Yup, pretty odd. Truthfully it is probably the return of being able to feel, an ability that had been lost. I have permanent loss of feeling in some of my toes on both feet.How about the feeling of pins and needles in your legs when things are starting to heal???? Weird..
I must be healing 24/7, pins and needles are a constant all the way to 3 toes in right leg and foot.How about the feeling of pins and needles in your legs when things are starting to heal???? Weird..
I've done several epidural, best/fastest relief. I would really study the SI joint surgery, I wouldn't do it again at all! YMMVgo get the epidural. It will bring you immediate relief, and hopefully allow the inflamation to completely dissapear.
Yes, I'm getting some of that.How about the feeling of pins and needles in your legs when things are starting to heal???? Weird..
I think that's good.Yes, I'm getting some of that.
Yup, pretty odd. Truthfully it is probably the return of being able to feel, an ability that had been lost. I have permanent loss of feeling in some of my toes on both feet.
I wonder if water aerobics will help. I've done it before and it's low impact on the knees and hips, don't know how it will help my back but I'll ask my pain specialist."Card-carrying" member of the club here, too. Not sciatica per se, but enough old injury damage (muscles) that the nerve down through the hip and upper leg is perpetually inflamed. And nerves seem to hate being inflamed.
Everybody's specific condition can differ so widely from anybody else's, it's hard to suggest certain things to try.
What's worked for me:
- Stretching, several times daily -- specific stretches for the lower back, hips/flexors, glutes.
- Strengthening of the leg, hip, back and "core" muscles -- much greater strength and flexibility yields better posture, better ability to keep the hips/legs doing what they're supposed to do, and aids "bad blood out / good blood in" from all the exercise.
- Exercises not involving pounding, running around, and otherwise working on strengthening those things while not standing so much. So, no treadmill/walking; rower instead. Little to no standing ellipticals; seated cycling instead. Much yoga, Pilates, stretching.
What's not worked nearly as well:
- Epidurals -- they've only worked for a couple of weeks, and the limits on frequency of such steroidal injections takes it off the list for me. Many people experience a few months' worth of relief. Not in my case.
- Any sort of over-the-counter meds. Nothing seems to reduce the perpetual inflammation ... except improved strength, flexibility, and increase of foods deemed to help reduce the body's inflammatory response. (Of course, the inflammation immediately surrounding the injury area is primarily due to that injury and all the scar tissue, which no dietary intake will alter. So, it's a case of every little bit helping at least a little.)
Of course, many people have vertebrae issues and/or disc issues, or other bone issues near where the spinal column splits into the sciatic and heads down through the pelvis to the legs. Impinge upon a nerve branch anywhere along that chain, and ... well, you know.
Hopefully one or more changes (with or without a doc intervening) will get you through all this pain and onto the road to avoiding it.
Good luck.
I love my teeter hangup!You might look into getting an inversion table.
I saw one and he ordered an MRI which I did today. I'm not due to see him till the end of the month but I'm going in next week, they should have the results by then.go see a pain management specialist after the mri
MacKinsey back exercises/maneuvers via a good physical therapist, unless you have a disc fragment detached.I saw one and he ordered an MRI which I did today. I'm not due to see him till the end of the month but I'm going in next week, they should have the results by then.
He also referred me to an orthopedic spine surgeon. He's has fellowship training and board certified for spine surgery. I don't want to get cut but I'm looking ahead. I also have a neurosurgeon I can go to and lean towards him. Seems like with sufficient training they're both pretty close but the neurosurgeon can work inside the spinal canal and not the orthopedist.
I want to explore all noninvasive options before any surgery which as I read is not always successful.
In any case I want to thank everyone for their responses and personal experiences. I have learned some things which I can take with me and ask the good questions. Again thanks to all for your time.