dish without excruciating pain from the repetitive movement!! Lol, any suggestions?
@@singh.jaskaran How are you doing? I left a novel about me 😁🤭🫣🤫😬😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Oh snap, I replied a book on someone else's post!! I'm so sorry, lol 😆 😢 😅
How to treat ??? Having pain already 2.5 years
same here :( My life has been ruined from this
Yer this is nonsense it’s a toxic problem made worse by physio etc as the ligament is too weak for the muscle to gain strength. I’ve had this over a year and just been diagnosed.
@@ashmeadows1322 fuck man i'm sorry :( Welp. Welcome to the club😭
@@ashmeadows1322 I am actively trying to recover from it but I was training to become a navy seal and even had to drop my contract with the navy because of it. I could do 36 pullups as a max set and within a few weeks I got so week that I couldn't do one. I am still very slowly recovering
I feel your pain bro I give up working and nearly broke. You may have fragments of disc in the tear and it will never heal. Plus it gets no blood supply which makes it a slow slow healer.
Maybe time for a career change I’m afraid ....
If not surgery, what are the treatment options in case of pain?
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Thoughts on PRP? Does or can it heal annular tears.
@@KBradAdams Experimental. No one knows if it will really make a difference. What we do know is puncturing the disc to even insert the PRP can cause disc damage. Then, there is always the risk of infection. PRP to heal an annular tear must show safety and efficacy. I am not saying it will not help. I am saying we do not know, as it has not been studies rigorously.
@@ShimSpineVideos Thanks for the reply that makes sense!
Painful
Can Lumbar epidural injections help with Annular tears at L5/S1?
Not for me it didn't. It made the pain worse for 2 weeks.
@@wefukthenwo Did you ever get any relief or find a fix?
@@wefukthenwo Same here. And having a nerve root block in 2018 has severely increased my sciatica, causing nerve damage in my front and outer side of my left thigh and if on it too long, 1 to 2 hours, feels like a raging electrical storm inside it. The longer on my feet, the worse my back pain and leg pain becomes...both legs but left is far worse. I told my doc no more injections of any kind, they aren't helping me not one bit but, instead, are causing more pain! L4-L5, 14 years of ever increasing, continuous pain...pain that has caused suicidal thoughts. It's relentless...it's evil! It needs to end!
That's not to say injections won't help for others, as many people find complete relief from them and often never have problems in the treated area again. That just wasn't the case for me but...we're all different in how our bodies respond to certain medical treatments.
@@wefukthenwo Me too! Waste of time and money.
I got an ablation but mine affects the sacroiliac joint bilaterally and it leaves me pain-free for a year and then of course I’ve got to get my core in shape so it stops happening, my tear is L-5 Thru S1,My pain scale was an eight out of 10 and now I am pain-free but they have to inject steroids at first and then the insurance says go ahead with the ablation and you will be pain-free for a year at least I am and this is my third time having it done in the past 10 years