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Re: Sciatica
Reply #15 - Oct 14^th, 2022 at 9:08pm

Gordon wrote on Oct 14^th, 2022 at 11:36am:

I was very unlucky and had an 80% disk herniation when I was 30 from an accident, and had god awful sciatica. I got a microdiscectomy which worked well but I still get some very very minor sciatica but never enough to slow me down.

No matter how bad it is tho, the worst thing you can do is be sedentary as it makes you worse.

And Aqua is dead set right on what he recommended.

I wouldn't mind hearing a bit more about this disc procedure.

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45888 Gender:	Re: Sciatica Reply #17 - Oct 14^th, 2022 at 9:16pm A codeine addiction explains a lot about your behavior, Larry!
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Reply #18 - Oct 14^th, 2022 at 9:23pm

Codeine is an opioid and highly addictive. I would not recommend it for a recurring condition like sciatica‚ you will quickly become addicted. Try fish oil tablets, omega 3 and 6 fatty acids which will reduce inflammation. Using a hot then a cold pack might be more effective than just a hot or cold pack. I used hot showers, hot as I could stand then for the last half minute—just cold water. All helps a bit.

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Reply #19 - Oct 14^th, 2022 at 11:39pm

Lisa Jones wrote on Oct 14^th, 2022 at 8:53pm:

Sprintcyclist wrote on Oct 14^th, 2022 at 1:00pm:

Thanks all.
Mine is not really bad. it comes every 3 - 5 years.
I do a LOT to prevent it.
Funny, for mine a cold pack helps !

Interesting. I've never been able to grasp the idea of a cold pack for sciatica. I find heat is required for my sciatica to start improving.

yes, your previous 'hot pack' posting caught my eye.
Many years ago during a sciatica occurrence I was using hot packs and thought it was worsening the situation. I tried a cold pack since heat was escalating the pain.
It worked !
Thought my sciatica was from an inflamed or trapped nerve. Coldness may make the nerve smaller, heat will inflame it more.

Just did a whole lot of stretching, keeping coolish.
yep, seems 'weird'.

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45888 Gender:	Re: Sciatica Reply #20 - Oct 15^th, 2022 at 8:27am Try cold then hot Sprint.
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Reply #21 - Oct 15^th, 2022 at 8:40am

So, Larry, how do you get your codeine? I doubt you have a prescription so you either have a huge stash from before they stopped Mersyndol being sold over the counter or you get your codeine from an illegal source, a drug dealer.

Which is it? How long have you been taking codeine night strength every night? Do you take one tablet or several?

Do you get the famous “codeine rages?”

I think IQ was taking codeine and booze and he mentioned codeine rages.

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Reply #22 - Oct 15^th, 2022 at 5:04pm

Jovial Monk wrote on Oct 15^th, 2022 at 8:27am:

Try cold then hot Sprint.

I have done the cold/hot/cold etc ....... treatment on bruises. It works VERY well. People do not do it as it is 'too much problem' .....
It is MUCH better than having a bruise/sprain for days.

For this sciatica, I though the sciatic nerve was inflamed, this caused muscles to tense up all around the nerve.
It was bad last night and this morning. I forgot about the ice during the night.
This is what it is like when I am unwell, my thinking goes astray.

Used the ice today, stretching, more ice, nurofen, stretching, ice. It's a lot better.
This morning was pretty bad.

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45888 Gender:	Re: Sciatica Reply #23 - Oct 15^th, 2022 at 6:58pm Fish oil capsules help with inflammation, are gentle unlike NSAIDS. Keep track of Nurofen usage—kills your liver!
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Reply #24 - Oct 15^th, 2022 at 6:59pm

I had keyhole surgery for for sciatica about 7 years ago. As the surgeon at St Vincent's said about the protruding jelly-like substance that presses on the sciatic nerve; you can't put toothpaste back in the tube. Remove it. He did. Never looked back, never had any issues since.
BUT have heard horror stories about subsequent procedures for the (unsuccessful) fusion of vertebrae, chronic, unrelenting pain and all the rest.

Tip: do not sit so your hip is lower than your knees. It puts more pressure on your back. Don't sit for long periods. strengthen your core, as aqua says, but not while you are in pain, it will just make it worse. Don't go to a physio WHILE in pain, it will just make it worse (surgeon's advice).
Get off yer arse and if not, get a monkey chair if you can. Amazing.

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Reply #25 - Oct 15^th, 2022 at 8:26pm

Frank wrote on Oct 15^th, 2022 at 6:59pm:

I had keyhole surgery for for sciatica about 7 years ago. As the surgeon at St Vincent's said about the protruding jelly-like substance that presses on the sciatic nerve; you can't put toothpaste back in the tube. Remove it. He did. Never looked back, never had any issues since.
BUT have heard horror stories about subsequent procedures for the (unsuccessful) fusion of vertebrae, chronic, unrelenting pain and all the rest.

Tip: do not sit so your hip is lower than your knees. It puts more pressure on your back. Don't sit for long periods. strengthen your core, as aqua says, but not while you are in pain, it will just make it worse. Don't go to a physio WHILE in pain, it will just make it worse (surgeon's advice).
Get off yer arse and if not, get a monkey chair if you can. Amazing.

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Reply #26 - Oct 15^th, 2022 at 8:28pm

Gordon wrote on Oct 15^th, 2022 at 8:26pm:

Frank wrote on Oct 15^th, 2022 at 6:59pm:

I had keyhole surgery for for sciatica about 7 years ago. As the surgeon at St Vincent's said about the protruding jelly-like substance that presses on the sciatic nerve; you can't put toothpaste back in the tube. Remove it. He did. Never looked back, never had any issues since.
BUT have heard horror stories about subsequent procedures for the (unsuccessful) fusion of vertebrae, chronic, unrelenting pain and all the rest.

Tip: do not sit so your hip is lower than your knees. It puts more pressure on your back. Don't sit for long periods. strengthen your core, as aqua says, but not while you are in pain, it will just make it worse. Don't go to a physio WHILE in pain, it will just make it worse (surgeon's advice).
Get off yer arse and if not, get a monkey chair if you can. Amazing.

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I had mine done at St Vincents... Tim Steel, one of the best.

Yes, him.

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Re: Sciatica
Reply #27 - Oct 16^th, 2022 at 2:55am

Frank wrote on Oct 15^th, 2022 at 6:59pm:

I had keyhole surgery for for sciatica about 7 years ago. As the surgeon at St Vincent's said about the protruding jelly-like substance that presses on the sciatic nerve; you can't put toothpaste back in the tube. Remove it. He did. Never looked back, never had any issues since.
BUT have heard horror stories about subsequent procedures for the (unsuccessful) fusion of vertebrae, chronic, unrelenting pain and all the rest.

Tip: do not sit so your hip is lower than your knees. It puts more pressure on your back. Don't sit for long periods. strengthen your core, as aqua says, but not while you are in pain, it will just make it worse. Don't go to a physio WHILE in pain, it will just make it worse (surgeon's advice).
Get off yer arse and if not, get a monkey chair if you can. Amazing.

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A monkey chair, eh? Do you have to sit in it to eat?

So brave. Do you know what you are, dear boy?

You're keyholed. We mean this in the nicest possible way, no?

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Reply #28 - Oct 22^nd, 2022 at 4:47pm

I had been in a car accident age 21 as passenger… car was t boned… spun around and my right hip was walloped where the gear stick was…
Took ages to stop limping… then I had pregnancies and as the bones move… I ended up being reminded of that old injury… it just never got better… no matter how many chiros I saw.
And the occasional sciatica was thwarting…. as a young mum and household to run… it never ceased to remind me it’s there.
Now fast forward decades…. In feb this year I saw a RA specialist and he injected cortisone in my hip.
I have not had any hip or sciatica problem since! I could almost cry with joy!
Then I get pissed off as I wonder why no doctor has ever done that for me throughout my life!
Sure I have a high pain threshold… but maybe I needed to really whinge louder? We’re they not hearing me? All my life?
This RA specialist also is the only doctor that did tests for me and found I had lupus!
Now this has made sense with all I have been through… it answered a lot of questions re: health and pain issues.
And to think… I said to my husband… “what’s the point going to a specialist and being out of pocket couple hundred $$$$ when they just brush me off and say nothing wrong!”

Wrong! I almost cancelled the appointment after nearly a 3 month wait. To reluctantly go half heartedly… to finding out how frikken amazing he was! Wow… just when I lost all hope!

I still can’t believe there is no pain in my right hip any longer!
Days of joy!

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45888 Gender:	Re: Sciatica Reply #29 - Oct 22^nd, 2022 at 4:57pm I needed a total hip replacement surgery to get rid of (80%) pain in my right hip. Left hip is fine, practically no arthritis there.
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