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Hi Suki65, I get it quite often and I really shouldn't be recommending anything as I'm not medically qualified.
(I use to help run a holistic health centre though).
I used to see an osteopath when earning properly. Now I cant afford it so use the knowledge I've picked up over the years to help myself.
Mine comes in my hamsting & bum area. I use a wedge cushion to sit on to ensure my hips are higher than my knees to relieve stress/pressure in the sacroiliac area.
VERY genlte stretching helps mine. I use a tennis ball to massage the tight area of my glutes (by placing it between the wall & my sore bits & pressing into it).
Dont do any movements you know will exacerbate it.
There are probably some exercises on YouTube if you have a little search.
Best is to seek expert advice as you need to find out the cause & get the correct treatment. Good luck
I think you need to see your doctor about managing this. My mother has suffered with it for years and she is on specifically prescribed medication to help her manage the pain and aid mobility.
Pete has sciatica and went to our GP who recommended the physio. She cannot really help so he has an appointment at the end of the month for a muscularskeletal person who may be able to do more. He has used a TENS machine which helped a little but not that much. I do think that certain exercises could be good but get an appointment for your doctor first. Good luck. xx
Hi my mother had severe sciatica years ago. She found what helped the most was a chiropractor. He managed to partially free the sciatic nerve and from then on she completely recovered.
Bev x
My wife has it and she uses a TENS Machine. But when it starts she would stand by a table or chair for support and lift one leg so the knee is as high as it can be. (Pain permitting don't over do it) Now this seems to help loads and she does it as a maintenance exercise. This was explained by her physio that is a way of opening the spine and easing the pince on the nerve. It is a try and see which leg does the best.
Be Well
Hi if she has a prolapsed disc like I did the lifting the leg thing will help like it did me as it takes the weight of the back that is squashing the sciatic nerve when i stood up I only had a few minutes before the weight load got more and more then it would get to the disc that was prolapsed (squashed) then after the weight load got to that disc it squashed the prolapsed disc so it pushed out onto the nerve trapping it when I sat down or lifted the weight of onto one leg it helped because it wasn't squashing it as much making it easier to cope with its like a balloon squash a balloon and a bit will be pushed out onto the nerve hope this helps
Like Peeg, mine affected the hamstring/buttock area. I had no pain in my back. I found that a pillow to raise the area helped, plus a heat pad, but I was in severe pain for months. Coughing was so painful! An mri showed large cysts that were blamed but fortunately the pain faded as quickly as it had arrived. During those 6 months I was tried on many painkillers but many made me too sick and I relied on paracetamol and ibuprofen. Awful. Anyone suffering with this has my complete sympathy.
Hi everyone you all have my sympathy because people that have never had chronic sciatica will never know how bad it Realy is mine started about June time when I was walking I had pain in my left leg shooting from my buttock but only gradually so I went to the dr and he said it was sciatica and gave me excersizes to do to build my back muscles up 4 weeks later it got worse so he gave me naproxen and to keep excersizing that was the key he says 6 weeks later I am in agony the left side of my leg was pure agony I couldn't walk for more that 20 mtrs without pain it was like toothache all down my left leg and bum and my toes were actually moving themselves because of the nerve pain it was agony Dr sent me to the MRI scan took another 5 weeks put me on codeine Amitriptyline naproxen in agony also had 9 Phisio appointments to strengthen the back MRI showed a prolapsed disc pushing on the sciatic nerve got app to see specialist at the hospital on holiday had to use a wheelchair it was terrible funny thing tho was it was only when I was walking in bed layed down I never got it only when I stood up I had about 3 minutes then it started soon as the load went onto the disc that squashed the nerve after about 15 weeks I got it that bad I couldn't get up to walk the Dr sent for a ambulance whisked me in had another MRI the next day I was operated on to cut the prolapsed disc out the day after the op I walked around the hospital bed like I used to no sciatica no pain it was FANTASTIC that same day I went home I am still taking it easy nearly 7 weeks now and I am pain free I exersixe my back everyday I walk a lot to keep my back muscles strong I have lost nearly a stone to help too sciatica felt like someone wrapping barbed wire around my buttock and left leg and foot and squashing it in my leg it was horrendous I feel for all of you with that illness and just hope you also get sciatica free one day hope this has helped
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