How Do You Cope With Severe Chronic Sciatica?
foe over one year I have been dealing with chronic pain from sciatica and i am losing my coping skills
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I say you pray, prayyy, you have to pray just to make it today
I have to take pain medicine.I take morphine extended release and lortab for break through pain.
I also have suffered from a bout of sciatica so I can sympathize. Here’s how I dealt with it and cured it. First, you must know that sciatica is caused when a vertebra disk in the lower spine herniates and puts pressure on the L4 and/or L5 nerve roots, which are the sciatic nerves going down each leg.
The pressure must be relieved for sciatica to be cured. First, you need an orthopadic surgeon to evaluate you to determine the cause of your sciatica. Was it an injury, spinal degeneration due to age or disase, osteoporosis, bone cancer? Using X-rays, MRI, electromyleogram, and nerve conduction studies, the doc will diagnois you and recommend treatment.
Treatments start with physical therapy of at least 2 weeks duration. You will also be given pain medication. If several sessions of PT don’t relieve your pain, you may be given surgical options. Most docs use microsurgery to repair discs, including disk fusion. Luckily, PT, home exercises, losing weight, and walking cured my sciatica.
Pain killers?
Have you tried physical therapy? You also should try massage. A good masseuse can tell you if your spine is out of alignment & help to manipulate the muscles. You may have arthritis of the spine. Ask your doc for Xrays to determine cause. I had mine injected with cortisone & it helped tremendously. Of course it was done by a spine specialist. Sleep with a pillow between your knees to keep your back straight. Really helps. Use anti-inflammatories (Ibuprofen,aspirin,etc., WITH FOOD)& ice to the area. Good luck!