Portable Back Stretcher

I would also like to know if anyone has tried one or the other INVERSION TABLE BACK stretcher or laptop?

Aviator, there is not enough information here. Judy gave you a lot of information before jumping on the operating table, please remember that once the procedure is done there is nothing that can be done to reverse or undo. Surgeons whether they are honest will tell you that success is only 50%. The inversion table is an avenue that you can try, but proceed slowly with her. If you are not accustomed to its use they can cause many problems in the back and others are not. The biggest problem with tables is back up to be reversed. While in the opposite position, the pressure is off the disk and when you come back up, he is suddenly back in place. I would say the following things to do. The first is to find a physiotherapist who backs. Not every therapist back. Sit down with this person and go on their philosophy. You want someone who does hands on work and not the manner and some exercises from a sheet. You want to work hands on you! Here are some movements that could help you. Remember the following with respect to a program of back exercises. If the pain goes down the leg, but leaving the back, it is not good. But if the pain is to leave the leg and leg to come or go in the lower back or buttocks area, it is good. Stop all movement that creates the pain that goes down in the back. Stay out of areas that creates the pain. Try these movements. Sit in a kitchen chair and lift the left arm as high as possible and it remains. Now do the right arm. One arm will rise again so start with that. Lift the arm as high as he can go 30 seconds, then let stand 15. Repeat twice more, then do the other arm the same way 3 times. Now turn your head to the left as far as it can go and then to the right. A direction to go further then start there. Turn heads in this direction as far as you can for 30 seconds, then let stand 15. Repeat twice more and then go in the opposite direction the same way 3 times. Get up and walk around. There should be less pain and more movement available. Back to the chair and soles of feet and hips and body rotate clockwise as far as it can go without pain, then right as far as it can go without pain. A direction to go further then start there. Turn in this direction insofar as you can without pain for 30 seconds, then let stand 15. Repeat twice more and do the opposite in the same way 3 times. Now do this movement. Bring the left knee as close to the right shoulder as possible and right knee as close to the left shoulder as possible. Remember to stay away from any painful area! A combination will go further then begin there. Bring the knee as close to the opposite shoulder painless as possible for 30 seconds, then let stand 15. Repeat twice more and then do the opposite combination exactly the same way 3 times. At the end get up and walk around. There should be less pain and mobility. Hope this helps!

My husband was in chronic pain for 14 years with an injury like yours L5/S1. He found huge temporary relief to the inversion table as it extended the public areas of the other. I think if I were in your situation I look in "minimally invasive spine surgery" that reduces recovery time and the trauma of surgery. I've included some links below that I hope will be helpful. That unfortunate injury to have and I admire you for hanging there despite the pain. My husband and I were the range of injections of the spinal cord, he had an artificial disc implanted we are now.