Just got out of the hospital, 28YO, Sciatica

[shocksyde]

The pain was horrible, but the feeling of the nerve pinching and almost making my legs collapse under me was the most unsettling feeling I've ever experienced.

 

[eits]

I had a lot of relief after 6 visits over 2 weeks. She gave me some exercises to do as well. I chose to continue going so I would stay right. My chiro has no interest in treating someone when their problem is not going to benefit from it. She doesn't like medication, feels patients should be doing exercises at home, and she cheerfully tells people they are welcome to fire her if they aren't satisfied with their progress. My treatment was covered by insurance at 80% plus my deductible.

The office people are well acquainted with insurance programs so feel free to ask what their experience has been with whoever provides your health insurance.

:thumbsup:

 

[eits]

seriously, op, what is it going to take to get you to see a chiropractor?

it's sciatica... one of the easiest things for a chiropractor to treat (by fixing pelvic and spinal misalignments). you seriously think a pill is magically going to fix the cause of the problem?

see a chiropractor, man.

for all the shit you've given chiropractic care in the past, does it really seem, after reading testimonials of those who've been to chiropractors for their sciatica, that we don't do anything?

 

[BoomerD]

seriously, op, what is it going to take to get you to see a chiropractor?

it's sciatica... one of the easiest things for a chiropractor to treat (by fixing pelvic and spinal misalignments). you seriously think a pill is magically going to fix the cause of the problem?

see a chiropractor, man.

for all the shit you've given chiropractic care in the past, does it really seem, after reading testimonials of those who've been to chiropractors for their sciatica, that we don't do anything?

BUT, what is the underlying cause of the sciatica?
If it's a herniated disk impinging on the nerve, chiropractic may not help in the slightest...you know I'm a believer in the "black arts" of chiropractic...but I also believe that its uses are limited...and worthless for some conditions.

 

[shocksyde]

Eits, I know I've been a douche to you in the past. I'm sorry. I'm considering chiropractic care.

 

[BoomerD]

Eits, I know I've been a douche to you in the past. I'm sorry. I'm considering chiropractic care.

Without knowing exactly what's causing the sciatica, IMO, chiropractic may indeed provide you with some much needed relief. Has your doctor ordered an MRI to see what's going on in your low back?

 

[shocksyde]

Without knowing exactly what's causing the sciatica, IMO, chiropractic may indeed provide you with some much needed relief. Has your doctor ordered an MRI to see what's going on in your low back?

Nah, this was an ER visit, so they didn't delve that deep. If I have issues in the future, I'll get a
Proper checkup and then use chiro if it seems necessary.

 

[eits]

BUT, what is the underlying cause of the sciatica?
If it's a herniated disk impinging on the nerve, chiropractic may not help in the slightest...you know I'm a believer in the "black arts" of chiropractic...but I also believe that its uses are limited...and worthless for some conditions.

you're wrong, man. the only way chiropractic treatment can't help sciatica symptoms are if they stem from diabetes, central canal stenosis, or severe ivf encroachment due to degeneration. he's too young for that, unless his spine is structurally a mess.

a protrusion disc herniation (which is common) is easy to treat chiropractically. it's when it's a extrusion or sequestration that it becomes a little difficult.

most of the public has disc bulges or disc protrusions... they're just asymptomatic. people don't realize that they're in danger of becoming symptomatic by doing practically anything the wrong way (which is way too common to do unless you're 100% aware of how you do things).

 

[eits]

Eits, I know I've been a douche to you in the past. I'm sorry. I'm considering chiropractic care.

i accept your apology and i understand why you felt the way you did. it's all good.

if you want, i can do some research for you and find you the best one in the area.

by the way, when you went to the e.r., did you see dr. jessie parsons? which hospital did you go to? hopkins? mercy? sinai? my good friend from high school went to hopkins and she's in the e.r. there.

 

[Lamont Burns]

Start swimming(easy on the joints), and do yoga or some shit.

 

[Deeko]

I had sciatica last year. It was annoying, but wow, nothing like that. *shrug*

 

[shocksyde]

i accept your apology and i understand why you felt the way you did. it's all good.

if you want, i can do some research for you and find you the best one in the area.

by the way, when you went to the e.r., did you see dr. jessie parsons? which hospital did you go to? hopkins? mercy? sinai? my good friend from high school went to hopkins and she's in the e.r. there.

Not necessary, but thanks for the offer. My ex has a chiro cousin that I've just now reached out to.

I went to the Balt/wash
Medical center, which luckily is only a mile away, yet the ambo ride still hurt like a mofo.

 

[Ken g6]

I got sciatica in college, and it's never completely gone away. I mean, I'm in no pain now, but if I did the "wrong" thing, I would be soon and for at least a week.

Things I found that helped:

• Among prescription drugs, Bextra. That was the first pain medication my doctor gave me, and it made the pain just go away with no side effects! But they don't make it anymore. Personally, I'd risk heart disease to make the pain just vanish when necessary. Celebrex is a similar drug, but I've never tried it. Also, a doctor once mis-diagnosed my mom with sciatica and gave her Lyrica. Might help.
• Ibuprofen helps a little, but it's much less effective. Acetominophen doesn't help at all, since it doesn't decrease swelling.
• Sitting with my good leg crossed across my bad leg (tight, like girls cross their legs), pulling the bad leg out, helps when sitting. Laying on the side of the bad hip while sleeping helps too.
• A heat pad on my lower back helps alot. I've often slept on top of a heat pad, on low with blankets between it and me, even though the directions say not to. This is, unfortunately, mutually exclusive with laying on my side.

The key to my relief has been doing ab and lower back exercises combined with stretching. I stretch my hamstrings, glutes, and quads every morning, and if my back is stiff, at night before bed. In the morning I do situps, reverse crunches, and back lifts. I take care to stretch out before workouts and after. My back hasn't felt this good in years.

I wish I could do that. Situps or crunches aggravate the nerve for me, thus leading to a week of pain afterwards. :'(

 

[Papagayo]

Sleeping on your side also helps. I've had it about 6 months now. It comes and goes. I just live with it.

Worst for me is in the morning, when I take a shower. Trying to bend over to pickup soap kills me.

 

[shocksyde]

Sleeping on your side also helps. I've had it about 6 months now. It comes and goes. I just live with it.

Worst for me is in the morning, when I take a shower. Trying to bend over to pickup soap kills me.

I did some research, and sleeping on your side in the fetal position is best

 

[eits]

Sleeping on your side also helps. I've had it about 6 months now. It comes and goes. I just live with it.

Worst for me is in the morning, when I take a shower. Trying to bend over to pickup soap kills me.

that's not good advice

the only way sleeping on your side can help sciatica symptoms is if it's being caused by a spinal misalignment and sleeping on the opposite side of the misalignment kind of realigns the vertebra that is causing pressure on the nerve to cause the sciatica.

 

[rh71]

health is the most important, now everyone else quit complaining about stupid shit.