FabSwingers.com forum: Sciatica

By *nkySwitch OP TV/TS
over a year ago

Stirling

I've had it for coming on 8 weeks now, it was bearable to begin with with the constant lower back pain, but when the cramps/shooting pain from my left buttock down my thigh and calf started it's been total agony, so much so it's had me in tears, more so at work and in bed.

Eventually last week i went to my local Thai Chi wellness centre for acupunture and although expensive, after 4 sessions plus massages and herbal drink it really has eased up massively. I've 4 more sessions to go and hopefully it'll be gone for good.

Wondering if anyone else suffers or has suffered from it and if so, what's been the best cure that works or has worked for you?

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By *hooselifeMan
over a year ago

Coventry

I would suggest going to see a physiotherapist for a full assessment. They are the ones qualified to diagnose the cause and help you get better. There's a huge range of reasons why you might have sciatica from posture, to daily habits or injury etc. So any advice given over the internet might not be suitable for you.

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By *avidnsa69Man
over a year ago

Essex

I have had sciatica issues on and off for years. My osteopath sorts it out in double quick time. Have previously tried physio and chiropractic but osteopathy has done the trick every time.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

I've had it on & off for years, in fact am suffering from it at the moment. I also suffer from psoriatic arthritis, when they come as a double whammy I'm not the best person to know as I'm usually zombiefied on Tramadol

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By *nkySwitch OP TV/TS
over a year ago

Stirling

"I would suggest going to see a physiotherapist for a full assessment. They are the ones qualified to diagnose the cause and help you get better. There's a huge range of reasons why you might have sciatica from posture, to daily habits or injury etc. So any advice given over the internet might not be suitable for you. "

It has been caused by my job, which includes a LOT of driving over the past 14yrs, posture probably and also road vibrations etc, i had been to my GP who said as such. The acupuncture and massages really seems to be helping, no doubt it'll come back at some point though.

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By *nkySwitch OP TV/TS
over a year ago

Stirling

"I've had it on & off for years, in fact am suffering from it at the moment. I also suffer from psoriatic arthritis, when they come as a double whammy I'm not the best person to know as I'm usually zombiefied on Tramadol

I can imagine you're in bits with them both, i really don't envy you at all, sciatica is bad enough in itself! I tried Tramadol also, hardly touched the pain, can't take that with driving so i'm left with Paracetamol...and a lot of cursing.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

when my back problems first started i saw a chiropractitioner - crawled in and walked out - i recommend acupuncture as a short term relief but i ended up having steroid injections in my spine after mri scans etc so see your gp as well even if it feels better as it takes weeks to get into the system and back pain is notorious for returning x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

anti inflammatories are needed - if you can take ibuprofen alongside paracetamol is better

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have it right now. Sleep would be nice...

Seeing a physio soon, thankfully.

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By *nkySwitch OP TV/TS
over a year ago

Stirling

anti inflammatories are needed - if you can take ibuprofen alongside paracetamol is better"

I will do, thank you

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By *nkySwitch OP TV/TS
over a year ago

Stirling

"I have it right now. Sleep would be nice...

Seeing a physio soon, thankfully. "

I'm always the same...is a sleep killer for sure!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have had it in my lower back and more recently, in my shoulder (far more painful imo), for which I took painkillers but the best thing to do is to try and keep your joints moving...

physio helps too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A mate of mine has it in his leg now and takes Amitriptyline 10mg before bed.

Says its really helped so might be something you could talk to your GP about.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I've had it for coming on 8 weeks now, it was bearable to begin with with the constant lower back pain, but when the cramps/shooting pain from my left buttock down my thigh and calf started it's been total agony, so much so it's had me in tears, more so at work and in bed.

Wondering if anyone else suffers or has suffered from it and if so, what's been the best cure that works or has worked for you?"
... as some one that had this t my be the nerve is being touched ussually in the lower back this cause the problem usually, the nerve runs from brain to the end of foot and ussually its the left side, if you have had a stinging burn pain on the top of leg it normally requires surgery in most cases, pain killers that specifically treat nerve endings work but not all time

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

op i suffered for about 4 years then opted for surgery i had amatryplin, and a host of heavy pain killers and surgery has worked the best

a cat scan of the back ussually pin points exactly the problem as xray will not show it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I had it for 2 years due to a slipped disc and it was horrendous... tried everything from physio, chiro to injections but nothing worked so ended up resorting to microdiscetomy surgery which did massively help the crippling pain by reliving the pressure on the nerve, sadly the damage to the nerve hasnt reversed and i still have numb leg and foot!

Still get niggly pain now and then but swimming is excellent as is pilates to build core strength.

Ice packs to reduce inflammations are also good idea.

Hope it eases soon x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

ive had it a long time..apparently a spinal fusion will cure it...but so far its been made very manageable by anti-inflammatories (naproxen).. paracetamol, and at night amitryptiline..seems to sort it so far...the amitryptiline has been great as its directly lessens nerve pain, and makes you sleepy..because the lack of sleep became worse than the actual pain...good luck....seems to be complete trial and error..though 4 different physios have told me that physio will rarely for sciatica.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

^Spot on. You may find you get some short term relief from a chiroquacter but a physio will adress the underlying problem

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

^Spot on. You may find you get some short term relief from a chiroquacter but a physio will adress the underlying problem"

"address".

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I had acupuncture. Six sessions. All sorted. Never had a twinge in 10 years

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I damaged my sciatic nerve back in 2006 by doing a Tae Bo exercise dvd at home. It was agony!!

Luckily i had Bupa health insurance with work so managed to see a specialist who confirmed what problem was and i then managed tonget the insurance to pay for Chiropractor sessions which helped immensely.

I still suffer now if i do something that pulls it unexpectedly, but only one occassion since then did it require more Chiropractor sessions.

You have my sympathy OP, it's very painful

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have suffered very severely on and off for about 8 years, have always been given high strength cocodamol and muscle relaxants to help with sleep. Unfortunately nothing really touches it at its worst and have ended up eventually sleeping in some very weird positions. The only thing to make it get better, as difficult as it can be, is getting up and walking as soon as possible...I usually have the first bad day barely moving, as tbh it scares me, but then force myself to get up and move about as much as I can. It gets better much quicker that way.

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By *nkySwitch OP TV/TS
over a year ago

Stirling

Thanks for your input everyone, it really is appreciated!!

The pain is more behind my left knee and my calf now, limping everywhere but trying to stretch it as much as possible, not easy with the amount of driving at work, but i've four more sessions of acupuncture to go (the doctor doing it has a 100% success rate)

Also now combining ibuprofen and paracetamol and have been told about Potters Sciargo tablets, which i've ordered...hopefully it will either really ease up or go completely. Fingers crossed!!

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By *eiaorganaWoman
over a year ago

Dundee

I've had it for 3 years, I occasionally take amatryptaline for the pain and do yoga, or if it's really bad then it's physio

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pilates and certain stretches that a decent chiropractor instructed me to use (supposedly every day, but I only remember when it starts to flare up again) to ease the pain from my sciatic nerve.

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By *iss.HoneyWoman
over a year ago

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"Pilates and certain stretches that a decent chiropractor instructed me to use (supposedly every day, but I only remember when it starts to flare up again) to ease the pain from my sciatic nerve."

Elbows in arse cheeks?

Stupid stretches on a hotel room floor?

Seriously though I have to get my little person to walk on my back now and again when mine flares up.

It was only after an epidural I started getting sciatica

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By *nkySwitch OP TV/TS
over a year ago

Stirling

"Pilates and certain stretches that a decent chiropractor instructed me to use (supposedly every day, but I only remember when it starts to flare up again) to ease the pain from my sciatic nerve.

Elbows in arse cheeks?

Stupid stretches on a hotel room floor?

Seriously though I have to get my little person to walk on my back now and again when mine flares up.

It was only after an epidural I started getting sciatica

Elbow in arse cheek is what i get during the massage which really helps. My little person is 14 so i'll give that one a miss mind you haha.

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By *iss.HoneyWoman
over a year ago

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"Pilates and certain stretches that a decent chiropractor instructed me to use (supposedly every day, but I only remember when it starts to flare up again) to ease the pain from my sciatic nerve.

Elbows in arse cheeks?

Stupid stretches on a hotel room floor?

Seriously though I have to get my little person to walk on my back now and again when mine flares up.

It was only after an epidural I started getting sciatica

Elbow in arse cheek is what i get during the massage which really helps. My little person is 14 so i'll give that one a miss mind you haha."

I almost punched my friend when she did it to me...the elbow not the back walk

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By *rontier PsychiatristMan
over a year ago

Coventry

I had it years ago. Surprising caused by a back injury caused at work, I was totally ignorant of it back then. It caused me so much pain in my leg and I found it hard to stand streight. Luckily I had loads of top quality physio courtesy of the MOD (was in the Forces at the time). I did all the exercises and followed everything I was told to do. Still took months to be able to get on normally. Then for a few years after I would still feel a twinge of it first thing in the morning. But it has been gone now without a sign for about 7 years now. So from personal experience all I can suggest is get a good physio on the case.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Yeah it's not good, even turning over in bed is an ordeal sometimes

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By *nkySwitch OP TV/TS
over a year ago

Stirling

"Pilates and certain stretches that a decent chiropractor instructed me to use (supposedly every day, but I only remember when it starts to flare up again) to ease the pain from my sciatic nerve.

Elbows in arse cheeks?

Stupid stretches on a hotel room floor?

Seriously though I have to get my little person to walk on my back now and again when mine flares up.

It was only after an epidural I started getting sciatica

Elbow in arse cheek is what i get during the massage which really helps. My little person is 14 so i'll give that one a miss mind you haha.

I almost punched my friend when she did it to me...the elbow not the back walk

Haha!! I did think the same as it's actually an old gf from high school who is doing it to me, the other one used her fist, glad she just went ahead and done it rather than saying she was just going to fist my ass cheek!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've had it since I was 13. I had a deep tissue back massage a few years ago and it rarely troubles me now.

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By *nkySwitch OP TV/TS
over a year ago

Stirling

"I've had it since I was 13. I had a deep tissue back massage a few years ago and it rarely troubles me now. "

I may well look into that also. Tonight i felt a pulsing in my left buttock, which i still am and i've been okay with the pain, first time in weeks, not sure if it's the nerve moving due to the acupuncture or just a quiet spell pain wise. Could just about walk properly without limping and my leg felt like jelly.

I can only hope this lasts and gets better.

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