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Sciatica, help!

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Liveforeverx
Liveforeverx

Hey!

I'm a 21 year old female & I was diagnosed with Sciatica in December & it's been driving me crazy since. I have had back problems in the past as I done gymnastics from a young age & studied make-up artistry for two years, both which can strain your back, also my job of working in retail has not helped. I have been in & out of the doctor's & it recently got so bad I had to go to hospital, I have been referred to physio however the waiting list is at least 10 weeks long before I will get to see someone. I've been taking advice from doctor's, I am on medication however I don't find it is helping, I have been doing stretches, yoga, going swimming, walking for as long as I can before the pain gets unbearable & to no avail. It's gotten so bad I can't sleep at night because I can't lie in a position without feeling shooting pains through my calf or my thigh. I'm really at my wits end, I'm so frustrated & down all the time because the pain is constant & it's stopping me from living my normal life & going out at the weekend with my friends. Can anyone recommend anything else that might help? The pain started in my lower back & has now spread to my calf & in the past few days has been making my foot feel numb. I really don't know what to do, i'm so down sad thanks x

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  • pauline_00234
    pauline_00234 Liveforeverx

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    Hi, new to this site. I have had sciatica on and off for years now. My most recent bout is awful. My gp have me cocodamol brufen and amytriptoline as a relaxing agent. Nothing has helped. I continued with this pain relief for 6 months. Recently I decided to take another step myself, as I was not improving at all, but steadily worsening. I found a local registered chiropractor and thought I'd give it a go. The chiropractor has diagnosed SI joint issue of reduced movement with arthritis complicating it. A couple of days back I went back to the gp and am being referred to the musculoskeletal team. I have had 3 treatments with the chiropractor and have gone from being able to walk short distances to now being unable to walk more than a dozen steps. So now almost completely bed bound. At the end of my tether! I am (was a young) 56.

  • toprank
    toprank Liveforeverx

    Posted

    ANY updates?  I have been going through the same thing for a month now, cant stand or walk, MRI shows 2 bad disc L4-5 and L5-S1.   Not sure how working muscles out and massage can fix a disc that is torn and inside of it is pushing into the nerve?

    But any help would be huge.  

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