posted Thu, 04/25/2013 - 09:53
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Sciatic Nerve
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Anyone have problems with it?
At work I sit almost 10 hours per day, thats 50 hours per week
and it is killing me!! I have tried almost everything!!
My butt and legs are constantly numb.
I do leg stretches in the kitchen as often as I can
but nothing seems to be working. :(:(:(
HELP {PLEASE}
XOXO
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I had an epidural not long ago and ive had a good decrease in pain. not 100% but a lot more bearable now. pt/steroid/facet/chiro all did nothing probably more damage than anything. except pt but that waslike stretching class. with some stim at the end and a heating pad..... waste of money. I have a herniated and bulge and degeneration. feel free to pm if u have any questions.
AnonThank you
I will Keep you posted an. Inquire if I have any other questions.
Give them a vote if you find it helpful.PermalinkChiroprator with the traction machine. They will put a belt around your chest and you stomach the machine pulls you apart damn it fells good it always works for me the doctors just gave me pain pills. This decompresses the disks in your back if the problem is coming from there.
My advice don't go to chiropractor. I'm currently going and they have fd Me up
Sounds like a bad one you need a different one look into trying this before surgery if it comes to that but I am saying a actual machine and not them pulling on you. Some doctors use these now also but call it something else.
I am sorry that this has happend to you. I wouldn't wish this on anyone. .. This sounds like an L5 S1 disc protrusions.. I have the same pain in my right side and it feels like a hot knife in the ass cheek. I have delt with this for the last year. I have done everything from stretches to chiropractic. Physical therapy to decompression ect. Everything but surgery. Witch is going to be my next step. But im not doing it till I cant walk... I can tell you the best thing that works great for me is hamstring stretches and a inversion table worked wonders. Hangin for ten to fifteen min a day. A goid mouth gard cause a lot of gritting your teeth and go for it. If you are anything like me. Sorry agian and I hope it gets better for you without all the time money and energy put into getting my back a little better...
Ace VenturaThat's exactly what I had, I like the hot knife description. I tried all that stuff as well and got the surgery about a year or so in. I wished I had gotten it sooner but that's life. I'm pretty good now, a year and a half later.
Surgery did work for you..! I haven't wanted to do surgery cause they gave me a 70% chance of it not working so I have just been hesitant to go through with it. Thats not very good odds you know so I have just became use to the pain..!
Probably should just get the surgery though..
Ace VenturaOnly 70%? Yikes! I don't remember if they told me what my chances were but the doc was highly recommended by more than one person so I was pretty confident in his abilities. Have you shopped around at all? I still have some nerve damage, it can flare up now and then, but it's more of an annoying discomfort then anything. Before I couldn't even tolerate sitting on a couch. Now my squat is up to 315, and I just dead lifted 315 today. Perhaps I shouldn't be doing that stuff, but oh well, that's life and it keeps me happy. :~) The worst part about the surgery was not being able to piss after I woke up and having to have a catheter stuck up my cock.
AnonI CAN'T WAIT UNTIL TUESDAY!! THIS PAIN IN KILLING ME, IT HURTS TO WALK DAMMIT! :(
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP AND SUGGESTIONS. I'LL KEEP YA POSTED ON WHAT THEY SAY TO DO ABOUT IT.
XOXO
Give them a vote if you find it helpful.PermalinkGearofWarSorry to hear of your sciatica troubles. I used to have the worst sciatica ever. That turned into full on disc issues and them surgery for burst discs and foot drop. Truly, the only thing that really helped back then was chiropractic visits. The Chiro used a spring loaded actuator that worked mint.
AnonDang sorry for you pain. :( hope your doing better now.
I would do like Nitti said get my MRI first go from there. a herniated disc sucks I went through that about 12 years ago Only I went under the knife fortunately it turned out okay. 18 staples later and a few months of rehab made a full recovery....... So girl go get an MRI!
AnonThanks Chappy ":)
Give them a vote if you find it helpful.PermalinkAce VenturaI hate hearing about this stuff because what I went through was so terrible. I ended up needing surgery. Even though I have nothing to compare it to, my sciatic pain must've been worse than most because I went to more than one physical therapist with no relief whatsoever. If anything it made it worse. The only advice I'd give is to work on your core to strengthen the muscles along your spine, mostly body weight excercises. YouTube has plenty of that shit. I'm sure you'll figure it out in time with your doctors etc. And get your old job back, nobody wants to sit in a fucking chair all day. I wish you the best.
AnonThank you so much Ace!!!
Definitely looking into every resource there is. For right now I am stuck at this job for at least another year until I finish out school.
Then on to the medical field!! Whoop Whoop!!
Give them a vote if you find it helpful.PermalinkYou need to spend big bucks on a high quality chair at work! And then even get another nice cushion to go with it!
GATORGEAR
AnonI think you are on to something. When I bought a computer chair, they rated them by hours. A 2 hour chair, 4 hour and so on.
AnonWorkin on that one!! :):):)
You need to make sure it's not a disc herniation causing the nerve issues before you go hitting the weights. I have this and it's from lower lumbar disc herniation. You need an MRI and take it from there.
AnonYou're not gonna kill me for writing in this much PURPLE are ya??
Nope, the purple suits you well. Now you just need a damn Avi
AnonUmmm yeah!! I posted a new one, extra small, Last Week!! WTF?? Where is it?? It's Hot! and It's me
Anon:( but the last time I hurt my back was when I slipped in the shower back in sept. I had x-rays and they said everything was fine. What else would cause a herniated disc?
X-rays won't tell the whole story. Trust me, I have been dealing with this a long time. First thing, go get an MRI. And take it from there. If it turns out I'm right, I'll help you out any way I can with advice. I've learned tricks along the way. If its not, you're a lucky girl and you can ease the pain with some exercises
What kind of trick have u learned to deal with this nerve pain? My girl suffers from this same problem.
For starters ,.... heat! Hot showers with the water hitting your back/ass. Baths. Heating pads at night or even those thermo patches. Stretching in the morning. As inconvinient as that sounds, it really helps. Keeping the core strong is key. The sciatic nerve is effected usually when the spine is under stress. The pain radiates into one ass cheek or the other and down the leg. I still say the root cause is a disc issue. Keeping the abs, obliques and lumbar muscles strong will take the load off the spine and get rid of the pain.
AnonHoly Macaroni, that's everything I do! Fuhhhhh Im screwed :(
Get the MRI. Lets see what's going on first.
AnonI am I am ..
I just like to freak out for a sec.
AnonOkee Dokee Pokeeeeee!! I will get it checked
Agreed, with the numbness; it should be checked out professionally MRI is an option to seek out an answer from!
GATORGEAR
tread-mChiro once a month , back support during workouts, work deadlifts to strengthen lower back and order your own tens machine for between chiro visits. ...before long, right as rain.
AnonAny suggestion as to a brand for the Tens Machine?
I have the LG Tens Unit 7000, I love it..pretty cheap too ;) They make some really good ones besides that model as well!
AnonI am deff.. taking an interest in them, thank you for your opinion
Give them a vote if you find it helpful.PermalinkAnonThank you tread!! I have an appt. on Tues. OMG it's been killing for almost 2 months.. I just thought it was my chair at work, switched chairs, got a sciatic butt cushion. nada!! So i did some GOOGLING and found this nerve... It really getting on my Nerves. :(
Deff will be working on my lower back workouts some more
XoXo
Give them a vote if you find it helpful.PermalinkI had problems with sciatic for a long time to the point where I would be walking crooked, have numbness in hip and down leg, and throbbing pain and stiffness. About 6 or 7 years ago it got really bad to where I could not stand up straight. I never believed in chiropractic and honestly was relegated to the fact I may need some sort of surgery. Finally as a last resort I decided to see a chiro. It was literally a miracle for me!!! According to him I was very out of alignment, hips, lower back, everything. I saw him 3 times a week for maybe a month but then after that it was smooth sailing. Now I dont go regularly but only when I feel myself get a little out of whack. It truly was a game changer for me. I had always heard the myth "once you go to a chiro you will always have to" but thats garbage.
AnonOh yayyyy!! So good to hear you are doing much better!!
I have an appt. tuesday so we will see how I feel after that 
tread-mThe chiro may do wonders once they hit that tens and corredt anything out of line. Mine has been an issue a couple times bad form and actually nearly popped it out of its socket or "bedding" it lays in once. Its big not small so it can give you big big problems out of line and especially using bad gym form on certain exercizes. Hope the chiro helps a lot and if so it will confirm you might find serious appreciation for the tens.
AnonThanks Tread
Give them a vote if you find it helpful.PermalinkGood luck! and thanks
AnonThank you
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