I'm looking forward to hearing how others manage the pain of severe sciatica.What treatment or medication other folk have found works best for them
spasms: I'm looking forward to hearing how... - Pain Concern
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Hello Dawn
This is what I take daily and why .
Vitamin B12 1000ugs made by FSC it really cheap. It get rid of the toxins around the mylen sheath ( the covering of the nerves) 2 grams of vitamin C daily and citrate Magnesium 400mg by Solgar.
Traditional Chinese Acupuncture works for me.
yes I agree with accupunture,I had it on the NHS 18 years ago but it can be expensive these days
NHS do not do Traditional Chinese Acupuncture.
It may not have been chinese but it was accupunture and it was done at my surgery on the NHS.
I was just giving my opinion on Traditional Chinese Acupincture which I know to be totally different to the usual Symptomatic Acupuncture. I have had both. The latter from a private physiotherapist which worked well for injury after a rear shunt car Accident. But for sciatica I would be going to a Traditional Chinese Acupuncturist of the highest qualifications. Not easy to find. But worth traveling the extra mile etc.
This is chiropractor territory. Muscle spasms can cause sciatic. These muscle spasm can be anywhere in the back. The muscles in the back are part of an engineering system. Muscles have nerve inputs to contract them but no means of un-contracting other than other muscles stretching the muscles out.
The medical profession in the courses they do do not:
1) study engineering systems - so medical professionals do not understand engineering systems.
2) do not study spinal reflexes as they take place on an everyday basis in the body - so medical professionals have no understanding of how a muscle spasm in the neck can cause sciatica.
3) do not develop sensitivity in their hands - so a medical professional does not know what a micro cramp is and how this will effect the functioning of the body and lead to pain.
Yoga has been used for thousands of years as a medical treatment for certain kinds of health problem. The medical profession in the past has dismissed the beneficial effects of yoga as quackery without ever considering that pain killers attempt to stop pain and does not tackle the cause of the pain - faulty muscle behaviour.
Alexander Lessons is useful for learning about posture and can help in reducing the problems of sciatica.
Hope this helps.
I have radio frequency this is done in hospital in theatre and under live x-ray. It involves burning the nerve
I use a TENS machine which provides some relief. A heat pad often works as well.
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Tens machine, mmmm well my friend bought me one round and I figured out I cant reach to put the lilltpads on
That's a shame. Is there anyone at home that could do it for you?
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well i have plenty of friends who would but think first the phsio or nurse will show me best place to put them
Stretching exercises As shown by a good physio or sports medicine practitioner, plus antiinflammatories .
I suffer from siactica and my Physio told me not to use a TENS machine as it can irritate the nerve more. I find if your struggling to get comfy in the evening is if you lie on your front and put some cushions underneath you so you bottom is in the air ( I know am sorry only way to explain it) that this is actually helps with the pain and it also gently stretches your back out as well. Worth a shot anyway
I sympathise with you completely as I have exactly the same thing and it's awful. Hope you get some relief soon. L xx