Anyone ever have sciatic nerve pain? After visits to doctor, ortho, MRi, and finally physical therapist.... it's been determined my sciatic nerve is seriously out of whack. Been going to PT, using the elctrode thingies and taking anti inflamatory medicine. I have a couple stretching and strength excersises they gave me to do at home for now. Seems to help a little, but not ready to run a marathon yet (or hit golf balls). The pain is actually down my upper right leg. Need to get this thing going the good way pretty quick with the long hunting season right around the corner. Just wondering if anyone has dealt with it and what they did for it.
I have nothing to add other than a family member had it and I know he was in a lot of pain all the time. Good luck and hope you get it fixed. Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk
I get it on occasion.. it's awful. Unfortunately I have no better advice for you than what you're doing now. Aleve is good, I take heavy stuff when it's really bad. I find I get flare ups if I'm sitting more than usual. So I try to sit as little as possible to mitigate future flare ups. Once you have it, it usually comes back. Best of luck to you.
One thing that would be worth a try is dry needling. I've had that done before with good results. Years ago I pulled my upper ham. Ocasionally it would flair up and bother me, especially during hunting season with all the sitting. I had a friend thats a PT that mentioned it could be the sciatic nerve. She had been recently certified in dry needling, so I figured I'd give it a shot. It's helped for awhile, but in the end stretchig and yoga in P90X did it for me.
That hit my husband 2 1/2 years ago. The pain was so bad he could hardly walk. The cause, according to Xrays was arthritic degeneration of the spine. Oddly enough, although the pain in the legs is almost unbearable, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the legs. It's just some sort of pressure on the nerve. There were a few days when the pain was so bad, I had to carry his briefcase when he went to court. Apparently about 90% of the time, it goes away on its own. He's perfectly okay now it seems, although he walked with a cane for while because he was a little unsteady at times. Try different painkillers to see which one works the best. He finally settled on ibuprofen, carrying a supply with him. Different positions can be more or less painful. He never felt pain while lying down although some do. The exercises didn't really seem to help. But on the plus side, he's having no problems now. May The Sheep Be With You
I have been dealing with it since 1989. Doctor wanted to do surgery a couple of times but I won't let him... The only thing I have found that really helps is stretching exercises and ice. I use a small wet (damp) frozen towel folded flat in a gallon ziploc. Then I lay on the floor with my feet in a chair with my knees bent at 90 degrees, this flattens the lumbar region while the ice helps with the inflammation. I go weeks sometimes without thinking about it even though it never stops burning. One thing is for sure... at least for me... Don't let it keep you from moving... just be smart and avoid twisting/lifting that aggravates it. When I first injured mine... I allowed it to stop me from enjoying things way too much. My doctor back then finally said "if you are going to hurt anyway... why not hurt while doing what you enjoy?" A stretch that I use is to lock my hands behind my back with my arms straight, then as I bend at the waist slowly, I raise my arms toward my shoulders, this stretches everything from my shoulders to my ankles.
Mine was due to pinching of the sciatic nerve in my lower back. They compared it to carpel tunnel in your wrist......the sciatic nerve runs through a "tunnel " and it was being pinched by a vertebrae. The gave me the stretching excercizes. One that worked was either sitting or laying. bend my leg at knee. Grab my ankle and pull it towards me as i pushed my knee away with other hand. Also sent me to a chiropratcer that did seem to help . Eventully it got worse . I saw a neurologist who ran some tests. he found the spot the nerve was pinched. Then I took a series of shots in my back They insert a needle into you back at the vertabrae and inject a anti inflamatory steroid. I was told they only give you a series of 3 shots. I think its 6 weeks between shots also (??) I had 2. First one didnt seem to work all that well. Second one took some time but it did help with the problem. Now I go months without any severe pain. At times i will do something to flare it up. But it is nothing compared to how it was before. They were real reluctant to give me the 3rd shot......guess because its some sort of steroid ?? He said i would have to be in severe pain and notgetting around before i got the 3rd. The shots are more uncomfortable than painful. Neurologist did say surgery was not an option for me at that time. I was fairly young and there was only a 60 % chance of fixing it and a 40% chance of making it worse. So I opted for the shots. I have talke with others that the shots did not help......... and others that the shots took all their pain away . I know that if /when it gets bad again i will not mess around with a reg doctor. It will sraight to the neurologist for me. Reg doctors seem to want to call it a strain or pulled muscle.......give me a lolli pop and send me on my way.
All I have heard is that it sucks big time so I hope you get it taken care of and do not have to worry about it anytime soon...
I get a flare up about once every couple years to the point that when I step down, my leg will want to give out. It takes a few visits to the chiropractor for adjustments and also some time on the traction table, and I am back to walking normal.
I did chiro as well... It helped some but I have found some may keep you coming back, even when the improvement is minimal at best. He did fix my wrist pain which turned out to be a pinched nerve in my elbow... instant relief. Never hurts to give it a try. As for my "Psychotic nerve" The neurologist said I have permanent neuropathy from the original pinch.
The cghiropracter i went to did help. But it seemed everyone got the same traetment. plus he set up a series of visits . .....a plan to fix the problem. Funny thing was it amounted to what my ins allowed for chiro.
My chiropractor took x-rays and gave me an individual treatment plan. (including some really dorky looking exercises I have to do in the office and at home) Maximized Living is what they call the chain. Seemed really hokey to a skeptic like me... but they did wonders for my migraines and shoulder. A shoulder that I was told by the orthopedic doc that only surgery could repair.
I had that type of pain and numbness often in my right hip, all the way down my right leg to my foot several years ago. This might sound silly, but on someone else's advice started taking my wallet out of my back pocket every time while time sitting at my desk or driving. Eventually that discomfort I was having went away completely.
There is a cure that involves an 80 pound oriental gal walking up and down you back. Then she rolls you over and well, you'll forget about your back pain.
I've had to deal with it twice. One time required surgery and the other time did not. The surgery fixed the problem but left a weak spot in the back. I bend at a certain angle and it lets me know. It doesn't happen very often. That and the recovery from surgery was quite painful. The other incident that did not require surgery happened to me last Halloween and lasted until mid January. Yeah, it happened at the start of my month off for deer hunting. Knocked quite a few morning hunts out of the picture because it took time for my body to loosen up ( and the Vicodine to kick in). Of the 2 incidents, the non-surgery is the way to go. However, it never heals as fast as we want it to. Good luck.
Yeah... that didn't work for me This thing is really getting annoying. I can't even drive for more than 10 minutes or so.... hurts like crazy.
My husband could drive but getting in and out of the car was very painful. Exercises didn't seem to help. He used painkillers that helped and avoided positions that caused pain. Try to keep in mind that 90% of the time it goes away (slowly) on its own. He has arthritic degeneration of the spine. Do you know what's causing yours?
