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Writer's pictureJulian Simpson

Making the Tough Decision: Surgery or Conservative Care for Lumbar Disc Herniation?

Updated: Jan 12

Making the Tough Decision: Surgery or Conservative Care for Lumbar Disc Herniation?


The prevalence of lumbar disc herniation in athletes can be as high as 75% ! A scary though to think maybe 3 in 4 athletes might sustain this injury


Return to play is an important factor in when athletes are able to go back to the sport they love


The study found NO difference in the return to play time for patients undergoing lumbar discectomy and conservative treatment


To have surgery or conservative care for Lumbar Disc Herniation
To have surgery or conservative care for Lumbar Disc Herniation


The mean time was 5.19 months for post surgery and 4.11 months for those treated conservatively

We have been helping our community for over 10+ years with their muscle and spinal problems . Please call Health Wise Chiropractic 03 9467 7889 or book online to see if one of our Chiropractors in Sunbury or Melton/Strathtulloh could do the same for you!


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Chiropractic has moved online. We offer our online programs -STAND CORRECTED- To help you through the day. They contain health advice for your conditions, nutritional advice and exercises for you to do at home or at the workplace to help you achieve your health goals. We understand that coming to the Chiropractic clinic maybe costly and time consuming. This way if you cant make it into the chiropractic office, you can do any of our 20+ online health programs at your leisure.

Enjoy and we hope they spark a little bit of joy and help you achieve your health goals. Each program contains - Information about the conditions - things to do and things to avoid - nutrition advice - all the stretches that are needed to help The following conditions are now available for online sessions

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  • cervical facet neck pain

  • tension headaches

  • cervical radiculopathy (pins and needles in the arm originating from the neck)

  • shoulder impingement relief

  • thoracic outlet syndrome

  • frozen shoulder

  • rotator cuff

  • chronic lumbar (Low Back) disc pain

  • acute Lumbar(low back) disc pain

  • Lumbar facet pain

  • sciatica and piriformis syndrome

  • meniscus (knee pain)

  • Plantar fasciitis (Foot Pain)

  • Shin Splints

  • Tennis Elbow/Golfers elbow

  • Carpal tunnel Syndrome

  • Upper Crossed Syndrome( Poor Posture)

  • Lower Crossed Syndrome ( Poor Posture)

  • Dizziness-Vertigo

  • Arthritis

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. 2021 Sep-Oct;13(5):446-453. doi: 10.1177/1941738121991782. Epub 2021 Feb 10.

Return to Play After Symptomatic Lumbar Disc Herniation in Elite Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Operative Versus Nonoperative Treatment

Phelopater Sedrak 1 , Mustafa Shahbaz 2 , Chetan Gohal 3 , Kim Madden 3 , Ilyas Aleem 4 , Moin Khan 3

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