http://community.active.com/index.jspa?view=discussions Most recent forum messages en Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:48:00 GMT Jive SBS 4.5.5.2 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2004-11-10T09:48:00Z en http://community.active.com/message/14807?tstart=0#14807 <!-- [DocumentBodyStart:6002121d-13f1-489e-ba94-ec0ea93fc4bf] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>I know you said non-surgical, but don't rule it completely out. I am a Special Forces soldier and also had problems with the L5/S-1 I tried all minus surgery for close to 2 yrs and finally decided to go forth with surgery. I was 98% recovered the first time and then it happened again 6 months later since I pushed myself to hard. I then had surgery again and now for the last 4 yrs since surgery I have been fully operationalin my job and&#160; as far as running is concerned I have been at 98%. Occasionally on long runs 10+ miles I will be sore but recover nicely. I am 41 ys old and run easy 6.30 paced miles. Do try everything prior to surgery but again don't rule it out if the pain is continuing you might want to have surgery remember it will just be more difficult to recover from if you have the surgery later as you will be older and complication risks will be greater.</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:6002121d-13f1-489e-ba94-ec0ea93fc4bf] --> Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:48:00 GMT guest http://community.active.com/message/14807?tstart=0#14807 2004-11-10T09:48:00Z 8 years, 6 months ago 0