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  Keeper of the King Snake
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Location: Dubach, LA | Keeps me awake. Wakes me when I do go to sleep. Hurts terribly when I drive. I'm months into the pain. Any advice other than the yoga I'm already doing? |
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 Money Eating Baggage Owner
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Location: Phoenix | My dad had the surgery and hasn't had any issues since. So sorry....it was super painful for him. |
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I just read the headlines
Posts: 4483
| My Horse's BOT saddle pad liner has really helped mine, plus the chiropractor, and a lot of walking. |
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Married to a Louie Lover
Posts: 3303
| Chiropractor helped me a ton as well as continuing yoga to extend my adjustments - good on you for already doing yoga! Making sure I was sitting properly in the car (that was my trigger since I drive 2.5 hrs a day) and eventually getting a vehicle that I didn't have to contort myself to drive. |
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Posts: 889
Location: on the fine line between insanity and geniusness | Back on track shorts helped mine more than anything. |
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 Good Grief!
Posts: 6343
Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | I have spent a small fortune on mine and what finally helped was bowen therapy....m |
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Veteran
Posts: 113
Location: Wyoming | I have terrible sciatic pain as well. Driving is what really gets me and of course I'm driving to rodeos constantly! What is the proper way to sit in a vehicle for this? Anything you guys do to relieve the pain while driving? |
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 That's White "Man" to You
Posts: 5515
| Gabapentin |
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Posts: 3815
Location: The best kept secret in TX | Chiro, Massages, yoga, and walking.
Don't sit with your legs crossed, don't sit with your legs under you. Keep a stool at your desk and prop up your feet so you aren't tempted to put your feet under you to relieve pressure. When mounting your horse, use a stool tall enough that you can shimmy on without straining to mount. When climbing into vehicles use a stool.
My chiro gave me all those things to do and it helps a lot.
I bought a folding utility stool from the cleaning aisle at walmart to keep in all our trucks. I fold it and put it on the passenger side so I can get to it easier. Keeps me in line after adjustments longer if I follow everything my chiro told me to do. I can ususally go 2-3 weeks without an adjustment following all those instructions.  |
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 I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | Myofascial Release Therapy and I use magnets to sit on when I take long trips.
I use a therapy ball but a tennis ball works also but the therapy ball you can make softer and then add more air as you get used to the firmness.
This exercise works great!
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/338332990733220143/
And so does using a foam roller.
http://www.healthyandnaturalworld.com/foam-roller-exercises-sciatic-back-pain/
Edited by Nevertooold 2017-06-07 10:50 AM
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Location: Peg-Leg Julia Grimm | Chiropractor. I've had this 2x. One on each side. Chiro helped me tremendously. Then the idea is to stay fixed with the other therapies. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Chiro fixed me but mine was sudden onset from injury. Specifically my L4 was twisted and shoved back from not standing square to hang water buckets. |
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 A Barrel Of Monkeys
Posts: 12972
Location: Texas | Whiteboy - 2017-06-07 9:20 AM Gabapentin
Agree. Gabipentin has helped mine more than pain pills. You have to get a script from the dr., but it will help put off surgery for a while. Mine got bad enough, I'm having surgery in a couple weeks. |
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Location: Running my kids somewhere. | I had my left side fused almost 2 years ago. They told me the best I should hope for was 50-60% improvement. And that's what I got. Sitting at a desk all day and driving does get a little tricky. Have ice will travel! |
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 Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | I tried yoga and massage and it helped for a short time. She finally talked me into acupuncture. That was 5 yrs ago. I had issues from 18 to 32 with it and I went in after having my 2nd son (because it was almost unbearable during my pregnancy) and 5 yrs later I still haven't had any issues. |
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| Acuscope. |
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Keeper of the King Snake
Posts: 7622
Location: Dubach, LA | Thanks. I ll look into some of these suggestions. |
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 Georgia Peach
Posts: 8338
Location: Georgia |
Exercise. I started going to the gym last July. I usually go 4-5 times a week. Mine wasnt constant pain but it used to flare up at least once a month and last for 1-3 days. Since I've started working out, I have maybe 2 episodes in the last year. It's been great. |
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Veteran
Posts: 196
| Lysine might work. Available at health food store or walmart. |
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Posts: 1163
Location: Sapulpa, OK | Had surgery 4 weeks ago and they found bone chips that were pressing into my sciatic nerve. Would not have ever improved without the surgery. It was the most painful thing I have ever had. Several chips were removed and I am pain free! I had back epidural injections which kept my back in good shape until that chip worked it's way into the nerve.
?Some things are just not made better by exercise. Good luck!! There is just no words to explain how bad that pain can be. |
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