Some natural help for occasional sciatic problems?

Question

I am experiencing shooting pain when I move "wrong" but not all the time.

Herbs, stretches, exercises, things to avoid, etc.

Answer 1

Apply heat if you can. Ben Gay will provide a little relief. Burdock tea will reduce the swelling around the joints and help to rid the body of calcified deposits. Hope this helps, I have been dealing with sciatica and dural ectasia for a lot of years! NSAIDS can help, as long as you are not allergic to them as I am! If you are looking for a natural anti-inflammatory try willow bark.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Aside from the normal stretching and exercises, there are two homeopathic remedies of which one you should try based on your symptoms. I have sciatic problems and Rhus Toxicodendron helps a lot.

Match the symptoms closest to what you experience and then choose that medicine listed below.

Colocynthis: For drawing, tearing pain on left side. Made worse by gentle touch; better by pressure and heat.

Rhus Toxicodendron: Made worse by night and by cold, damp weather; better by warmth and exercise.

These remedies have no side effects and are safe. And, they actually work. They are inexpensive, usually about $5.00 per container.
You can purchase them at Medicine Shoppes, Vitamin Shoppe, and some health food stores. Do not eat or drink anything other than water ten minutes before or ten minutes after administering.

Hope your sciatic problems are shortly, a thing of the past.

Answer 4

Hurts doesn't it? I have it across the top of my bum and it runs down the back of my legs but only to the knee. Seems that it is the sciatic nerve, confirmed by a consultant. I have been looking into nerves lately as my partner has numbness on one side of her face, after an MRI scan it was proved to be two acoustic neuroma's or a meningioma's, fortunately benign but is causing pressure as they grow albeit slowly, between the scull and the brain, She has in the past 4 years lost the sight in one eye from the same problem. Now it looks like her hearing on one side. Back to the sciatic nerve, mine is quite bad at the moment, but in a month or two it may just go without you even realising it. I think it has happened five or six times with me, and lasted perhaps 3/4 months. But you certainly know when it comes. Not being in the position to pay out to be poked around, I look forward to my hot under blanket every night.

Answer 5

Exercises are the most important thing for you. You need to strengthen your abdominal area, with some exercises like crunches or simple sit ups. When you strengthen your abdominal muscles, it will help relieve some of the stress from your sciatic nerve pressing on your discs. Another thing is you may want to avoid lifting heavy things or learn to lift with your hips and legs rather than your arms.

Answer 6

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