what kinds of treatments to manage irritation of the sciatic nerve?

Question

If there are streches or treatments to help the irritations of the sciatic nerve

Answer 1

these answers are pretty good for treatments (except the description of the sciatic nerve, which runs down the back of the leg thru the buttox), but i would like to ask a "captain obvious" question: do you, by chance, keep a large wallet in your back pocket, possibly on the same side as the sciatic pain? Sitting on a large wallet will irritate the sciatic nerve, especially if you have a job/lifestyle where you are sedentary alot of the time...

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Answer 4

Physical therapy is an effective treatment for pain originating from irritation of the sciatic nerve. The key is that the physical therapy be performed by a licensed physical therapist. Unlike what another answerer said, physical therapist's do much more than ultrasound, electrical stimulation. Your physical therapist will examine you and perform any testing necessary and then determine a diagnosis. The physical therapist (PT) will then establish a treatment plan to address the findings found during the exam which are causing your pain and dysfunction. Some treatments include therapeutic exercise, manual therapy including joint manipulation and soft tissue manipulation, therapeutic activities and patient education regarding posture, body mechanics, etc. This is a very short list of possible treatments a PT will use in helping you return to your prior level of function and to decrease the pain and symptoms you may be experiencing. Many doctors offices say they have physical therapy but the treatments are performed by unqualified personnel which may be harmful to your health. Also be careful of chiropractors saying they do physical therapy as they are not a licensed physical therapist. While some there may be some common treatments performed between a physical therapist and a chiropractor the philosophy and method of treatment is much different - physical therapist's employ evidence-based medicine to restore you to optimum function.

Answer 5

I have experienced several severe bouts of pinched sciatica: One instance, as luck....I should say unluck, I was forced to ride my bike 1 1/2 miles to work cuz my car broke down. I did that for a week and my back pain subsided. Another time, I went to a physical therapist and did some stretching exercises. I would lay on my back, bend leg, and pull the other knee toward my chest. Switch. Each time I visited I was able to pull the legs closer to the chest and the pain went away. **I think some Pilates exercises might help** I've tried muscle relaxers but they just made me 'high' and unable to work. I do take Ibus though if I'm in discomfort and that works. I also put the heating pad on my lower back for 20 minutes at a time over 2 hours, as needed. I haven't had severe pain in about a year. That was due to mopping at my job when I hadn't been conditioned for it. I was hurting the next day. I saw the therapist due to a work related injury. Hope my info helped and wasn't something you already knew.

Answer 6

Sciatic nerve problems often occur when the discs in the vertebrae bulge and pinch on them (you did not give us anything specific to go on)
So some people get relief from traction / stretching / decompression because it can relieve the bulge.
For some this does not work tho and NSAIDs (to reduce inflammation) are used but they do thin tissue and you can end up with lesions in the GI tract , brain and other locations.
Epidurals of cortisone anti-inflammatory (not pain blockers) are more beneficial because it is targeted to the affected location and the body is not saturated with it . (Taking the NSAIDs orally requires saturating the body to get enough medicine to the affected area)
Cold water used on the spot or ice packs can also reduce the swelling but persons with this problems should drastically reduce any lifting . . . like down to 20 pounds or less because surgical solutions are not yet very productive . . . 50% can even end up worse than before surgery.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Home remedies:
1. Alternate ice and heat
2. Walk it off even when you can't move
3. Massage
4. Biofreeze with Ilex
5. Icy Hot Patch
6. Excedrin BackAche

Doctor Remedies:
1. Physical Therapy consisting of ultrasound, electrostimulation therapy and/or (I forget the name of it) the moving table for stretching
2. Cortisone shots (or some other corticosteroid injection)--intense continuous pain
3. Epidural (local anesthetic blocker)---extreme circumstance
4. Ask your Doc about a TENS unit for chronic pain.
5. Exercises under your doctor's supervision.

Answer 9

Hey,
It is a fact that no one condition reflects sciatica and it would be prudent to refer to it as a generic medical term encompassing lots of symptoms that taken together describe a lower back pain that a patient suffers from. When someone complains of severe back pain that passes down to legs through his buttocks, even down to his feet and toes, doctors suspect him to be suffering from sciatica. Often sciatica presents itself as numbness or a tingling sensation that may not be anything like the severe pain commonly associated with sciatica. This tingling or numbness may be felt by the person when he engages in some activities.


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Answer 10

The worst pain of all... I use one of those large gym balls to lay over and stretch on. My doctor recommended it for me to exercise on and I found that it works wonders for that nerve. You can also alternate heat and ice on the spot that is so painful. But the ball really does work, it's not the cheap one it need to be a non burst ball, about 30.00. Worth every penny