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I haven’t read this whole thread so it’s probably been mentioned. The FIRST thing you have to do is get an accurate diagnosis. If you suspect sciatica, you should see a neurologist or orthopedist, or better still, both. An MRI should be very informative. If that’s negative, your back looks good, then you can start focusing on something else.
My back is a wreck because for years I would hurt it and go to a family doc, he’d take an x-ray, nothing would show and I’d be on my way to repeating. About 15 years ago I finally went to a specialist, an orthopedist. It was only a couple minutes in before he said I needed and MRI. Turns out I have 4 ruptured disks, spinal stenosis, and degenerative disk disease. I tried shots, physical therapy, TENS, you name it and I’m finally going in for surgery pretty soon.
The bottom line though is, an accurate diagnosis very early on would have probably saved me decades of pain because I would have known I was doing permanent damage, not just pulling a muscle as I was repeatedly told, and I could have adjusted my behavior.
yes, it has been said. I had the same issue, diagnosed without testing as hip tendonitis, got yelled at when I asked for an MRI after 6 months of failed conservative treatment, when I finally do get it, it shows my sciatica caused by herniated discs, spinal stenosis and a spinal cyst. Surgery 6 months later (they insisted I waste time and money, $250 a pop co-pay, on 4 epidurals even though they never worked on me for more than a week or 2).
6 hours after I arrive at the hospital for an L4-L5 laminectomy, I am walking upstairs at home with 1/4 of the pain I had that morning. A couple weeks later I am totally pain-free, though with 10 months of my life gone and $14,000 spent on co-pays and Ubers, and about $20,000 in credit card debt I didn't have before. I really believe I have a form of PTSD from the pain I went through.
2 years later and still pain-free, thankfully.
Yes there are many natural remedies for pain, I tried most of them, but you have to know what's really causing it before you can fix it.
Bottom line, there is a lot of pain that we need and learn to live with. The longer I live the more I know this...I'm not willing to drug myself with so many drugs to try to feel no pain. I use a lot of supplements and ointments and my life has changed but I've adjusted...one has to..
My back is pretty narley with 60+ yrs of arthritis but I'm not willing to go under any knives.
And all those steroids only "soften" the cartilage more and more. I won't do them.
I am getting ready to live 6mos in a no MMJ state & 6 months in a MMJ state and wonder if that will help or hinder my access to the MMJ?? Does anyone else go north for summers snd south for winters AND use MMJ??
Bottom line, there is a lot of pain that we need and learn to live with. The longer I live the more I know this...I'm not willing to drug myself with so many drugs to try to feel no pain. I use a lot of supplements and ointments and my life has changed but I've adjusted...one has to..
My back is pretty narley with 60+ yrs of arthritis but I'm not willing to go under any knives.
And all those steroids only "soften" the cartilage more and more. I won't do them.
Yeah, I said the same thing, then I woke up unable to move. I know I would have died if I couldn't get that pain down. I have a pretty high pain tolerance but 10/10 is not something you can learn to live with.
I am getting ready to live 6mos in a no MMJ state & 6 months in a MMJ state and wonder if that will help or hinder my access to the MMJ?? Does anyone else go north for summers snd south for winters AND use MMJ??
You can't transport it to a non-MJ state. There was a story not long ago about a family that moved to COL for their child to get medical MJ for seizures. Her strain was almost all CBD, you couldn't get high from it if you tried, and the child needed it (drops under her tongue) every day. The mother said the little girl cannot ever go visit her grandparents in another state because they were not allowed by that state to bring her medicine.
Yeah, I said the same thing, then I woke up unable to move. I know I would have died if I couldn't get that pain down. I have a pretty high pain tolerance but 10/10 is not something you can learn to live with.
We're all different for sure, maybe my issues are more livable since I did so much chiro and osteopathic work all my life..30some yrs of it... We all are products of years of what we did or didn't do..we choose and none choose the same paths.
We're all different for sure, maybe my issues are more livable since I did so much chiro and osteopathic work all my life..30some yrs of it... We all are products of years of what we did or didn't do..we choose and none choose the same paths.
Wow! That comes off quite judgey. I also did these things as well as eating healthy, exercising my whole life, yoga. I have more PT stuff in my home than some clinics. Before that day I woke up and couldn’t move, I’d been through PT, Chiro for active release technique and a technique called Cox. I paid $300 for the man who invented it to consult with my Chiro,
We are a product of our genetics first and foremost. No amount of Chiro or PT or anything else is going to stop joint deterioration if you have arthritis in your genes. In fact all those years of exercise contributed to joint breakdown, it doesn’t prevent it.
You can't transport it to a non-MJ state. There was a story not long ago about a family that moved to COL for their child to get medical MJ for seizures. Her strain was almost all CBD, you couldn't get high from it if you tried, and the child needed it (drops under her tongue) every day. The mother said the little girl cannot ever go visit her grandparents in another state because they were not allowed by that state to bring her medicine.
Perhaps this is a reason so many people are moving to Colorado.
Here, both Medical and Recreational pot are legal. I think some people may try recreational pot first to see if it helps eliminate pain. That's an easy first step.
Perhaps this is a reason so many people are moving to Colorado.
Here, both Medical and Recreational pot are legal. I think some people may try recreational pot first to see if it helps eliminate pain. That's an easy first step.
Wow! That comes off quite judgey. I also did these things as well as eating healthy, exercising my whole life, yoga. I have more PT stuff in my home than some clinics. Before that day I woke up and couldn’t move, I’d been through PT, Chiro for active release technique and a technique called Cox. I paid $300 for the man who invented it to consult with my Chiro,
We are a product of our genetics first and foremost. No amount of Chiro or PT or anything else is going to stop joint deterioration if you have arthritis in your genes. In fact all those years of exercise contributed to joint breakdown, it doesn’t prevent it.
No judgey, and I've thought of this many times, just maybe my generation and maybe your's and I don't know your age did TOO MUCH dancing and exercising...I never ran, had enough sense, but the runner's world told us to run for years...my mom's side all had arthritis and none had surgeries and did NOT do disco dancing and exercising and for sure no running...so there are so many variables that figure in.
I'm not moving to CO for any high but will continue here as best I can and now will get on my recumbent to move this knee, I can't cycle too much but when I don't it freezes up more...and no knee surgery in my horizon. I went thru HAIL with last year's episode knee infection.
I had ART work for an IT band damage from hip replacement..since the hip job in 2010, my whole right is more messed up, much much more.
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