Sciatica AAAAAGGGH!

[bob]

was diagnosed with sciatica 10 yrs ago

but 3 years ago after a really bad bout of it i had a load of scans.

Basically i have something worse that is often initially diagnosed as sciatica

sciatica is often a very general diagnosis .I would really recomend going to see doctor for some proper prescription anti inflams and pain killers but more the anti inflams

and short term get to the back man i used to pay about £30 which is nothing if the pain eases and at least you can get back to earning sooner which makes sense to moi

All my sympathy

P.S try gentle walking i believe that sometimes helps but sciatica seems to affect everyone differently

[stoxs]

try a Mctimoney chiropractor local to you

 

suffered from back trouble for years but if it gets unbearable i book in and it sorts it for weeks if not months, it may not work but well worth the money

 

AND IT DOSN`T HURT its great

[cerneARB]

poor you Andy:sad: take the advice from the lads and get to the oseto man/ woman.If not we will all chip in and buy you a tracked zimmer fram with chainsaw tool strops attached.

 

hope you feel well soon mate.

[Jonesie]

Andy I have it bad try Nurofen plus, you need to ask for it as its kept behind the counter. Its got codeine in so go easy to start if your not used to it.

A good massage in the lower back can relieve some of the pain as well and acupuncture worked for me.

[Andy Collins]

P.S try gentle walking i believe that sometimes helps but sciatica seems to affect everyone differently

 

Haha, thats all I keep doing, walking round and round in circles is the only comfortable thing, sitting down is a killer! Oh and sitting down then standing up is not good either. Dam and blast it, first good run of work and I'm knackered.

[Jonesie]

Andy if it hurts when you lie down put about 3 pillows under your knees, works a treat.

[High Scale]

I have Solpadol now which is 30mg Codeine, 500mg Paracetamol, works pretty well, also once or twice a month I have a proper sports massage, I also stretch out before work, (usually) and always have a hot water bottle on my back on the way to work.

[Rupe]

Andy is it sciatica or a slipped disc which is pressing on the sciatic nerve?

 

Big difference! Sciatica comes and goes, slipped disc is more constant. By the sounds of what your saying, sitting makes it worse, standing after sitting worse still, I fear it may be a disc problem. Especially with felling work.

 

Is it the Left leg?

 

As for pain killers, you have a choice of paracetemol+ibuprofen (not nurofen it just costs more) the two together make a good painkiller and anti-inflamatory.

 

nurofen plus is the same expensive crap + a small amount of codeine and some caffeine to speed up the process.

 

You can buy paracetemol/codeine over the counter in 500/5 mg doses respectivley, add that to iboprofen and you have a good mixture.

 

After that, th enext step would be more codien! Only the doctor can give you that, usually in 500/30 or 500/50 mixtures with paracetemol. and a better anti-inflamatory to add to that would be voltorol. be prepared to be a bit ill!

 

 

The only thing that worked for me was tramadol+voltorol and I can't remember most of last year, but it was quite good fun! I had a herniated disc in L3/L4 left hand side. Constant working cured it but pain killers were the only thing that allowd me to work.

 

I hope its not that bad for you. You need proffesional advice, not just doctors, chiropractic or osteopath would be better, but keep working whatever and if that means painkillers then do it.

[Charlieh]

you could always put your feet up by the fire and spit roast a nice hog whilst charlie does all the work?

 

what what what

 

 

 

 

 

 

has it got worse than earlier?

[Andy Collins]

I think its ONLY the sciatica, not a slipped disc. The pain does go down the LH leg, to the knee. trying to work out how to work with 3 pillows under me knee