Sciatica

[shaaark 10,776]

Just now, king said:

That's sound advice mate..I will look for a local 1 and make an appointment. Something ain't right with the back surely..

Really good ones are not cheap, but worth every penny.

Get it sorted ASAP,  you'll be feeling brand new in no time lol. 

[WILF 46,811]

1 hour ago, king said:

What is the root cause of it mate..a back support sounds a good idea..what type have you found to be the best..I haven't got a tens machine..

I'm in the dozer now the lads had to help me get up the tracks. Back feels like it's going to snap..heated seat has been on since 6:30..luckily I'm working with wet soft material so no bouncing about..

For me, it’s a lifetime of moving tons and tons of kit every week I reckon…..but driving machines is torture on your back, especially if it don’t have one of those tidy seats by Kab seating.

I can drive a few machines (skills from a previous life) and even if I hire one in now my back is in tatters at the end of the day…..I think it’s just the posture coupled with your body movements( leaning forward, stooping, back arched etc ) that driving a machine makes you do. 
 

I think it’s one of those afflictions that when it’s got you, it’s got you for life and you just try and avoid / manage it…..mine went the other week again, a turn to glance over my shoulder while out in cold weather was enough….shite thing to have

My back support is a real good job the wife got me, double strap neoprene thing that holds you together so you can walk….like all supports I only use it until the pain eases enough to do without it, otherwise it just makes thing weaker.

Edited December 11, 2023 by WILF

[DIDO.1 22,825]

Would some of those jazz cigarettes that Mackem is an expert in not help at all, or the oils and stuff?

[Greyman 28,440]

7 minutes ago, DIDO.1 said:

Would some of those jazz cigarettes that Mackem is an expert in not help at all, or the oils and stuff?

Does for me, I got two ruptured discs in my lower back and they’re always pinching on the nerve was out walking year before last and had a bad one, ended up dropping my chuds and sitting in a freezing spring for an hour till it was numb enough for me to walk back,lol  

[Borr 6,005]

3 hours ago, WILF said:

My back support is a real good job the wife got me, double strap neoprene thing that holds you together

Corset....

[antg 1,777]

pretty much same as greyman. ive two herniated discs. tried different things over the years but swimming works best for me. a nice bit of the green too helps with sleep.

[mel b 2,409]

My back is shot to pieces .  I have major permanent sciatica on the left hand side, and I haven’t really been able to feel my left foot for years . The only thing that has ever held it at bay is walking . I walk every day if possible,  even if its only half a mile . If I can't walk for any reason,  it starts to get rapidly worse within a couple of days.

[Greyman 28,440]

8 minutes ago, mel b said:

My back is shot to pieces .  I have major permanent sciatica on the left hand side, and I haven’t really been able to feel my left foot for years . The only thing that has ever held it at bay is walking . I walk every day if possible,  even if its only half a mile . If I can't walk for any reason,  it starts to get rapidly worse within a couple of days.

I walk a lot for the same reason, it’s like a self fulfilling prophecy for fattys, my back hurts so I,ll sit in front the telly eating all day, use it or loose it is how I look at it 

[mushroom 12,925]

8 hours ago, king said:

Woke up yesterday morning 1 cough and bang lower back gone again..pins and needles down my right leg and bent over trying to walk about..

What's the best way you have found to alleviate the pain and stiffness..

3 lower hernias mate and it took them 4 years to find the cnuts and then told me I had a tumor aswell.

[mushroom 12,925]

Probably should never thought of a niggle as a niggle but I did and here we are lol Limping like a 100 year old veteran and terrified of a new one appearing!

[mackem 26,461]

8 minutes ago, mushroom said:

3 lower hernias mate and it took them 4 years to find the cnuts and then told me I had a tumor aswell.

That’s bad,as soon as I read SCIATICA I remembered when my lady worked on the cancer ward and all of her stories of bad backs and sciatica which were anything but and far more serious when checked out.

[mushroom 12,925]

1 minute ago, mackem said:

That’s bad,as soon as I read SCIATICA I remembered when my lady worked on the cancer ward and all of her stories of bad backs and sciatica which were anything but and far more serious when checked out.

That shit really hurts, only pain I ever had tears and almost gave up with! The (non malignant) tumor was the easy part, crazily enough!

I’m more scared of the the sciatica pain returning than the other! Figure that  

[mackem 26,461]

26 minutes ago, mushroom said:

Probably should never thought of a niggle as a niggle but I did

Get everything checked out as early as possible,it might be nothing but it might be something.Jake Abraham died recently,he was one of the scouse burglars,had a bit of a niggle,ignored it,didn’t bother about it till it was too late,I hope your health improves mushroom,but in future ignore nothing make,however insignificant you thing it is.

 

[mushroom 12,925]

6 minutes ago, mackem said:

Get everything checked out as early as possible,it might be nothing but it might be something.Jake Abraham died recently,he was one of the scouse burglars,had a bit of a niggle,ignored it,didn’t bother about it till it was too late,I hope your health improves mushroom,but in future ignore nothing make,however insignificant you thing it is.

 

I’m all good mate, just being honest like the thread I made when it happened last year 

Most of us are complete dickheads and won’t gan get looked at. I was one of them.. since then, I’ve been arse finger banged by an 18 year old lass who was there to learn, had my balls cradled by that nun from Derry girls (lookalike) and (worst of all) I nearly shot my me bolt every time  

[mackem 26,461]

4 minutes ago, mushroom said:

 I’ve been arse finger banged by an 18 year old lass who was there to learn, had my balls cradled by that nun from Derry girls (lookalike) 

El burdel???