Hi XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
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One thing common between you and me is, I also suffered same situation during my MD.
Bulging of disc or prolapse of intervertebral disc (PIVD) as it is said, is a condition when the disc present between two vertebra, bulges posteriorly or laterally and presses on spinal cord and nerve roots causing pain and para-spinal muscle spasm leading to straightening of normal curvature of spine ( first line of your MRI report). In your case, your left nerve roots are being pressed more than right (left lateralisation).
Now regarding the treatment options:
1) Bed rest, which you have completed. Proper sitting postures and avoidance of prolonged sitting. Avoid spinal jerks as on bike. Avoid lifting weights with forward bending from hip as it increases the pressure on spine rather than legs.
2) Analgesics like ibuprofen, naproxen etc along with muscle relaxant.
3) Back extension exercises under supervision of physiotherapist. This is what you need the most and carry on even after subsidence of pain. Hot fomentation on the site also helps relieving acute pain.
4) If these conservative measures fail, and pain persists by 4-6 weeks you may go for epidural steroid injection.
5) Last resort is surgery like microdiskectomy or laminectomy to relieve pressure on thecal sac and neural faramina.
Usually the pain goes by physiotherapy and other conservative measures only and surgery is least needed.

Hopefully you have got what you wanted.....
Best wishes

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Thanks for follow up,
Both mobizox and neorelax are muscle relaxant. and ultracet and dolonex are analgesics (pain killer). You may continue the combination of analgesic and muscle relaxant for one more week but frankly speaking, it is the back extension exercises or physiotherapy which is going to help you and it may have to be continued for longer period. Please go for hard bed rest i.e avoid soft beddings during sleeping, avoid prolonged seating and seat with your back straight because seating with frontal bowing of lower spine will exacerbate the symptoms. Avoid jerks on bikes.
If by all means pain doesn't subsides by 4-6 weeks you may opt for steroid injection....

Best wishes

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Again thanks,
There is no mentioning of waist belt in literature. The only thing is to any how you have to strengthen lower paraspinal muscles by back extension exercises and avoid forward bending of spine.
If belt suits you then can use it, better use it while going outside.
Nothing specific therapy, just honestly follow the advice and chill.....

I tried to make you understand how the disc bulge leads to symptom and what is the idea behind each treatment......Hopefully I succeeded....

Best wishes

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