The Healthy Back Institute Forum

The Web's Best Back Pain Forum

1. 

   HealthyBack
   Key Master

   Author Comment
   Roundhouse

   Sep 25, 2009 - 5:06PM

   Quote Reply
   I can't stand it anymore

   Help me please. Sciatica right down to my toes, which arch sometimes with the cramp. The pain is agony and it quite often makes me cry. It started when I got up from chair and heard a loud click in my buttock and it felt light something had dropped. I have had numerous medication, too painful for physiotherapy, have to wait till late October for hospital visit. My life is at a standstill, I am now almost bedridden, but I do get up to get my body on the move. After 10 minutes the pain becomes unbearable. I feel I have done some damage to bone in hip or pelvis and this is pressing on the sciatic nerve. You think the NHS is good but this is really disgusting to keep me waiting this long. I may pay for a private scan or just go to A&E. Any suggestions.
   _______________________________________________________________________________________
   Hazel

   Sep 26, 2009 - 5:14AM

   Quote Reply
   Re: I can't stand it anymore

   Hi Roundhouse,
   My heart goes out to you.
   Have you tried heat or cold on it. I have a heatpad on mine when I get up, but sometimes cold helps.
   Are you on medication? I ended up at A&E when mine was really bad, and they put me on some stronger medication. I still get pain, but more managable.

   All the best.
   Hazel.
   _______________________________________________________________________________________
   Bruce Bastian

   Sep 26, 2009 - 10:04AM

   Quote Reply
   Re: I can't stand it anymore

   Get Jesse's new book The 7-Day Back Pain Cure.Do the stretches recommended,drink more water,try Heal-n-Soothe,and ultimate ph balance.
   _______________________________________________________________________________________
   Roundhouse

   Sep 26, 2009 - 5:23PM

   Quote Reply
   Re: I can't stand it anymore

   Moved about on crutches today not to put to much pressure on leg. Not too bad although pain starting tonight. Warmth seems to make it worse, had a bath and it was worse it had ever been. Cold seems not to work because of the bad cramps. Medication, Pregagabilin 150mg, diazapan 6mg per day, ibuprofen 400mg 3 times a day and dihydrocodeine 30mg 3 a day. Pain seems to have eased off slightly with rest. Will try to rest a bit more tomorrow and do some more walking. Waiting for hospital appointment, been told first appointment to arise from numerous clinics in my area so should not be too long. This is the worse pain I have ever had, I will never moan about anything ever again
   _______________________________________________________________________________________
   Ron

   Jan 24, 2010 - 1:17AM

   Quote Reply
   Re: I can't stand it anymore

   I know where you are coming from. I have been laid up in bed in the past anywhere from 2 weeks to 5 months. I went to a chiropractor for months to get rid of the pain - didn't work. The chiropractor recommended an inversion table, about the same time I found Lose the Back Pain website. Since I purchased an inversion table I haven't been back to the chiropractor. Every time my sciatica starts acting up I go to the inversion table and often in between. I don't completely invert. I have heard my vertebrae's snap back into place while on the machine and feeling instant relief.
   The easy exercises for sciatica from Lose the Back Pain work great also. They are simple, just take it easy, don't over stretch. Heat or cold didn't seem to do me any good - hurt no matter what. Oh yes, no caffeine - If I drink a large soda I feel my sciatica starting to hurt within minutes and gets worse the more caffeine I drink. Drink lots of water - it really helps. I also got the sciatic seat which I use religiously in my vehicle and at the computer. I've also noticed extra weight doesn't help at all.
   _______________________________________________________________________________________
   d.square

   Feb 10, 2010 - 4:31AM

   Quote Reply
   Re: I can't stand it anymore

   hi,

   have a laugh but have you tried music.
   i have had backpain for 5 years and until i started
   meditation, i had no clue that it started because i
   didnt know how to handle stress.

   mostly i would drink or smoke before.

   now magic has happened.

   the trick is to listen to your body.
   it wont speak english like the mind does
   but it speaks in little vibrations, faint movements
   of the blood running thru the veins, and muscles
   and nerves all vibrate faintly and you make take
   time tofind some quite place to listen to
   these or rather feel this new language of miniature
   vibrations.

   make it a practice.
   take time every now and then.
   slowly as time passes, you will learn
   the body language like we all learnt english as kids

   now step 2.

   save some classical music, soft flute, solo is
   better. save it on your mobile phone so it goes with
   you always. indian classical music , flute works for
   me.

   play the music while listening to your body.

   slowly and within minutes you will slow down
   breathing. long deep breaths will automatically
   happen. the mind is pleased now.

   you may feel everything softening up.

   say bye bye to the stored stress .
   within a week, see the difference.

   i discovered this and love this.
   would like to say good luck although
   no luck is involved.

   anyway good luck.

   • Share this on Facebook
   • Tweet This!
   • Digg this!
   • Post this to MySpace
   • Share this on del.icio.us
   • Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon
   • Share this on Reddit
   • Subscribe to the comments for this post?

   Posted 1 year ago #
2. 

   terry
   guest

   i have had acute pain since 1993 have had more back operations then man has had trips to the moon. i am on 600 to 700 mg. of morphine a day.. and my doctors are clueless on how to make me better. so now what.. well at least my DOCTORS ARE NOT FEELING ANY PAIN AS I PAY THEIR HOUSE PAYMENTS. SOUTHERN IDAHO NEEDS PAIN MANAGEMENT DOCTORS WHO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

   Posted 1 year ago #
3. 

   terry
   guest

   i have had acute pain since 1993 have had more back operations then man has had trips to the moon. i am on 600 to 700 mg. of morphine a day.. and my doctors are clueless on how to make me better. so now what.. well at least my DOCTORS ARE NOT FEELING ANY PAIN AS I PAY THEIR HOUSE PAYMENTS. SOUTHERN IDAHO NEEDS PAIN MANAGEMENT DOCTORS WHO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

   Posted 1 year ago #
4. 

   tapsee
   guest

   For those with sciatic pain due to a herniated disc lasting longer than 6 weeks, surgery has been shown to be superior than non-operative treatment. For those with sciatica or neurogenic claudications lasting longer than 12 weeks, surgery has been shown to be ore effective than non-operative treatment.When surgery is required there are several procedures that may be of benefit. These range from an open laminectomy or laminotomy or even a fusion.

   Posted 1 year ago #
5. 

   Rachele T
   guest

   Oh Honey I know EXACTLY where you are coming from!

   I've had back pain for years every once in a while resulting in about 2-3 weeks totally bedridden. Then last May I was at a business conference 3 hours from home, I stood up took 3 steps and heard & felt the most god-aweful pop and weirdest feeling I have ever felt in my low back. I was immediately almost paralyzed and the pain... OMG... I've had 5 children completely all natural you take all 5 add them together and that is still only an 8 compared to this new pain! It took several people to help me out of the conference center, all I could do was shuffle my feet ever so slightly. It took an hour to go the distance a normal person could walk in 5 minutes. I still had to get to my hotel, get loaded then drive home 3 hours. When I finally did make it I literally did not get out of bed for almost 6 weeks. AT ALL. I couldn't even move in bed, if I even moved my hips a tiny bit I would have such bad muscle spasms that my back would arch completely off the bed. It even cracked three rips & I quit breathing for about 30 seconds until I finally passed out & that relaxed my back enough to allow me to breath again. Super scary & I'm only 37 with a family & kids to care for.

   I know what you mean about the heat... that only made my pain worse, if that was at all possible. Cold barely helped except to keep it so cold I was numb. I finally was able to get to a chiropractor after 3 weeks of pain killers & muscle relaxers. The first one didn't do much good so I went to another. When I got my x-rays back my bottom 4 disks were in a "Z" pattern including my tailbone. I had one ruptured disk + 3 herniated disk + Stage 2 DDD and my neck sits straight as an arrow.

   I write all that to tell you what I found the most helpful to alleviate my pain to a more tolerable level.

   1. The 1 thing that absolutely helped the most is the Heal-N-Soothe offered on this site. After only 3 days of taking the max dose I began to feel a reduction in pain & was able to start reducing my pain meds & muscle relaxers. After 2 weeks I was almost completely off all medications, with only have to take them occasionally.

   2. The other thing I found to be of help in relieving pain was actually found by accident and not everyone will be able to use it. But if you can try it and see. The energy shot "5-Hour Power" when I take as instructed (every 5 hours & never more than 3 in a 24 hour period) also helps to reduce my pain even further allowing me to get up and move around a little bit at a time. And it doesn't raise my heart rate, blood pressure, or cause my heart to race or palpitate. But not everyone can take this. And it has to be the "5 Hour Powers" the other brands of energy shots don't seem to work as well. Don't know why. Maybe it has something to do with the extra vitamins in it. But it works.

   I still am improving most days, some days I am worse than others. But I just keep moving forward. I am saving up for an inversion table so I'm hoping that that will help some more. And hopefully I can start on the exercises from the "Lose-The-Back Pain" System soon. I attempt at least one of the exercises when I am having a good day, but unfortunately I have yet to be able to even complete a simple stretch. But I know that I will be able to one day. I just do what I can each day, whether it's walk a few more steps or maybe do a small stretch. Just don't give up.

   Posted 1 year ago #

RSS feed for this topic

Reply