Any of you bastiches have sciatica?

[boyst]

I'll tell you it's also awful... Popliteus tendonitis. About 2 to 3 months of this so far. Maybe I should rest. 

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

2 hours ago, Tombstone said:

I get it bad a few times a year.  Don't know what causes it to flareup.  I get prednisone and that works great for me.    Ever try that? 

 

No, but that was brought up earlier, I may be doing that next.

 

[Figster]

On 11/2/2025 at 11:50 AM, Pine Barrens Mafia said:

Does anything ACTUALLY work to alleviate this nonsense? Painkillers are useless for me. Exercises prescribed by the physical therapist similarly useless. Lost about 50lb, that didn't help.

 

Starting to become a real annoyance. Anybody out there got anything 

I have bone spurs on my neck vertebrae and nortriptylin has worked miracles for the nerve pain and saved me from an operation. Helps you sleep well. Little to no side effects. My pain was like getting stabbed in the shoulder blade with a hot knife. Over and over...

 

Miracles, so for anyone with nerve pain I highly recommend giving it a try. 

Edited 17 hours ago by Figster

[dhg]

Weed

[The Wiz]

1 hour ago, dhg said:

Weed

I'm on this boat.

 

Not gonna quote everyone for everything but I've had my share of back problems.  Scoliosis of the lower back since I was younger and ended up slipping 2 disks in my early 30's.  That experience messed up my I.T. band in my thigh and sciatic so much that it ended up causing nerve damage in my shin (I have about a 3" section below my knee that's about 60% feel now).

 

Chiro helped get my hips aligned and that's about all it did (it feels good but at most, every 6 month thing that makes sure your gait isn't making your back worse).

 

I know it's a dumb thing but simple stretching helps a bunch.  Getting a foam roller will help also.  It's basically a big hard pool noodle that is meant to hurt the living ***** out of you...... but in a good way.

 

Lastly, the even dumberest, yes, dumberest thing, is hydrate.  No matter what you do that's the one thing that needs to happen more than anything.  Trust me.  Going to a chiro and having them work you out when you are dehydrated is like asking them to hurt the living hell out you.

 

I was on the painkiller and gabapentin for a short time and complained to my doctor that the pain wasn't getting any better so naturally they just wanted to push me off and gave me a lifetime supply of it but  told me it was a monthly dose.  I quit taking that and started to do the other things I listed above and every now and then, when the pain comes to a point where I can't deal with it or take anymore advil/tylenol, I just take a quick hit off of a pen that I have stashed away.  It's the only thing that give me relief within about 10 minutes.

[Not at the table Karlos]

Yep. Chiropractor doing traction felt good while doing it. Pain came back immediately after. I ended up having the discs that were pushing on the nerve removed and my back fused. Also had a fusion in my neck. Best decisions I ever made. 

6 hours ago, dhg said:

Weed

This too. 

[Not at the table Karlos]

On 11/3/2025 at 2:46 AM, Mike in Horseheads said:

Good luck with insurance, they'll want to send ya to PT first

Yep and every time PT makes it worse because they’re not sure what’s wrong yet when they start treating. PT had me doing all types of stuff thinking my bicep was the problem but I tore my labrum in my shoulder. Ended up making it much worse. 

[Goin Breakdown]

Sciatic and numb foot everyday for 3 years now. I have issues in the other side of my body because you tend to over- correct. When I first herniated my back which led to all this, it did not matter at all what I took, gaba, lidocaine, shots in the ass, nothing got rid of the pain. It's helped some so I could sleep for a half hour at a time for about 3 months. Anyway yeah I understand the frustration of going through it daily. Some days I feel like I'm going to crack. Other days I'm just mentally numb. 

[Fleezoid]

Yes, and I had a physical therapist that had a series of exercised for me. I would get at least one flare-up a month. Bad flare-ups, to the point I had difficulty walking with occasional sharp pains, like lightning bolt pain. then I switched therapists and his exercises were completely opposite. Worked much, much better. I can manage it now. If I feel light pain or tightness, I do a handful of those exercises and manage to keep it from getting bad.