Sciatica....,

[jukel123 7,957]

I've got arthritis in various parts of my body, but I feel a lot better after reading the above posts.

[micky 3,325]

I had it for years, nothing i ever did ever done a bit of good except  work, it was never as painful as Disc trouble  but there was never any relief from it , to me not sleeping as the worst part.

[Greyman 28,169]

10 hours ago, mattyg said:

Anyone suffer with this?

Having a bad couple of weeks at the moment and it’s driving me crazy. Not a fan of taking too many painkillers, even the Weston’s vintage and 2 cocodamol ain’t helping me sleep. Lol

 

Bag of frozen peas for as long as you can take followed by a hot water bottle,  I have lots of back issues, don't like taking pills so I take rose hip syrup and do the hot/cold thing only thing I use from the chemist is the gel you put on the skin, to much painkiller abuse will just feck your kidneys and livers 

[Kevj 433]

I have suffered with it since 2008 when I bust 2 discs in my back.Tried lots of different treatments but best relief I have is from Pregabalin which my back specialist put me on.I take 300mg morning and night and it doesn't get rid of it completely but definitely helps

[green dragon 701]

Have a joint before bed or if you don't like smokeing you can get vaps or even a small pice of a space cake   You don't have to have it everyday but I'm sure 3 good nights a week is better than being in pain all week 

[Meece 1,957]

A lot of the problem wkith this is bad posture and putting load on the spine which pinches a nerve. Stand up straight and ive found climbing over a five bar gate helps. Sometimes there is a small click and the pain is gone. I have seen people walking all sort of twisted and bent.

[VOON 1,317]

 

[lanesra 3,994]

Naproxen works for me , also on your back and lift up the leg on the side your suffering with ,  cup your hands under the knee keeping your body straight & pull across to other side . . Mine is down the right so I pull my right leg across to my left keeping my left leg flat to the ground , works for me , FUKCIN horrible pain .

[stumfelter 3,034]

11 hours ago, bird said:

bloody hell , that was how i  , 1st done my back in working west midland gas, this was in wolves 1978, digging trenches  most of the day, then back filling from main to house. in them days (no) little diggers etc, it was shovel, pick, jack hammer  to bust the tarmac, concrete , the rest was just  back breaking. had slipped disc , had 10 days off back to work, went again, so  was advised to get lighter   , not bending type work, ender up  in fooking brewery  lifting kegs /crates  all day  worked there for 25 years , but in that time had another 2 slipped disc . so all in all had 4 slipped   disc's  my last 2 discs are worn, left me with sciatica  and amm fooked really, take dogs out every day, keep as active as i can  , luckly  i dont put weight on stay  12st 10lb - 13st 3lb not bad for my age 65  and size 5ft  11 1/2 , funny thing is big gut  / over weight is the worst thing for lower back, and  cold weather  , best advice from a bloke who had bad  back long time keep on the move, and try and block out the pain, dont let the b*****d  thing beat you . 

And office workers moan if the fcuking air con is on the blink!