People with ruptured disks in their lower backs usually recover whether or not they have surgery, researchers are reporting today. The study, a large trial, found that surgery appeared to relieve pain more quickly but that most people recovered eventually and that there was no harm in waiting.
NewMexiKen is glad to have reaffirmed what personal experience told me was the case. When the ruptured disk rubs against the sciatic nerve, the pain is disruptive, and surgery begins to sound necessary. But then, things move around in there, the rubbing stops, and the pain is dull and manageable. The trick is, of course, the proper exercise.
And not spending too many hours a day perched in front of this computer.