Severe sciatic nerve pain.
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If it's truly his sciatic nerve acting up, that's the worse thing he can do. I used to think that would help, too, until my sciatic nerve was acting up one time and I tried it. It gave great relief while I was inverted. I stayed inverted for 5 minutes or so. When I went back upright, good god almighty, the pain!! It made it 100 times worse; couldn't even walk.
What happens when you use an inversion table is it releases the compression on the nerve thereby giving it room to become even more inflamed and irritated.
OP, if it really is your sciatic nerve, take some 800mg ibuprofen every 4 hours (or whatever the recommended increment on the bottle says) and EXERCISE your legs. I know exercise sounds counterproductive, but if you go for a decent walk (or run, if you're a runner), it will actually ease the pain. I can't say how or why. It just does for me. Regular physical activity will go a long way in preventing it from reoccurring.
This is literally impossible to give advice for on a forum with such little information. Hang in there and wait for the doctor to figure out what's wrong. If one doctor can't come up with a definitive answer go to different ones until someone has the solution.
Agreed, the best thing you can do before actual diagnosis is don't do anything. I thought stretching would help, but it just kept it inflamed. Rest, ice, compression, elevation, drugs, whatever you have to do to get relief without moving around a lot. Diagnose then treat.
I would try and find another doctor if yours can't see you until the 20th.
A coworker of mine was suffering from severe sciatic pain to the point where he could barely walk. After seeing a doctor about it and getting xrays and an MRI done, it ended up being a herniated disc in his lower back. He was surprised because he didn't have any pain in that area, it was all at his sciatic and shooting down his leg. He had surgery to repair the disc and has zero pain now. 100% improvement.
Makes sense. I've hit that nerve a couple times in the past. First time had intense shooting pain down both legs and couldn't walk for days. Second time only down left side and had pain for weeks. Last time was a herniated disc and I had pain for months, which healed over time to become a constant dull pain in my left glute and low back. Finally healed to a point where walking, stretching, anything else finally caused no pain at all. I'm hoping to keep it that way, but chances of re-injuring increase after the first time.
Stretching really helps keep things limber enough that a tight muscle elsewhere doesn't cause other muscles to tense or cause shifting of other attachment points to compensate for that lack of motion. I do a pigeon pose yoga stretch that helps keep the glute and everything around there loose. But only do it if you feel no pain to begin with. Otherwise you're just re-aggravating an already damaged area.
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My dad deals with on and off back pain so he got one of these http://teetertv.com
Bringing this back up to thank everyone for the advice and to give an update.
After waiting for what seemed like an eternity I found out I have a bulging disc in my back :nonono:. I'll be starting a new physical therapy routine Monday and am waiting to see a specialist. The specialist will either recommend steroid injections or surgery.
After waiting for what seemed like an eternity I found out I have a bulging disc in my back :nonono:. I'll be starting a new physical therapy routine Monday and am waiting to see a specialist. The specialist will either recommend steroid injections or surgery.
Sorry to hear about the back problems. I turned forty last february and had never had anything more than pinched nerves. Got my first real strain sometime back in April. Pain like I've never felt. Barely able to walk and was using a cain for a day. The next morning just getting to the bathroom almost left me breathless. My wife literally had to help me dress.
Took some patience, care, and PT before it finally healed up. But I do not look forward to that happening again and I don't wish that pain on anyone. What a miserable experience.
Took some patience, care, and PT before it finally healed up. But I do not look forward to that happening again and I don't wish that pain on anyone. What a miserable experience.
Figured as much. Good luck with it. Like I said, my coworker had surgery to repair it and is pain free now.
I will not lie but I threw my lower back out pounding a girl a few months back and it literally took 2 months to heal from. I feel for you but cracking your back is the best thing and if at work ask to stand or try standing as much as possible to gain strength and recover.
I take MSM daily. You can get it in the vitamin section at most stores. It took a few weeks of taking it daily before I started to notice improvement. Walking 2 miles or more through the pain loosens me up and helps too.
If his job permits it, given he lives in CA, a careful look at legal cannabis treatment options is not really far fetched. A high CBD cannabis strain has proven useful in many studies with Sciatic nerve pain. Strain selection would be the key. Many folks report that the high THC strains are very inconsistent with respect to pain relief. It is worth finding a reliable dispensary and giving it a try. The wife and I sat through some classes on medical applications of cannabis earlier in the year and the success stories are out there (She is prepping to begin lobbying are state for legalization of medical cannabis and I was considering investing).
The also took us through the industry and a 55,000 sq. ft. grow operation across the street from a police headquarters (pictures on request). It is amazing how legitimate that industry has become in certain regions of the country.
worth it ??
:lol: I know a guy who hurt himself the same way. He had to be helped out of his car when he came to work. The really funny part is that from time to time he would pop into town to visit and she would always break up with her boyfriend the Thursday or Friday before so she could screw all weekend and not feel guilty about it!
While it may help I have zero intention of going that direction.
Don't be scared of surgery. A good friend of mine repaired my shoulder and he get very frustrated at the medical community for steering patients away from surgery because they think patients don't recover after them. Every person I know whose had back surgery has come out wishing they did it sooner.
Back surgery works best when there's no back pain---only pain shooting down the leg. Back pain is THE #1 complaint people see the dr for, besides the common cold. 99% of back pain goes away with a couple days rest and some anti-inflammatories. Most of what a chiropractor does is rely on the fact that 99% of the pain is going to go away. Because people have seen the chiro, they assume that the chiro made the pain go away. Believe it or not, spine surgeons LOVE chiropractors. Because they help "sort out" people who don't need surgery. For those that DO need surgery, they get so fed up with the bullshit half-assed treatments, that they are begging for surgery by the time they see the spine surgeon.
Everyone else, who never needed surgery in the first place, swears the chiropractor saved them from surgery because they had an MRI which showed a bulging disc. If you got an MRI on everyone over 35, most would show some disc bulges even though they don't have pain
Everyone else, who never needed surgery in the first place, swears the chiropractor saved them from surgery because they had an MRI which showed a bulging disc. If you got an MRI on everyone over 35, most would show some disc bulges even though they don't have pain
At the end of March this year, had my first sciatic pains. A few days after some inflammatory medicines the pain turned into complete numbness of my right leg and buttocks area. I immediately went to the ER then, as that's what I was told of it happened. An mri later, I had two blown discs L3-L5. I had the surgery at the first of April, and spent 2 weeks using a walker, 2 weeks with a cane, and here 3 months later, have not had any back pain.
However, the numbness in my right knee and leg hasn't fully went away. It's alot better than 2 months ago, as I couldn't wiggle my big toe then. I was told that nerve repair extremely slow, so it could be another 2-3 months before completely gone, and for some people they still have some spots of numbness.
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However, the numbness in my right knee and leg hasn't fully went away. It's alot better than 2 months ago, as I couldn't wiggle my big toe then. I was told that nerve repair extremely slow, so it could be another 2-3 months before completely gone, and for some people they still have some spots of numbness.
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Im in the same boat but been dating the woman for over two years now.
Back in october I really hurt my back. I couldnt lift my legs above my waist and i couldnt do any squats. im actually touch the ground with my palm, standing straight flexible. What made it even worse was I flew to San Diego to buy a bike, I ended up hauling the bike with a uhaul that had a ramp. I couldnt kick the ramp back into place so the previous owner kicked it in, asked me what was wrong with me. Didnt want to tell him I blew my back out pounding a cougar that was in the prime of her sexual needs. lol
I think what also made it worse was having a foam bed, one of those really soft beds that is sometimes hard to get out of. if you were really tired you'd have to roll out of bed kind of soft.
I healed a little bit but finally got an MRI earlier this year, L5-S1 disc bulging. I got an inversion table, i do the ELDOA stretch and have an ab roller and roll/rest my lower back on it. That, along with getting a not so soft bed has helped tremendously. Before I would blow my nose and feel pain in my lower back, now not so much. I think pounding the coug and riding a low suspension low profile tire bike makes it worse, but walking during lunch has loosened things up. Sitting all day will make your back worse.
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