Take your X ray to the chiropractor (so they don’t need to do another one). You’ll be better in 2-3 sessions.
My chiro says cold, but I always found much more relief from heat with the cold tightening up everything and locking it up. So my chiro says to do the 20 min alternating (but I still mostly due heat).
My chiro gives specific stretches depending on the cause.
Biofreeze will feel good and numb the pain as well.
My chiropractor fixed my sacroiliac joint in 2 visits. Very similar pain to sciatica.
It looks like the next step is steroid injections on Wednesday.
@snags Hang in there buddy - it gets better.
L5 bulging disc (2012) that led to inflamed sciatica down the right leg and into the foot. MRI – choice between surgery or physical therapy. Chose PT as I was told that surgery could fix the disc but may also lead to other injuries. Maybe the surgery techniques have been improved in last 14 years?
PT was just stretching - nothing complicated
I’m sure Gabapentin has been prescribed. Nerve blockers did nothing for me, but may work for other people.
The sciatica pain eventually died down after a few months (3-4 months?). I figured the disc had worn down the nerve and the inflammation along with the pain, stopped.
The best thing I learned after trying almost everything (even cortisone shots and hanging upside down by my ankles on a stupid machine), was the bend/raise knees to chest technique to relieve the pressure on the lower vertebrae and discs. That’s it….
Sleep with your knees bent (pillow underneath). If you sleep sideways then find a way to keep that position while on your side.
I would wake up with less pain, and that would carry on throughout the day (less pain). I’ve been sleeping this way for 14 years now and will have to the rest of my life. If I lay flat on a surface with legs straight out, it fires off immediate pressure on the L5 disc. Not painful, but uncomfortable pressure. You may be much worse and require surgery @snags, that’s for you and some doctors to decide.
TL;DR
Pain relief (sciatica) will go away with time (Endure like the great Shackleton)
Bend/raise your knees to relieve lower back pressure - Good luck my friend!
Take magnesium religiously it will help
I’d like to know that too. I have both sciatic nerve damage and arthritis in both knees
I use glycinate
I did my second hourlong treatment of O2 in the hyperbaric pod… I like it so for
And today it seems to help minimize the discomfort in my repaired hernia surgeries
This may help as well: Foundation Training
I don’t do it enough imho
It really hurts when it goes from your hip flexor into your groin. Feels like your nuts are in a vice.
That’s just when it’s starting to get good.
Just an update:
It’s been about 8 weeks now, still not working but feeling a lot better. I got a shot in my spine last Wednesday which absolutely sucked, very painful. It seemed to help for a day or two but on Monday I called my doctor and told him to refer me to a surgeon.
The pain has traveled down into my foot and my big toe but still also in my hip, hammy, and shin. I can walk a lot further now without too much pain but I have one hell of a time falling asleep at night, the other night I was up all night, like literally didn’t sleep a wink until 9:30am. The last 2 nights I’ve been some Nyquil and that seems to help me fall asleep.
Waiting on the surgeon to review my mri and then it’s almost certain I’ll need surgery to space the vertebrae back out, remove the bulging disc and replace with a synthetic one so the nerves aren’t being pushed on, and fuse the vertebrae together.
For you guys that have had their spine fused, how long of a recovery did it take for you and how bad did it suck?
That sucks. Nothing like chronic pain. Wishing you the best brother.
I wish you all the best. I have scoliosis so I have been in pain for years. It took over a year and 2 months before my doctors would even prescribe anything. Been avoiding the surgery. I wouldn’t wish back pain on my worst enemy.
I ordered this, tried it a little last night. It seemed like it might help a little but I’m not a back sleeper so im struggling to sleep that way.
The two good days after the shot were because they mix lydicane with the steriods which numbs the nerve till the steriods kick in had 2 shots that worked on 2 flair ups the last flair up had 2 shots first made it worse 2nd helped with the pain but had no strength in my left leg so I ended up getting surgery they trimmed my l5 disc that was bulging plus took some bone out to clear room no fusion the surgery was not bad it was outpatient hurt for like 4 days after the first week was OK after then the siatic pain came back then its been a kind of up or down kind of thing I had the surgery a week before Thanksgiving and this is the first week I have actually felt pretty good they said 6 to 12 week recovery I’m at like 14 weeks been doing pt just haven’t been able to walk or stand for long periods was told might be 6 months before I’m back to normal
That makes sense about the Lidocaine. I was doing ok before the shot and then I felt good for a couple of days and then I felt like I regressed after the Lidocaine wore off. I’m doing about as good as I was before the shot some 9 days ago. Just waiting to hear from the surgeon on what he wants to do.
What are your next steps? Have they talked about fusing some vertebrae yet?
Love and prayers brothers
You sound like my ex-wife. lol
