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08-03-2014, 08:50 PM
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24 year old with L5/S1 lumbar disc replacement.
Hey everyone,
I'm new to the site so I thought I'd introduce myself. My name is Sam, I'm 24 years old from Australia and I got an L5/S1 lumbar disc replacement on July 10th 2014. I had ongoing pain after a rugby injury when I was 19. I'm also a physiotherapist/physical therapist. There probably isn't many of them that have also had a disc replacement, so if anyone has anything they'd like to ask, feel free to ask on here or private message me! Sam
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24 year old physiotherapist/physical therapist. L5/S1 degenerative disc disease and disc bulge, no spinal nerve impingement. Nil issues with other discs and facet joints. 2010 - Rugby/Gym injury, ongoing pain 2010-14 - Conservative treatment failed July 2014 - Anterior lumbar artificial disc replacement with an M6-L prosthesis 
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08-03-2014, 10:46 PM
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Sam,
Sincerest condolences on having to pursue such drastic therapy as ADR at your age. It sounds like your early recovery is going very well. Are you planning or hoping to return to rugby one day? Good luck, Jeff
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C4/5 - ACDF in 2000 C5/6 - ACDF in 2002 C3/4 & C6/7 - M6 ADR, Nov 2009, Barcelona Conceded defeat to a manifestly disingenuous BCBS-TX in my quest for reimbursement, Jan 2011
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08-04-2014, 04:01 AM
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Thanks Jeff.
After the injury, surgery was always indicated, but the surgeon and I felt it important to exhaust all conservative avenues before going under the knife and see if the passage of time affected my pain, due to my age. Yes, recovery's going well. I'm at the three week mark. There's still pain but I'm walking for 20 minutes 3 times a day and doing a daily pilates program. As for the rugby, it's the surgeons recommendation that I don't expose myself to a situation where I subject the prosthesis to sudden, heavy and unpredictable forces, which I would begrudgingly agree with. He is happy for me to return to non-contact sport however.
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24 year old physiotherapist/physical therapist. L5/S1 degenerative disc disease and disc bulge, no spinal nerve impingement. Nil issues with other discs and facet joints. 2010 - Rugby/Gym injury, ongoing pain 2010-14 - Conservative treatment failed July 2014 - Anterior lumbar artificial disc replacement with an M6-L prosthesis
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08-04-2014, 04:12 AM
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I'll also make sure to post something a bit more in depth in the surgical outcome forum when I have the time!
Cheers, Sam
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24 year old physiotherapist/physical therapist. L5/S1 degenerative disc disease and disc bulge, no spinal nerve impingement. Nil issues with other discs and facet joints. 2010 - Rugby/Gym injury, ongoing pain 2010-14 - Conservative treatment failed July 2014 - Anterior lumbar artificial disc replacement with an M6-L prosthesis
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08-04-2014, 08:10 PM
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Hi Sam, welcome. We have quite a few members from Australia and New Zealand. You can find them with the member search, or advanced member search, in the quick links nav bar on top:
http://www.adrsupport.org/forums/mem....php?do=search Osteo Rach was in your field, she's from New Zealand. She's pretty cool. Let me know if you can reach her (or not) by PM.
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"Harrison" - info (at) adrsupport.org Fell on my ***winter 2003, Canceled fusion April 6 2004 Reborn June 25th, 2004, L5-S1 ADR Charite in Boston Founder & moderator of ADRSupport - 2004 Founder Arthroplasty Patient Foundation a 501(c)(3) - 2006 Creator & producer, Why Am I Still Sick? - 2012 Donate www.arthropatient.org/about/donate
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08-06-2014, 12:42 PM
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Cheers Harrison,
I've shot her a PM, we'll see if she gets back to me!
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24 year old physiotherapist/physical therapist. L5/S1 degenerative disc disease and disc bulge, no spinal nerve impingement. Nil issues with other discs and facet joints. 2010 - Rugby/Gym injury, ongoing pain 2010-14 - Conservative treatment failed July 2014 - Anterior lumbar artificial disc replacement with an M6-L prosthesis
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08-06-2014, 11:30 PM
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Long time since I've been on this forum but Ive replied to your pm. Happy to offer any advice I can after a very successful surgery with return to all activities. six years and counting...
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L4/5, L5/S1 disc prolapses post wakeboarding accident Oct 06 (grade 5 and grade 4 annular disruption, repectively). 2X epidural steroid injections, lots of drugs and conservative treatment, positive discogram. Surgery May 08 (L4/5 A-Mav disc replacement and L5/S1 ALIF)
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