Originally Posted by coolegg2

I would do absolutely nothing until you see your doctor - no acupuncture, no chiro, no nothing. If your problem is a disc, then you don't want anyone near it until your doctor diagnoses what is going on - then he will recommend physio, drugs, operation or whatever.

If your problem is a bulging disc or an otherwise damaged disc, then you want to be absolutely sure you don't burst it. If you do you are fucked for life - back pain forever, and probably an operation to remove it and fuse your vertebrae, just to make the pain tolerable.

Don't do anything until you see a doc. There's a time and place for acupuncture, traditional chiro, active release chiro and physio, but only AFTER your doc has diagnosed exactly what is going on.