any suggestions on how to relieve sciatic nerve pain?
can’t take / get any more meds. the dr. is worried that i’m seeking drugs and i’m already a zombie from the pain and drug combination.
chiropractic treatment helps for about 36 hrs and massage therapy releives the pain for about 12 hrs.
hot /cold packs work for about 2 hrs.
had an mri done, but won’t hear the results for a couple more days.
Well, my sciatic nerve has been traumatized on two separate occasions – once when shot in battle, then in a car accident years later. I have RSD(reflex sympathetic dystrophy) or it’s also called "causalgia" and a number of other things, but all have the same symptoms! Extreme burning, like fire, in my leg or sometimes cold as ice feeling, but pain 24/7. I went through much trouble with the pain meds and pain management clinics. Addiction treatment followed for the opiates and fentenyl. Nothing works to suppress the pain! As you said, just made me a zombie! For the last 5 years I’ve just "taken the pain!" When it gets really bad, and my leg swells I simply try and stay in bed! Hot or cold packs make my condition worsen. Sorry for your malady and your pain, but there is no easy answer. The doctors are covering their asses from the government which will charge them with crimes if you become hooked making it seem as if they’ve not been on top of your treatment! It’s a Catch-22 for them and you! Find a hobby that isn’t physical, like reading. And, too, meditate/daydream yourself out of the pain. I know that sounds stupid, but it can help. Good luck, and try hard not to be labeled as a drug seeker by medical professionals, as that will follow you forever. Hit the net and find a doctor who specializes in pain and pain related illness like RSD. Maybe you’ve just been misdiagnosed. And go to a mental health professional as chronic pain leads to depression, and drugs like Cymbalta can help with both.
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get a friend to massage
right into the hard bit
after a hot bath
every day until it diminishes
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For immediate short term help, I’ve found that putting great pressure right on the spot helps. My mom and I both suffer from sciatic pain and this helps us both. You can either have someone literally dig an elbow into the spot (you’ll have to direct up,down, left, right, deeper and softer) or I’ve found that I can lay on something like a pill bottle. It sounds weird but basically do it for 10-20 minutes, move it around to spots that hurt and you’ll end up wearing out the nerve. You’ll know the spots because it will "feel so good it hurts." If you get massages, you probably know what I mean.
In my opinion, this is a good solution to those moments where you’re going crazy from the pain and will last roughly a couple of hours or to the next morning. Be careful with this though, if you do it too hard, you’ll bruise it and it’ll hurt more. But I do this a lot as a way of lessening the pain.
I also stretch out my gluteous muscle by bring one leg up to my chest or shoulder on the opposite side. My acupuncturist recommended that, and I think it helps over time.
Most of all, I STRONGLY recommend acupuncture. That’s been the one thing that helps and when I keep regular treatments, do not need pain medication unless I do something to aggravate it. I would really suggest this, I think it’s the best solution!
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my own daily struggle!
Well, my sciatic nerve has been traumatized on two separate occasions – once when shot in battle, then in a car accident years later. I have RSD(reflex sympathetic dystrophy) or it’s also called "causalgia" and a number of other things, but all have the same symptoms! Extreme burning, like fire, in my leg or sometimes cold as ice feeling, but pain 24/7. I went through much trouble with the pain meds and pain management clinics. Addiction treatment followed for the opiates and fentenyl. Nothing works to suppress the pain! As you said, just made me a zombie! For the last 5 years I’ve just "taken the pain!" When it gets really bad, and my leg swells I simply try and stay in bed! Hot or cold packs make my condition worsen. Sorry for your malady and your pain, but there is no easy answer. The doctors are covering their asses from the government which will charge them with crimes if you become hooked making it seem as if they’ve not been on top of your treatment! It’s a Catch-22 for them and you! Find a hobby that isn’t physical, like reading. And, too, meditate/daydream yourself out of the pain. I know that sounds stupid, but it can help. Good luck, and try hard not to be labeled as a drug seeker by medical professionals, as that will follow you forever. Hit the net and find a doctor who specializes in pain and pain related illness like RSD. Maybe you’ve just been misdiagnosed. And go to a mental health professional as chronic pain leads to depression, and drugs like Cymbalta can help with both.
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