Sciatica

[Greengrass 202]

Anybody here suffer from this ? I,ve been diagnosed with it 3 weeks ago and I,ll tell you what I would,nt wish it on anyone.

[kanny 20,703]

The Mrs dad has it he's been trying some alternative therapy but not with much success ...I feel for you bud

[Dinosaurs 2,107]

Feel for you bud horrible pain can really get you down. I suffered with it years ago regular sessions with osteopath sorted it for me still get odd twinge & i cant put anything in my back pockets. Bird of here suffers with it. Not nice. hope you manage to get it sorted. Atb

[Greengrass 202]

The shooting pains down my left leg and other pain like a cramp is honestly sometimes unbearable, and the worst of it is the doctor says it will go away as quickly as it appeared then if I bend or turn the wrong way it may come back again. The doc said try to keep moving but at times I literally can't move

[riohog 5,729]

Anybody here suffer from this ? I,ve been diagnosed with it 3 weeks ago and I,ll tell you what I would,nt wish it on anyone.

ive had it for years its a mare when it comes on ,sometimes i can go a couple of years or so without then bang , sometimes lasts 3 weeks or so and then goes but its a b.d when you got it i find stretching helps but its fkn sore ..

[walshie 2,804]

Yep. If I stand still too long my left leg feels like it's on fire.

[kanny 20,703]

Yep. If I stand still too long my left leg feels like it's on fire.

That's the hot pish trickling down it ...it's just a age thing lol

[steve66 3,555]

had it for years , theres some excersises on youtube that help, been on naproxen on and off for years it does help

[Haiddheliwr 1,911]

I have every sympathy for you Greengrass! Awful pain mate really sickening!

[Francie 6,368]

 

Yep. If I stand still too long my left leg feels like it's on fire.

That's the hot pish trickling down it ...it's just a age thing lol

Lol at kanny

[Welsh_red 4,711]

yeah its f***ing awefull . me, mrs and kids in the car driving down our small drive years ago and mrs stopped car and i got out to move stone from the drive . It was tiny really . I bent to get it and my back went and i dropped , i had to be manouvered like a epileptic whale in the fetal position into the boot. Had sciatica for a while after that . My brother has a bad back and taught me a few stretches to do first thing in the morning . Sorted it out and touch wood i havnt had a problem since

[Nik_B 3,790]

yeah its f***ing awefull . me, mrs and kids in the car driving down our small drive years ago and mrs stopped car and i got out to move stone from the drive . It was tiny really . I bent to get it and my back went and i dropped , i had to be manouvered like a epileptic whale in the fetal position into the boot. Had sciatica for a while after that . My brother has a bad back and taught me a few stretches to do first thing in the morning . Sorted it out and touch wood i havnt had a problem since

 

It's often related to a slipped disk

[bird 9,970]

 

yeah its f***ing awefull . me, mrs and kids in the car driving down our small drive years ago and mrs stopped car and i got out to move stone from the drive . It was tiny really . I bent to get it and my back went and i dropped , i had to be manouvered like a epileptic whale in the fetal position into the boot. Had sciatica for a while after that . My brother has a bad back and taught me a few stretches to do first thing in the morning . Sorted it out and touch wood i havnt had a problem since

 

It's often related to a slipped disk

 

thats what it is , i had 3 slipped discs in the 80s, and now not that, but left me with sciatica , pain in left buttock , and shooting pains down legs, you can't sit or stand long , as it get to painful, i am on 8 tramadol a day , ive always had bad back but it got worse more than normal , ive been in pain since last sep, i think there going to give me injection in the lower back , as the net thing for me, i was told it only gives relief for couple months , but some say it can make big difference , we will see .?

[tilimangro 1,013]

Stretching and mobility exercises are your friend

[gnasher16 30,342]

Too many people think they have sciatica or a trapped nerve without actually getting it diagnosed as such the back is a complicated thing theres 101 things that can go wrong with it you cant just say " give me some anti inflams ive got a trapped nerve " like a lot of people do......get to a specialist before you go to a chiropractor or osteopath and find out what the problem is for most middle aged people its just degenerative wear but get things diagnosed properly.....you can never have too many scans !!