Thread: Sciatic Nerve problem??

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Originally Posted by MelloYello

Altho I have not been to a doctor, I think that I am suffering from sciatic nerve pain.

It started out as my usual chronic back pain and then "all of a sudden" my right buttock and right leg started having severe pain. Anti-inflammatories such as Ibuprophen doesn't help but Vicidin helps ease the pain so that I can sleep at night and nights are the worst times when I'm laying down.

Don't mean to moan and groan but I was just wondering if anyone had any experience with this sort of thing and what kind of Doctor would you go to inorder to get this fixed?

I'm not a doctor, but I'll share what worked for me. If you can find a good chiropracter (one that doesn't try to pull you in for weekly/monthly "adjustments") he/she can help sciatic nerve pain, caused by that nerve being pinched. One thing that worked for me is to put the hurting leg up on something elevated, tilt your toe back towards your body, and try to touch that toe, stretching the achille's tendon. Another is to stand with toes on a step holding the rail so you don't fall, and let your heels drop down as far as you can, again stretching that achille's tendon. The stretching hurts, but often relieves the pinch if it is not too severe. Also, before you get out of bed in the morning pull your knees up to your chest, relax your lower body, wrap your arms around your knees and pull them as tight to your chest as you can. Helps to stretch those tendons before you let gravity compress things.

My years of chronic back pain has been all but eliminated by using an inversion table, where you hang from your feet for a few minutes occasionally and all of the leg/back joints stretch out. Self induced traction