Good luck with that one. I've been dealing with it for several years now myself. Epidurals and facet injections help me. Probably the biggie is a daily routine of stretching. I'm talking about 20-30 minutes worth. I learned a lot in 3 months of physical therapy. Good luck
I had sciatica? It was a burning sensation that felt like it was inside the middle of my thigh. It didn't start in my back but it was a burning sensation that went down my right side starting around my butt and ended just above my knee.
Like Hanco said, the only relief I got from it was me laying on the floor , raising my leg up and my wife leaning her shoulder on my heel and stretching my leg back. If I didn't do that, I couldn't sit down for more than 2 minutes. I couldn't drive or work until I figured it out. Lasted about a month, took me 3 - 4 days to end up stretching it to get relief. But I just had to stretch in the morning to get relief for most of the day
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have you paid your dues, can you moan the blues, can you bend them guitar strings
Lower back pain can be brutal. Many of us, (all of us deal with some form of it) can get relief if we can keep the weight down and the exercise and stretching consistent. Problem(for me anyway) is the amount of degeneration between the joints that started many years ago!
I keep telling myself that I need to get in the habit of stretching every day just to have some flexibility when I get older. But I never think to do it.
have you paid your dues, can you moan the blues, can you bend them guitar strings
I don't have the sciatic pain, but have been dealing with pretty bad chronic lower back pain for some time, which got worse when I slipped on ice and landed on the side of my hip. Chiropractor has me feeling better for a couple of days, but then it's back. I also have pretty bad arthritis in that same area. Nice double-whammy for a guy who works in a trade.
Depletion of ATP, causes shifts in the Ca, and Na , K, concentrations., causing cramping , in addition of not enough ATP to fully constrict and relax the muscle (lower ATP means lower AMP = relaxation)
Add Mg to your diet to restore enzymes in this pathway , and Creatine which help replace the adenosine.
I'm afraid it's in a lower vertebrata, sort of a slight burning, dull ache.
I'd like to be rid of it.
many people want to end aches and pains but want a quick simple solution. can't get any easier than this -10 to 15 min and great for back, legs, shoulders, neck
strechting, yoga should be part of your every day routine or live in constant pain and limited mobility
Hamstring pain may or may not be sciatica. Could be hamstring pain.
A good P.T. who works on jocks and athletes may be a good place to start. Lots of states allow direct access. They can eval that kinda stuff about as well as an ortho, probably better than the typical GP/FP/nurse practioner and they can initiate treatment. They'll know if it's sciatica and will tell you if you need to see a doc for an MRI, steroids, muscle relaxers, etc.
OTC anti-inflams (NSAIDS) work well. Prescription strength Ibuprophen (Motrin), for example is 800-600-400 mg. Or you can get 200 mg at the grocery store and do the math. As is taught in Toxicology 101, "the poison is in the dose"....
Most common location for nerve root impingement is L4-5. As mentioned do stretches, low back exercises; use NSAIDs as tolerated. Epidural steroid inj’s may help.
