Sciatica Support Group
Sciatica is a term meaning pain that originates from compression of the sciatic nerve, the longest and largest nerve in the body. If the sciatic nerve is pinched or compressed (perhaps by a bulging disc in the low back) a patient may experience leg pain--the classic symptom of sciatica.
I'M SORRY BUT I WOULD PREFER ANSWERS FROM PEOPLE WHO HAS HAD SCIATICA FOR AWHILE AND HAS MORE EXPERIENCE WITH IT..... NOTHING AGAINST ANYONE
I AM HAVING SEVERE PAIN IN MY BACK.... I WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH SCIATICA.... NOTHING IS HELPING..... I AM NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ANYTHING OVER THE COUNTER BECAUSE OF KIDNEY FAILURE..... I AM ON PAIN KILLERS, MUSCLE RELAXERS.... I TOOK THEM LIKE I AM SUPPOSED TO THEY ARE NOT HELPING ME...... I WAS AT THE ER FOR THIS EARLIER.... THEY TOLD ME TO SOAK IN A HOT TUB.... PUT ICE ON IT.... TO USE A HEATING PAD...... TO TRY TO LAY ON MY BACK, AND SIDES... TO AVIOD LAYING ON MY STOMACHE..... I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO..... I HAD SLIGHT SURGERY ON MY BACK JUST BECAUSE I HAD FALLEN DOWN MY STAIRS AND COULD NOT FEEL ANYTHING WHAT SO EVER FROM MY LOWER BACK DOWN TO MY TOES IN BOTH OF MY LEGS.... ALL THE SURGERY WAS, WAS JUST EXPLORITORY SURGERY AS OF RIGHT NOW..... BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO FOR THIS.... LIKE I SAID NOTHING IS HELPING AND I WAS ALREADY AT THE ER FOR IT..... HELP ME PLEASE.... I AM VERY SCARED AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.....
ALSO I CAN'T REPLY TO ANYTHING BUT HUGS AND MESSAGES ON HERE... MY COMPUTER IS REALLY MESSING UP AND WON'T LET ME REPLY TO ANYYTHING TO DO WITH THE ADVICE OR DISCUSSIONS...
BUT PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME ON THIS...
I AM HAVING SEVERE PAIN IN MY BACK.... I WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH SCIATICA.... NOTHING IS HELPING..... I AM NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ANYTHING OVER THE COUNTER BECAUSE OF KIDNEY FAILURE..... I AM ON PAIN KILLERS, MUSCLE RELAXERS.... I TOOK THEM LIKE I AM SUPPOSED TO THEY ARE NOT HELPING ME...... I WAS AT THE ER FOR THIS EARLIER.... THEY TOLD ME TO SOAK IN A HOT TUB.... PUT ICE ON IT.... TO USE A HEATING PAD...... TO TRY TO LAY ON MY BACK, AND SIDES... TO AVIOD LAYING ON MY STOMACHE..... I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO..... I HAD SLIGHT SURGERY ON MY BACK JUST BECAUSE I HAD FALLEN DOWN MY STAIRS AND COULD NOT FEEL ANYTHING WHAT SO EVER FROM MY LOWER BACK DOWN TO MY TOES IN BOTH OF MY LEGS.... ALL THE SURGERY WAS, WAS JUST EXPLORITORY SURGERY AS OF RIGHT NOW..... BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO FOR THIS.... LIKE I SAID NOTHING IS HELPING AND I WAS ALREADY AT THE ER FOR IT..... HELP ME PLEASE.... I AM VERY SCARED AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.....
ALSO I CAN'T REPLY TO ANYTHING BUT HUGS AND MESSAGES ON HERE... MY COMPUTER IS REALLY MESSING UP AND WON'T LET ME REPLY TO ANYYTHING TO DO WITH THE ADVICE OR DISCUSSIONS...
BUT PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME ON THIS...
Here are somethings that work for me. What you are describing is the initial flare up when nothing really helps.
1. I took something called FLEXNOW (ava online)...it is a neatural inflammatory made from Shea Nut fruit (shea butter is also made from it). It took a week for a difference. I recommend taking it 2 months. I have done 1 month and am going to continue.
2. Do a daily soak in the tub with epsolm salt and green alcohol. Sleep with heating pads on the areas that hurt.
3. Stretch daily. If you feel pain, don't push yourself, just do what you can do.
4. DON'T LIMP....it makes it worse. I talk to myself and say, stand up straight, don't limp, your limping, etc. whatever works.
After about a week of all this stuff, your pain meds will work better, but don't stop taking it really easy. Feeling better can fool us into trying to resume normal activities. DON"T DO IT...you will be like me, traveling back to the beginning stages.
Hope this helps
Be Blessed
p.s. for the winter, try to keep the leg as warm as possible because the cold area makes it worse.