What is it like?

[Butterfly Child]

This probably sounds silly coming from me after i gave birth to a 10lb baby naturally but do spinal blocks hurt?..

I Have a back injury l4 l5 and s1 slipped discs which is compressing on a my sciatic nerve causing weakness in my right lef it happened from wen i birthed DD the neurosurgen thinks that surgery will be the next step if this doesnt work unfortuntly so im crossing my fingers

But has anyone who has had a spinal block for spinal cord injurys or even without could they tell me how they found it?

[Arimeh]

I had a spinal block when I had a csection with Miss M - and I have the same damage to my back as you (well same place, not exactly the same problem anyway)

Yup it hurt - but only for a second I'm not sure exactly what a spinal block would do for a sore back though, I'm a bit lost there..... but I'm not a doctor.

[Butterfly Child]

Thanks Arimeh Its a pain having back issues.
apparently it numbs the pain im getting, someone told me it worked for them and stopped the back issues for them for up to a year.. but then ive heard stories that it hasnt helped at all. im hoping it works

[AnyDream]

I had a spinal for my caesar and was scared about how painful it might be, but it wasn't really. The local anaesthetic was about as painful as a local you'd have anywhere (actually I've had one in my toe which felt much worse) and after that there wasn't really any sensation much. Didnt' have any issues with my back or anything afterwards so all good there too.

[~*lilla*~]

It hurt a bit. The local was a bit painful, but I found with both my spinals that I still had some sensation when they actually put the big needle in. It did hurt and I felt a lot of pressure. I'm not sure if they didn't wait long enough between the local and spinal (it was a matter of 5 secs) or whether it was just me.

I know it's probably not what you wanted to hear, but I wanted to be honest so you know what to expect.

[*Infinity*]

I had a spinal for my c-section with DS. I didn't feel a thing which surprised me. But that may have more to do with the fact that I went to my 'happy place' when we were getting rushed in for the emerg c/s and everything is a bit of a blur

I'm sorry to hear youre in pain. I don't know your situation or what treatment you've had already up to this point, but a block to take away the pain only really does just that.....it doesn't really address the cause of the problem. Have your doctors suggested any exercise or rehab options to resolve the disc problems? I'm training in pilates and we help a lot of people with some pretty serious disc injuries.

If you haven't already seen a physio, maybe see what other options you have before going a spinal. The problem when you mask the pain is that you might continue to exaserbate the injury without even knowing it IYKWIM?

Good luck, back pain can be terrible and so debiliating.