I’m getting ready to get an MRI and my sciatica is just getting worse and worse. I’ve been to two chiropractors and have been taking pain meds and using ice and laying my right side (it’s down my left leg). Anyone able to cure it?
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#1 by 2D on January 8th, 2011
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I had epidural steroid injections. It did help. You can have 3 in a six month period. If it gets bad again, I will have the injections or go to physical therapy. Good luck, because I know it’s painful. 2D
#2 by Raptor on January 8th, 2011
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There are ways of treating sciatica, but a cure? I haven’t heard of a good one yet. Controlling the pain is varied from person to person. Epidural steroid injections can help a great deal. My personal experience was that I need 70 mg. a day of a combination of Oxycodone and Percocet. That’s an extreme treatment of an extreme problem, but it’s the only one personally that my doctor and I could come up with over time.
#3 by rajiv h on January 9th, 2011
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surprisingly all pains down the leg need not be from nerve pinching at spine
It could be myofascial pain syndrome like pyriformis syndrome wherein troubled muscles give similar pain.
Injecting these muscles can relieve the pain otherwise MRI and transforaminal steroid if nerve root compression provides good relief. You need not worry.
Dr Rajiv Harshe
http://www.pain-gujarat.blogspot.com
#4 by William P on January 9th, 2011
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The first thing you need to do is answer the following 4 questions:
Is the pain is getting worse?
Does the pain affect every day activities?
Do you have leg weakness or numbness?
Do you have loss of bowel or bladder control?
If you answered “yes” to any of these its very important that you go to an appropriate specialist such as an orthopedic surgeon or neurosurgeon since you may have one of the following:
herniated disc, spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, spondylolistheses, piriformis, infection or oddly enough pregnancy.
The good news is the majority of sciatica patients respond well to non-surgical forms of treatment, and few patients need spine surgery.
If you answered “no” I suggest checking out this article for some non-surgical treatment ideas:
http://www.spineuniverse.com/displayarticle.php/article4128.html
If it was me, I would go see an orthopedist and have them diagnose the issue, then do research based on the diagnosis.
#5 by Hangin L on January 9th, 2011
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DId you get your MRI? If so, results?
If it’s a herniated disc, bulging disc, something compressing the nerve, then you will just have to let time take it’s course, and use pain meds. Vicodin helped me alot.
Go to a chiropractor that does Flexion/Distraction. You’ve got to find one that does this, it WILL help you. Some use the Cox® technique, which is just a “name brand” for F/D. Find one that is educated from NCC or PCC.
So, pick up the phone and call around to chiro’s that do this.
You should not get injections or epidurals. use your pain meds, and go to a chiro that does F/D.
Good luck. I know your pain.