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Its been 39 days since I injured my back at work. I was carrying a box of drinks and slipped on a concrete floor and landed straight on my buttocks because my hands were full I had no way to break my fall and as a result 3 of my discs are mildy bulging. I've had physiotherapy for weeks now with little improvement. The pyhsio was worried with my progress as I am only 18 yrs old and my recovery should be a lot faster. I've had ongoing pain and there's not a day that goes by when I'm not in pain, I take anti inflammatorys and painkillers and attend pyhsio twice a week but I find none of this is helping. I've had the electron machine on my back and accupuncture as part of pyhsio treatment but I find it just makes things worse. I recently got a referral to see a specialist through my doctor as both my doctor an my pyhsio think I should see one. She said theyd probably do an mri and maybe get a needle in the back for the pain. I've already had ct scan and xrays. My pyhsio mentioned something about my tail bone, he wanted to see if it was bent he looked at the xrays but they didn't include my tailbone. I had a look at them as well last night and couldn't see my tail bone. So is there a possiblity that there's something wrong with my tailbone and as a result my recovery time has been affected? I'm hoping that I don't have ongoing problems as I am only young

You need an MRI if you haven't already got one, make sure you go to a place completely independent of your work if your on work cover or their doctor will diagnose you with psychological pain or something similar.

For buldging disks the recovery time is much, much longer than they claim for many people. I'm sorry but it's the truth. The key is to have sufficient core strength, spinal errector strength as well as lower back, hamstring and glute flexability to take the maximum pressure of your back.

Combine this with a lot of rest: Put your legs in the position shown in this picture. You can just use ordinary cushions or sheets ect. instead of the product.

http://www.badbacks.com.au/shop/product/790/192/spine-reliever-regular-leg-wedge

All of this together will hopefully heal your back slowly, I'm talking over many months here. If not surgery may be an option, but try to avoid it if possible. Find a good specialist to discuss surgery with and an even better one to perform surgery.