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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