How can I get rid of my cyatic nerve pain in my lower back?

Question

I have had this pain now for almost 2 weeks, Any help would be great I have been taking pain meds and it does not help.

Answer 1

It depends on the amount of nerve damage you have. If you are having severe symptoms (weakness, foot drop, loss of bowel or bladder control) then a visit to a neurosurgeon is in order to prevent further damage. If you are having pain with some numbness or pins and needles sensation, then a more conservative trial of epidural steroids may be in order with the appropriate medications. See your primary care doctor for the referral to the correct doctor. A respected interventional pain management specialist could help with the injections and proper medication management.

Medications such as elavil and lyrica work better for this type of pain than your standard narcotics.

Answer 2

First of all, is the pain confined to your back, or does it radiate down one leg? If you are having leg pain, that is an important gauge you can use: If you are in a position or doing an activity, and you notice more and more pain traveling further and further down the leg, that is a RED LIGHT = stop what you are doing.

If you do something that causes the pain to come out of the leg, even if it hurts your back worse, that is a pretty good sign that you are moving in the right direction. You need to get evaluated by a PT, and they will let you know what positions may help.

The main thing is that you need to get some appropriate follow-up. Most physicians will give pain meds and sort of cut you loose, because better than 9 times out of 10 that does the trick. You may have a problem that is a bit more involved, so you should be referred to Physical Therapy. Preferably, you want to see a PT with a manual therapy background.
Go to APTA.org, click on "find a PT", and search your home area. You can look for someone who is an OCS = orthopedic clinical specialist.

Good luck!

Answer 3

I had bad cyatic pain on my left sid with my son that started when i was four months along and with this little one the cyatic pain is on my right side and started at four months. With your other pregnancies did you do any stretches of a morning and evening? They help me out when i actually do them. 1) laying flat of my back and pulling my knees up as far as they can a few times. 2) Getting on all fours and arching my back like a mad cat a few times. WHen i did them when i woke up and before i went to sleep it eased the pain up alot.

Answer 4

In almost every case, losing weight will relieve sciatic pain. If you are not overweight, try some physical therapy. Physical therapy, like aquatic exercise will help even the overweight; however losing weight will usually reverse the condition permanantly (well, at least as long as you keep the weight down.)

Answer 5

I am a medical student; we haven't gone over this subject in class, but I did a little research and it seems to me the best way to take care of this, is by accupuncure, and also some simple stretches you can do in order to relieve pain ( also seek medical advice would be appropriate).

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Answer 7

hi
sorry to tell you but the pain doesnt go away with meds.=it goes away after awhile itself but has a habit of coming back=i have this problem too and it isnt nice

Answer 8

the only way I know of is Physical Thrapy and then use the hot cold method at home. this is where you will put a hot towel on the area leave for a few minutes, and then you put a cold one on.