you need to be on 800mg+ of magnesium glycinate everyday. ask any necessary questions.
this is why you have sciatica and back issues in the first place. mag is one of 2 relaxing minerals and it is VERY easy to be deficient in it.
Like me, when you can’t take it any more, you will go under the knife. Laminectomy / discectomy. I tried injections for seven years to no avail. The surgery cured me except for some chronic low level pain. If you are having numbness in your feet, you better get it looked into. You’ll lose mobility.
I had a year of trouble because I tried to carry things as soon as I felt better. A work bag on a shoulder, a grocery bag under an arm. Each time my recovery had to start again. If you can go a couple weeks without lifting, it will make a big difference in your recovery. If you have to lift, hold whatever it is to your chest and supported by both arms to balance the weight. You might look odd coming and going from work, but it will help.
Light use of ibuprofen for inflamation. Heat is okay but won’t necessarily get to the source of your pain.
Don’t listen to anyone that suggests a stretch or excercise that involves bending your back backwards. I pinched the nerve worse on the advice of a friend and couldn’t stand afterwards.
Arch and sag is good exercise on your hands and knees to get mobility back later on when you’re feeling better. Hamstring and calf stretches are good as well. Hamstrings coincide with the nerve that causes sciatica, so flexibility there is a big help.
Good luck and don’t rush off to get more prescriptions. I had a serious of very serious side effects after my doctors put me on a series of heavy anti inflammatory and muscle relaxers. Be careful and understand that recovery could take months.
Lay on your back with feet pulled up and tilt your hops up for 5-10 seconds.
Stretching and heat works, but improvement will take about three months.
I know it hurts like hell, and going from laying down to sitting or standing is extremely painful, as is going the other way.
Laying on your back with legs on a chair while doing crunches helps. When sleeping putting a pillow or two under your knees also helps with the pain.
Like I said earlier, you are m looking at 2-3 months before there is significant improvement and maybe six months before being totally back to normal.
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The more I read, the more impressed I became and tried it myself. The science backs up the results I seem to have experienced.
If I've worked or played too hard and overdone it and know I'm going to pay for it the next day, I take a few grams before bed and I feel good when I wake up in the morning.
Whenever and wherever possible, I like to stake the deck in my favor and like to take a shotgun approach to body aches and pains.
Tumeric/curcumin has been used in cooking for centuries and it is also known to have many healthful benefits, including fighting inflammation.
From what I've read it works best when combined with black pepper, so I looked for Made in the USA supplements with the highest ratings on websites like Amazon for one to add to the liposomal C I take.
Some damaged or broken parts will take their own sweet time to heal, just how it is, but the results I've experienced over time have been liberating. No more Advil. No prescription meds at all. I don't feel any reasons for the back and neck surgeries I've been avoiding all these years.
Big results from just a few changes: the above supplements, a more antioxidant rich, healthful diet and saying Grace and giving thanks before meals and I feel pretty good again.
Your mileage may vary, but the science is there to back up the customer reviews I've read and results I now share.
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Chiro and acupuncture.
First off you might want to make sure what you have is Sciatica, you can ask you doctor to be evaluated by an orthopedic surgeon (don’t let him cut on you) if your insurance will allow then maybe a chiropractor, the types of treatment many already suggested here might just aggravate your condition if the diagnosis is not right.
Secondly regardless of your ailment, about 50% of your pain is muscular this is because your muscles suffer injury trying to compensate for misalignment and are not functioning normally so in all cases muscle relaxers will help, ask your doctor for Backlofen, a prescription drug that works quickly, effectively is long lasting and non-addictive, but it will of course make you drowsy.
Third and I think most important is get some oregano oil this will help relieve pain and support fast healing, a couple of drops lightly massaged into the base of your spine and then a couple drops massaged at the direct point of pain, you can do this several times a day as you feel needed, the only side effect is you might smell like a pizza for about an hour, after you are back to normal continue to massage one drop of oil to the base of the spine once every day, another thing you want to do is pay attention; what I’ve learned over many years; is that although it can happen suddenly, my back most often gives me warning signals prior to an event, that is when you want to start dealing with it; you can prevent serious injury, I’ve been dealing with this for over 35 years, tried everything this for me works, I have less severe attacks and can recover in usually three to five days where previously it took two to three plus painful weeks, certain specific exercises will help in prevention, but in my case I fail to be consistent, it is a commitment, I have found simply walking while paying attention to posture will do the same.
As to the oregano oil, you can get it at most vitamin stores but the quality and the active ingredient carvacrol is what you want to insure is the strongest, if you freepmail me I can direct you to an online source that has the highest quality and the maximum amount of active ingredient, I am not an affiliate just a customer they don’t do affiliation anyway.
In the words of Bill Clinton “I feel your pain” it is hard for others who don’t suffer chronic back pain to understand and it is even harder to explain, my back attacks are literally paralyzing for a couple of days, what ever anyone says you will not get over it, it can be treated and you can take preventative steps but not cured, surgery is an option, it has worked for some but generally you eventually will have to go back for more, that will be the only future option you have left, that is not a scientific or statistical evaluation, it is an observational one, it may not always be true, but in some cases it is prudent to believe what you see, I’ve seen far to many regret surgery.
I am rambling on because I know the suffering and I know what works after years of experimentation, so again if you would like a link to premium oregano oil (the best treatment and prevention) of highest quality and best price freepmail me for direct link.
I would have never believed the effectiveness and would not even have tried it if someone who recommended it had not given a bottle to try, I am not into homeopathic remedies but I love this stuff, it has many uses, I suggest you do a search “oregano oil” to get lots of info on its uses and effectiveness, you will be hard pressed to find anything negative other then the taste, which is not so bad and in fact I learned to love it.
Oregano oil can be used topically (as in back pain) or orally for other conditions, do not take orally if you are on coumadin or other blood thinners or have an allergy to oregano, but if you eat pizza or other foods high in oregano your are likely not allergic.
Nine years ago I had an L5/S1 partial disc collapse left sciatic - I can’t begin to describe the pain - it abated only slightly but lasted for 2 months without ceasing - the second physical therapist taught me stretches from the Egoscue method (it’s in paperback) - I was pain free within three days
My DIL is in severe pain and uses the strongest Fentelyn patch made and vicidine for break through pain. She says the Curcumin helps more than the meds for her break through pain.