vitamin c for herniated disc

Follow the … I’d love to know how the vitamin C works for you, what megadose levels you started at and how long it was before you were able to start decreasing your dosage. I’m extremely impressed with liposomal vitamin c! After a few sessions, I felt great, and even she was amazed at how I was able to do certain things, all while having bulging discs. Over the next few days I wake up and expect my body to feel stiff/sore. Within one day of taking vitamin C my shoulder was pain free and 90 percent of the movement restored. My MRI report talks that I have bulging discs in L4-L5 and L5-S1 postcentral and paracentral protrusions. Never in my life had I ever dealt with it. UPDATE: I added a copy of my initial MRI to this blog article. I continued to take vitamin C at about 12,000 grams per day and did not suffer any side effects, in fact my skin became healthier looking and I feel great all over. No bowel/ bladdder control loss. I’m so grateful nandi, thank you so much again. My primary doctor also refused to assist me any further. I have been doing everything possible to avoid surgery but things seem to just be getting worse. Nothing beats personal experience. I believe if I venture to liposomal I should take less, correct? While it helped with some of the lower-back pain, the compressed nerve and thecal sac were still kicking butt, literally, as the searing pain manifested in my lower-left leg and left buttock. I’m glad to see that more people are seeking out ways other than surgery and pills to resolve their back issues. Part of it for me was the result of coping with the pain that came from trying to straighten up, the other was the depression that had developed due to the pain. Best to you. I stopped seeing him for a few weeks, and went to get a 2nd opinion from another specialist (my old one had told me “you’re fine, don’t come see me unless your absolutely miserably in pain”). On top of boosting your immune system, vitamin C also acts as an anti-inflammatory to reduce pain. 1000mg a day is really all you need. Note: Please visit the links and review the research (see below) as it regards how much is enough when taking vitamin C for colds and flu, because you’ll find it of great value. Hi Nandi! I.e., if you eat lunch at noon, take your vitamin c at 2 or 230pm. I was so frustrated that it started to depress me, and give me tons of anxiety, which was something I never suffered from before. Chiropractic helped a little in this time. So we start treatment twice a week, and i’m starting to feel ok. Blessings, and I am so glad that you are well now! Awful! I wish I were in North Carolina, because I’d stop in for a visit. This video is to explain my story of my L4/L5/S1 Disc Herniation and what I did to recover and get my life back. Vitamin C has been found to be one of the most powerful vitamins in empowering the body to work at its best. I re-herniated it with seated cable rows about 1 month ago (Lesson learned: Gotta have stretchy hams to avoid rounding of the back, and my hams became tight as hell after my initial herniation and I never addressed it). I spoke about this in the article. PT to help with movement. I have regained full mobility and gone back to mountain hiking. A couple of years ago I had a bout of trouble breathing. Nonetheless I want to give it time before I give up. I’m a 22 year old suffering from spinal stenosis, that’s what the MRI says and the doctor has recommended surgery for me. Thanks for getting back to us, Ethan. Please do not give up hope! I ended up getting it 3 weeks later, and was told that it takes two full weeks for it to kick in. And the five is if I push myself too much. It’s spendy in the pill form, but to get your pain to a lower level fast, it’s my uneducated non-doctors opinion that you take liposomal. You just piss out the rest.” To which I almost replied to him to just f off, but I kept it civil and said “but you release a lot of vitamin c in your system, and this keeps the level up throughout the day doesn’t it?” He grudgingly agreed. Woke up today, about three weeks into the vitamin c overload mega dosing. Your additions are very good additions. You can increase vitamin D intake with additional sun exposure, with proper sun protection, supplements, and foods like saltwater fish, egg yolks, and liver. He’s worse off today. Hopefully I will have an awesome story to share as well. Again, don’t know if I’m too late or not. Thanks again for your recommendations. I’m a 22 year old suffering from spinal stenosis, that’s what the MRI says and the doctor has recommended surgery for me. In 2019, I was doing some yard work and the next day it hit me! I thought the lateral recesses were in the brain? My working out days came to a halt and 2 years later, I have severe hip/groin pain on both sides, which one doctor says I have hip osteoarthritis based on an mri and then I had a back mri which showed an L4 on L5 problem causing canal stenosis etc etc…a real mess to say the least. I took my doses on the hour throughout my day with lots of water. Thanks for this info! I have an old injury from my military days, which contributed to the degeneration of discs in my L4/L5 spinal segment. Eventually, you will need less and less of either, because you’ll eventually build bowel tolerance. He thinks it’s my SI joints. Now, two weeks later i am still taking C – no pain, normal walk, no flu, no lung or sinus problem, can taste and smell better than in years (a chronic sinusitis problem). The body will tell you when you can lower it, because you’ll develop bowel tolerance. To everyone out there with this pain! Let me know your thoughts on that as well. It explains it. AND good for you for catching it early on. I have L4/5 back strain not herniated though Causing sciatica about 2 months ago, Persistent pain in right Leg especially in the knee And nerve pain which I am taking large doses of ibuprofen to manage. But to answer your question, I’ve never used liposome C. Hopefully, there’s someone here with personal experience. The body is a possessive entity. I want to know if anyone has ever heard of vitamin c helping this problem? Before that, I want to say. I told him I was still using the mega dose vitamin c. Told him I’ve scaled back to about 10000mg a day. Vitamin K levels drop when a spinal disc is injured because it binds to the injured site to assist in aiding the healing process. I was doing safe, but pretty tough exercises that I didn’t even know I can do (sometimes we limit ourselves so much mentally, that it actually tells the body that WE CANT, when in reality WE CAN). I inched up and up until I reached bowel tolerance level. When you reach bowel tolerance at that level, you drop it again and again, until you’re no longer taking a significant amount. The only thing that works is the ibuprofen, I was scouring the net and YouTube for some other way to over come the pain when I stumbled on this article. :). I understand you took about 2500 mg every 2 hours when you were in pain, but can you confirm how long you had to continue at this dosage before you lowered it and finally discontinued? I don’t get to my blog very often these days. Are you using ascorbate acid, sodium ascorbate or pure vit c? But, there again, I’m not a doctor, so I can prescribe it nor recommend that you take it. A healthy balanced diet, particularly one high in vitamins, minerals and nutrients, may also help to protect the body from developing conditions such as herniated discs. Making it worse, was that until I could no longer, I hid the extent of my pain from everybody. I seriously would do my 3 c-sections over again compared to this horrendous nerve pain. I’ll hop on and update in a few days, then again when my crystals come. So today I’m up to 8 grams but I plan to take more before I head to bed. I would also suggest that you look into herbs and spices such as ginger, cayenne and slippery elm to help cut down on inflammation. She hasn’t been consistent because she works crazy hours and is often too busy to think about taking her vitamins. The ibuprofen wore off between 2-3. Goodnight…and good luck. Going to try it and see. Updating my original post. Roberto. I have yet to receive the desired pain relief, but I am hoping that I just haven’t taken the correct dosage yet. In my other life, I own a body care company which I recently relocated to a much better zip code. And it definitely sounds like one. Herniated discs occur when there is a problem with the spinal discs. You’ll find in the article where I outlined my dosage. No stocks to be bought and sold. No herniation however, but quite severe bulging and slight ligamentum flavum thickening. Do you know what the daily dose of vitamin C cures or prevents? Tonight was the first night in two weeks that I can bend my knee without feeling much pain (maybe a 1 or 2 out of 10) for about 3 weeks. True soldier! How about calcium ascorbate? I tried chiropractic care. Vitamin C may be one of the most important nutritional supplements in repairing your ruptured herniated disc. I upped the vitamin C and it went away immediately. Not great, but much better then before. I’d love an update on how you’re doing, and if the vitamin C helped. Saying that my mobility is pretty good, and he thinks it might not even be my discs. Scurvy! I have been doing alot of research and it seems that toe pain is related to sciatica pain. I do have one question for you, if you experience diarrhea say half way through the day, would you then stop taking Vitamins C from the rest of the day and resume the following day? This was extremely painful .I just going to keep sipping my vitamin c water it works good . Collagen helps the body build tissues and bind them together. Big bulge and leaking material. When I first began, I started with low doses and then worked my way up. Much of the pain comes from inflammation and pressure of the discs on nerves and arteries. Any future comments will display automatically. sleeping flat on the back or stomach is painful rarely and tingling is not that frequent while sleeping. Thank you for your testimony! I know the doctor I was seeing will not refer me for another MRI, because she’s upset I didn’t have the surgery, which I clearly can see, I did not need, but I am going to look into other doctors to see if I can find one. What a nightmare, but fast forward today, I would gladly take those days back. My doses were: 500mg every hour, anywhere from 8-10 doses. (I never had any loose bowels). I would love to hear if this is working for her or not. One last update from me! Four days in and I’m virtually pain free. it would really be a miracle that the cure is in our daily life and cheap. Vitamin C causes ruptures of the aorta in I couldn’t wait so I just took 1/2 teaspoon (2,250 mg). I haven’t had a recurrence since I did the megadosing. Luckily, I was able to circumvent this. Don’t have any weakness or loss of sensation in the legs. Thanks again for sharing! Below is a list of common natural remedies used to treat or reduce the symptoms of Herniated+Disc. From being so tense all the time, I have this HUGEE knot on my left shoulder blade that acts up only when I sit, or stand up straight. Vitamin C One nutrient important for healing spinal discs is vitamin C. The tissues that make up your spinal discs -- cartilage and other connective tissues -- all contain the protein collagen. Just curious as to you how it turned out for over the past few years. Those with iron overload disorders, such as haemochromatosis, should not attempt Vitamin C megadosing, as it could be life-threatening. When megadosing, you’re not looking to do it for the foreseeable future, but long enough to resolve symptoms. My hips and nerves running down my thighs were on fire and I was unable to get comfortable enough to fall asleep. I took a muscle relaxer, a shower, and went to bed. If I don’t see results with it, I’m goi going to switch to the brand you shown above. He has me on magnesium, turmeric, and some other stuff that tastes like crap LOL. They can regenerate slowly, but vitamin C is key to it! Not bad at all! So should I give her the powder form. When this happens, you never know what the outcome might be. Hello, this is a very good website, and I have known for a few years that Vitamin C does what you say. The newest medical push is to prescribe vitamin D to as many people as will fill the prescriptions. I have birthed six children, and never did I consider labor to be as horrid as the pain I experienced due to the compressed nerves. You have connected some dots; however, my question is are the foods you consuming blocking the production of cortisol and are they full of health disruptors ( antigens). Phenomenal! Great article Nandi. I started mega dosing twice a day on vitamin c on December 20th. Are you fully recovered and back to your normal self pre-injury? This is the point at which you experience diarrhea when megadosing on vitamin C. My limit at that time was about 30,000 mg. i will keep doing the vitamin C no matter what but in the meantime i wanted to know what do you think. Had a doctor’s appointment today. I was pleasantly surprised to learn about an abundance of uses that aren’t shared much, if at all, by the mainstream medical establishment. Get absorbic acid. Stay away from doctors. Painkillers anyway. The narcotics did no good, and I’m glad I wasn’t one to build a dependency on them. Its effectiveness has been proven in tumor reduction, cancer elimination, diabetes reversal, colds and flu, and more! Nothing crazy, but you sort of get used to it to where it’s normal). Once the results came back, he said I was a 2 outta 10, and that he wouldn’t even touch me with a needle, even if I begged him, let alone operate on me. She had the surgery she’s trying to push on me, and she spends a lot of time out of work due to it, and also suffers from having one leg shorter than the other. The average person, who is likely highly deficient in vitamin C, requires more than that, just as I required thousands more to get to the point where the pain in my leg was barely perceptible. This is beautiful news! I have a very good book that has stood the test of time (unless someone can confirm otherwise) called “The Vitamin Bible” by Earl Mindell. I had gall bladder surgery in 2010 with a umbilical hernia repair. My situation is a bit different because I am dealing with discogenic pain (pain from a degenerative disc and inflammation coming from the disc), so I am wondering if this method will work for me since blood flow to the inside of a disc is extremely limited? Yes, I have issues with the hip/groin which I’ve been working on daily with my recumbent bike and now I’ve ordered an at-home back traction machine to help with the spinal issues, but at least I can go back to treating those issues naturally again without dealing with the excruciating nerve pain, I was just swallowed up and shutting down and felt defeated quite honestly. hi and thank you for your article, i am starting a cure of vitamin C as i write this, i am in pain with sciatica, herniated disc since 2008, i got the same problems as yours and i also never wanted surgery at least until i try (almost everything ) to heal the pain. Upon entering his room, he was amazed at how good I looked, and after a few strength tests, he said I wasn’t bad at all, but still wanted an MRI. I’d love to get an update on your situation, including the measures you took. I have been taking the vitamin c crystals i mix in 1/2 tea spoon and drink it threw the day I find it has made a big difference for me no more back spasms . I’m now what I’d consider 99% recovered. Also, you may want to look into physiotherapists (not to be mistaken as physical therapists). After reading your blog, I recently took 25-30 grams per day of C for 6 to 7 days. In Canada, surgeons are reluctant to preform surgery on ones back, especially if your younger, which I guess I should be grateful full for since hearing some horror stories. I’m glad I stood my ground, because it was after this visit that I remembered the vitamin-C incident. As of today, I feel so much better……..I can stand longer and straighter (I walked bent over) and this is only after a month of vitamin c mega dosing. You sharing this, gives others alternatives. How’s your health in regards to disc herniations? For example, Vitamin C is full of antioxidants which help to support the body’s immune system. I want to do what I can to help her. I hope you’ve started to see some improvement with the addition of vitamin C. When diarrhea started, I lowered the dose until I got to a level where my stools returned to normal. But I bought a bottle of crystals (acetic) to use instead. Thank-you. I’ll even post snippets of my MRI, so they can see how far I came. Sounds like a lot of people are swearing by this.. 3) I ate normally, but of course, my water intake was increased with the added vitamin C. 4) Once I reach bowel tolerance at a certain dosage, I lowered the dose. Now, I have some wierd sciatic problems that I haven’t investigated yet, and will, just to be on the safe side since it has reached the six month mark. I know the bent-over walk. I’ve not come across many who achieved better health through back surgery. Others in the house have found it to work excellently for them as well. I noted NO pain relief. 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