2007-04-23 10:00:34 · 6 answers · asked by Clyde P 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
The best treatment for sciatica is deep tissue massage therapy. If you have this treatment three times a week you will be feeling a million times better. Once it's under control you would only need massage once a week.
A hot bath with 2c. of Epsom salts for 30 minutes each evening will help with the pain And reduce some of the inflammation.
Another treatment program that works well is chiropractic. I've enclosed a link were you can find a chiropractor in your area.
when the pain and inflammation has gone down I recommend you try Yoga to keep the problem from coming back.
2007-04-23 10:08:55 · answer #1 · answered by Cherokee Billie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. First you need chiropractic care, mine has helped me a lot.
2. Walking every day 1-2 hrs a day.
3. If you have a disc problem (like me) you probably can't do much sitting. I'm on the computer right now but I get up and walk around a lot.
4. Some stretching exercises a few minutes a day, and massage.
5. I don't recommend a hot bath or hot tub. If your back is inflamed it will make it worse.
6. Ceragem massage bed, it has infared heat (this kind of heat is ok) There are places where you can try it for free.
Go to their website to find out.
2007-04-23 10:35:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
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.
On this site you can find very good tips on how to treat your sciatica: http://curesciatica.toptips.org
Good Bye
2014-09-16 02:02:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm all about exercises that involve NO PAIN. Every morning and every evening before you get out of bed, or go to sleep, try this stretch: Turn onto your side and get as close to the edge of the bed as you comfortably can. Put your bottom arm under your head and bend your upper arm behind towards your back. Next bend your bottom leg slightly, and then move your top leg off the edge of the bed towards the floor pushing slightly towards your chin. Take a deep relaxing breath and let your body weight stretch the Periformis 6 muscles (butt muscles) which are spasmed around the siatic nerve. ENJOY THE STRETCH, NEVER LET IT HURT, just feel it pull. It's quite comforting and pain relieving. Be sure to do both sides.
2007-04-23 10:08:42 · answer #4 · answered by earcandlelady 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
get a friend to rub your butt. Here's a massage therapists trick. have a friend make the "W" sign with both hands. Meaning take your two thumbs and put them nail to nail then point your index fingers out on an angle to were it looks like the letter "w" then have them place the "w" on one butt check- this is where the sciatic nerve commonly gets pinched in between or under the piriformis muscle. have them gently bring their thumbs down into your butt. Just hold or press down and count, the more you rub it and stretch it the better it will be, you basically have to stretch and loosen up that muscle so it doesn't get tight and clamp down on the nerve. Do leg stretches, bring one leg up onto a table, then the other. always have someone to help you.
2007-04-23 11:20:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would go and see a Chiropractor.
If you're in the Bristol area I would recommend the one I go to regularly.
Failing that you can find one in your area on the website below - just put in your postcode (right hand side of page).
Yes they cost money but it is money well spent
Good luck
2007-04-23 10:12:14 · answer #6 · answered by Bristol_Gal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the doctor prescribed diclofenic and codeine phosphate for my sciatica. one is an anti-inflammatory the other is a pain killer. they work well. i don't think there is a cure, just rest it out unfortunately.
2007-04-23 21:37:26 · answer #7 · answered by ANTHONY H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-19 22:41:36 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i went to the doctor with this complaint and he says do more exercise? so ill give it a go why not try it?
2007-04-23 20:42:01 · answer #9 · answered by lilian c 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chiropractic manipulation.
2007-04-23 10:45:31 · answer #10 · answered by just curious 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋