MRI results So. I finally got a medical diagnosis on my back. Turns out (in addition to the degenerative stuff, and the weird spinal curves, which can all supposedly be made mostly better with therapy and stuff), I have two protruding discs. Protruding discs, I'm told, are one step away from herniated dics (which require surgury or they turn into ruptured discs). And, better yet, there's not really anything they can do about it. It's kind of like TMJ... there are things you can do to make it hurt less, but none of it really fixes the underlying problem.
So karate is out for still several weeks now. And when I do go back, I won't be allowed to spar or take break-falls or do anything that involves contact, really, for at least 6 or so months, if ever. Basically, I was told if I do *anything* else to screw up my back, I'll have to be referred to an orthopedic surgeon. I am never allowed to run again, my chriropractor tells me, unless something big and mean is chasing me.
Anyone know of any yoga or pilates classes in Pearland that aren't amazingly expensive? Since I'm killing at least $30 a week at the chiropractor, I don't have that much to spend on classes somewhere... but I feel like I need to do something. And Yoga and Pilates are like, the only two semi-exercise or stress-relieving things on the "allowed" list right now.
This is my brain..... in part, at least.
