I think it’s a blown out disc. The chiropractor got one back in and that was like a miracle but there’s another one still out and it’s freaking awful. I screamed like I was giving birth in his office. I know the pain is there right now but I don’t feel it. the ETOH has suppressed it. Don’t tell the FDA or they’ll make alcohol prescription only.
I overheard the big boys at the pool hall say a person can make their own. Just sayin'.
I have had problems over the years with a herniated lumbar disc causing back spasms. Alcohol was more effective than OTC pain medications, by far, and seemed to work better as a muscle relaxer than what the doctor provided (methcarbamol, IIRC). You want to be very careful about mixing alcohol with medications, though, even OTC stuff.
I am familiar with what you mean by the chiropractor "getting one back in." I would go to the chiropractor's office barely able to breathe because of the pain in my thoracic spine, and snap-crackle-pop, I walked out of his office with local soreness but with almost-pain-free motion and the ability to take pain-free breaths. Months or years later I would recreate the back problem by lifting something heavy with both arms while twisting my back.
Then for some years I settled into a routine where the pain was always there, but it never got quite bad enough for me to go back to a chiropractor.
Finally, one morning I woke up and for some reason took a very full breath, and held my breath while I did a quick, full situp. This stretched my spine over my full lungs. Besides the familiar snap-crackle-pop, I felt something rip in my back at the exact site of the pain. That hurt temporarily, but it also did something miraculous -- it eliminated the pain for good.
Sometimes solutions happen. I hope a solution happens for you.
Ruptured discs are *excruciating*.