Sciatica



Anyone have this in their leg and has anyone found it went away doing leg exercises or certain physio to help ease it?
Sciatica is just a symptom of something being wrong.
It can be a number of things, mine was a bulging disc and I needed an op but can be fixed with exercise etc.
The problem is a lot of nhs physio is a one photocopy sheet fixes all.
Probably worth a visit to an osteopath to put you on the right path as if it gets bad it's awful.
Used to take me an hour and a half to get a shower and get dressed.
DONT go to a chiropractor.
Hope you're fixed soon though
 
Sciatica is just a symptom of something being wrong.
It can be a number of things, mine was a bulging disc and I needed an op but can be fixed with exercise etc.
The problem is a lot of nhs physio is a one photocopy sheet fixes all.
Probably worth a visit to an osteopath to put you on the right path as if it gets bad it's awful.
Used to take me an hour and a half to get a shower and get dressed.
DONT go to a chiropractor.
Hope you're fixed soon though
Have a bad back went to a chiropractor when I was younger for a few sessions which seemed to work . Pain came back with a vengeance after a few months ended up getting a scan 2 bulging discs and a crack on one of my vertebra. Cant prove it but fairly sure the crack was his fault .
Never went for op as was early 20s at the time and told it would heal .
Excercises help but when I stop doing them I lock up again fairly quickly
 
Anyone have this in their leg and has anyone found it went away doing leg exercises or certain physio to help ease it?

I have had it badly. Exercise and physio and minding my posture eventually sorted it for me and I am fine now. Its wasn't so much leg exercises with the exception of leg lifts and pointing toes whilst lying flat on my back, more back exercises.
 
Have a bad back went to a chiropractor when I was younger for a few sessions which seemed to work . Pain came back with a vengeance after a few months ended up getting a scan 2 bulging discs and a crack on one of my vertebra. Cant prove it but fairly sure the crack was his fault .
Never went for op as was early 20s at the time and told it would heal .
Excercises help but when I stop doing them I lock up again fairly quickly
Yeah there is a specialist up in corbridge and he said the chiropractor had knacked mine, and cost me over 400 quid 🤬
 
I have a rotten bad back atm, right at the bottom of my spine and the discomfort has spread to my right hip.

It’s very uncomfortable, I’ve been to the doctor and he referred me for an x-ray but the x-ray dept refused! This really pissed me off and he has now said physios will be in touch. I went to the doctor on dec 20 2021 and I’ve chased them but still had no appointment arranged. I’m absolutely fed up, I’m not the kind to go to the doctor for nowt and I feel I’m getting a very poor service.

I’m 46 nearly and I know your body changes and that but it’s really starting to get me down. It’s not a sharp pain it’s a nagging ache and I’m regularly getting woke up in the night with it. I work - sometimes long hours - and it’s sometimes sedentary but often not. I am quite active otherwise but don’t go to a gym.

Is an osteopath right for me? I’ve no experience of consistent back pain. I have no confidence in the GP. This morning I woke and my whole spine seemed to have seized and it took me ages to get moving ffs. It’s actually not too bad when I’m up and moving around.

Any advice gratefully received.
 
Yeah there is a specialist up in corbridge and he said the chiropractor had knacked mine, and cost me over 400 quid 🤬
Do you have a contact for the specialist mate? Me wife is really bad at moment. Tablets are not doing anything - neither is anything else so time to try something different. Thanks.
 
Do you have a contact for the specialist mate? Me wife is really bad at moment. Tablets are not doing anything - neither is anything else so time to try something different. Thanks.
He's called Dr Melrose at Corbridge, give him a call and see if he's working again, his wife will answer she's sound but she can talk like.

01434 632066

If not try and find an osteopath with decent reviews or he may even know someone.
Personally I'd go nowhere near a Chiropractor though.
 
He's called Dr Melrose at Corbridge, give him a call and see if he's working again, his wife will answer she's sound but she can talk like.

01434 632066

If not try and find an osteopath with decent reviews or he may even know someone.
Personally I'd go nowhere near a Chiropractor though.
Cheers. We'll give him a try.
 
I have been suffering from it down my left leg since having a slipped disk last summer. Have had steriod injections now which has eased off the pain in my back but still suffer from sciatica in my left calf and achilles daily. Regular stretching helps but it's remembering to actually find the time to do it. Been living with it so long I can't remember what it's like to not be in constant pain.
 
Sciatica is just a symptom of something being wrong.
It can be a number of things, mine was a bulging disc and I needed an op but can be fixed with exercise etc.
The problem is a lot of nhs physio is a one photocopy sheet fixes all.
Probably worth a visit to an osteopath to put you on the right path as if it gets bad it's awful.
Used to take me an hour and a half to get a shower and get dressed.
DONT go to a chiropractor.
Hope you're fixed soon though

Interesting that you say use an osteopath but not a chiropractor since they both have far more on common than differences. Both have practitioners with various levels of competence & also charlatans who claim their way can do do far more than it actually can. The trick is dodging the incompetents & charlatans & finding one that has a good reputation.
 
I had it for years and refused to take a bit of rest from the gym & my exercise routine, because doctors said that wouldn't be doing any harm. Instead loaded up on Amitriptyline, Gabapentin, Codeine and Naproxen for 2.5 years. Pain was so bad I could barely stand up or get out of a car.

Physio
Chiropractor*
Acupuncture

Tried them all and none worked.

*Chiropractor was particularly dangerous as it kept feeling that it was working after the session, and the Chiropractor himself was adamant he would have me fixed in "10 weeks". He was full of shit looking back - saying one leg was longer than the other, taping my spine with some massage gun, putting a little cushion in my shoe. Just total horseshit. I stopped going after 3-4 sessions despite thinking after 1-2 it was brilliant.

Anyway I eventually accepted that I had to give myself a break and after a month of stopping lifting, I was back to normal. Pathetic really! But the lesson I took from it is that your body will be able to fix itself given the rest and right conditions...maybe you're doing something which has caused the sciatica that you can stop doing, as fixes will be working against that habit if you're still doing it.
 
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Have a bad back went to a chiropractor when I was younger for a few sessions which seemed to work . Pain came back with a vengeance after a few months ended up getting a scan 2 bulging discs and a crack on one of my vertebra. Cant prove it but fairly sure the crack was his fault .
Never went for op as was early 20s at the time and told it would heal .
Excercises help but when I stop doing them I lock up again fairly quickly
Same.

Used to go to a sports physio whenever my back went off. Used to walk out perfect again, two days of pain then back to normal. During lockdown (first one) i couldn’t get in to see anyone and when lockdown was lifted I went to see somebody else (for speed).

Since then (2 years) I’ve had a numb foot, had an MRI which shows budged disc. I dont know what he did but I was screaming in pain and nearly dropped him. I wish I could prove it was him because 100% he has damaged me.

Just be careful when messing on with a bad back.
 
A few observations having had back issues for decades. GPS will only refer you to a physio. Physios reluctant to refer for a scan which is the best thing for diagnosis. Ive had physio insist my issue was muscular but couldn't explain why it settled overnight from pretty bad, couldn't get dressed to no pain or movement restrictions next day.
Building core strength helps when you are feeling good but getting to that point needs good intervention based on an accurate diagnosis.
 
I've had it pretty bad in the past due to working in heavy engineering and some back street type fabricators with little or no lifting equipment, terrible working conditions and no H&S. Now I have a more sedentary job I only get it when I strain for a fart. Don't then I hear you all shout. Ha ha
 

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