Sciatic Nerve
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wrote on 7 Jan 2023, 21:54 last edited by
I continue to improve. Doing the recommended stretches and exercises, roughly every 2 hours. Then ice if needed.
I'm able to move my pelvis more side to side today than yesterday when I could barely move an inch. Also the arching stretch is more flexible today.
Feeling so much better but sound sleep still eludes me. Being comfortable in one position for very long is still not happening.
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wrote on 7 Jan 2023, 22:04 last edited by
I’m sure. Glad to hear improvement, even if slow.
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wrote on 7 Jan 2023, 22:07 last edited by
Good to hear.
This will be very slow. It'll take months to return to normal, with setbacks and frustrations along the way. But, it WILL get better.
To this day, more than 20 years after blowing out L4-L5, certain positions cause numbness in my leg.
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wrote on 7 Jan 2023, 23:52 last edited by
Way to go, Mark!
You'll get better because you WANT to get better, and you're doing everything you can to speed up the process. Good for you. Been there, still am. Keep at it! -
wrote on 8 Jan 2023, 04:22 last edited by
Hugs to you @mark :couple_with_heart:
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Way to go, Mark!
You'll get better because you WANT to get better, and you're doing everything you can to speed up the process. Good for you. Been there, still am. Keep at it!wrote on 8 Jan 2023, 04:35 last edited by@Rainman said in Sciatic Nerve:
Way to go, Mark!
You'll get better because you WANT to get better, and you're doing everything you can to speed up the process. Good for you. Been there, still am. Keep at it!+1 to Rainman's encouragement. He said it better than I could.
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wrote on 15 Jan 2023, 20:11 last edited by
How's about an update?
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wrote on 15 Jan 2023, 21:05 last edited by mark
@George-K Feeling so much better. Doing the PT recommended exercises and stretches 3-4 times a day. Slowly working my pelvis back into proper alignment.
PT feels I need to have an ultrasound at the very least or better still, an MRI in the area where the pain originates as well as the opposite side of my back where she thinks I might have small growths that "I should not be alarmed about". Yeah, OK. She thinks they are most likely "fatty tissue."
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wrote on 15 Jan 2023, 21:17 last edited by
That’s great.
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wrote on 15 Jan 2023, 22:10 last edited by
@mark said in Sciatic Nerve:
. . .most likely "fatty tissue."
Harrumph. I would have said, "Oh yeah??
Well, sweep under your own porch first missy!"Anyway (seriously), really glad to hear you're coming along, slowly but surely.
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@George-K Feeling so much better. Doing the PT recommended exercises and stretches 3-4 times a day. Slowly working my pelvis back into proper alignment.
PT feels I need to have an ultrasound at the very least or better still, an MRI in the area where the pain originates as well as the opposite side of my back where she thinks I might have small growths that "I should not be alarmed about". Yeah, OK. She thinks they are most likely "fatty tissue."
wrote on 15 Jan 2023, 22:30 last edited by@mark said in Sciatic Nerve:
PT feels I need to have an ultrasound at the very least or better still, an MRI in the area where the pain originates as well as the opposite side of my back where she thinks I might have small growths that "I should not be alarmed about". Yeah, OK. She thinks they are most likely "fatty tissue."
Ultrasound will probably be remarkably unhelpful and non-diagnostic.
Get in the tube.
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@mark said in Sciatic Nerve:
PT feels I need to have an ultrasound at the very least or better still, an MRI in the area where the pain originates as well as the opposite side of my back where she thinks I might have small growths that "I should not be alarmed about". Yeah, OK. She thinks they are most likely "fatty tissue."
Ultrasound will probably be remarkably unhelpful and non-diagnostic.
Get in the tube.
wrote on 15 Jan 2023, 23:21 last edited by@George-K said in Sciatic Nerve:
@mark said in Sciatic Nerve:
PT feels I need to have an ultrasound at the very least or better still, an MRI in the area where the pain originates as well as the opposite side of my back where she thinks I might have small growths that "I should not be alarmed about". Yeah, OK. She thinks they are most likely "fatty tissue."
Ultrasound will probably be remarkably unhelpful and non-diagnostic.
Get in the tube.
Amen.
It amazes me what all they can see with a good MRI.
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@George-K said in Sciatic Nerve:
@mark said in Sciatic Nerve:
PT feels I need to have an ultrasound at the very least or better still, an MRI in the area where the pain originates as well as the opposite side of my back where she thinks I might have small growths that "I should not be alarmed about". Yeah, OK. She thinks they are most likely "fatty tissue."
Ultrasound will probably be remarkably unhelpful and non-diagnostic.
Get in the tube.
Amen.
It amazes me what all they can see with a good MRI.
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wrote on 14 Mar 2023, 22:36 last edited by
Funny you should mention....
I'm seeing a neurosurgeon on Friday. My left anterior thigh goes numb if I stand/sit in one position too long.
Knowing the surgeon, he'll order an MRI and (hopefully) refer me to PT. I doubt I have a herniated or bulging disc. Probably some foramenal stenosis.
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wrote on 14 Mar 2023, 22:56 last edited by
@89th I am like 100% better. PT helped the most. Chiro was good too but the stretches and exercises from PT were what got me straightened out.
My pelvis was misaligned to the point that if it had gone even a few millimeters more out of alignment I would not have been able to walk at all. About 2-3 weeks of PT had me right as rain. I continue to work on it so I don't go out of alignment again.
I needed to learn proper posture when sitting at my desk, playing my guitars/piano, ergonomic placement of my keyboard and mouse, etc. I never gave these things a first thought let alone a second thought. I can even type faster and more accurately now that I have put them into practice.
MRI showed narrowing of passages in some disks and other paths that nerves run through due to arthritis and of course, me getting older than dirt. It also raped my bank account of $2k which was my portion of the $7k bill they sent my insurance company. All for 20 minutes inside a noisy tube and about 10 minutes of an analysts time. So $14k per hour. There were many people in the waiting room just waiting to get raped in the same manner. IOW, the MRI did nothing at all to help my doctor and PT solve the problem. The PT people were awesome. By the time I was scheduled to get into the tube, I was already feeling 90% better.
Because my pelvis was so far out of alignment, it was pinching my sciatic nerve. Once I got it moving back into proper alignment, the pain subsided and I am now back to my "normal" self.
I am sitting at my desk in a proper manner now, and I also adjusted how I sit when playing my guitars. All in the hope that I never have to go through that again.
Yeah, posture is important. Who knew? lol
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@89th I am like 100% better. PT helped the most. Chiro was good too but the stretches and exercises from PT were what got me straightened out.
My pelvis was misaligned to the point that if it had gone even a few millimeters more out of alignment I would not have been able to walk at all. About 2-3 weeks of PT had me right as rain. I continue to work on it so I don't go out of alignment again.
I needed to learn proper posture when sitting at my desk, playing my guitars/piano, ergonomic placement of my keyboard and mouse, etc. I never gave these things a first thought let alone a second thought. I can even type faster and more accurately now that I have put them into practice.
MRI showed narrowing of passages in some disks and other paths that nerves run through due to arthritis and of course, me getting older than dirt. It also raped my bank account of $2k which was my portion of the $7k bill they sent my insurance company. All for 20 minutes inside a noisy tube and about 10 minutes of an analysts time. So $14k per hour. There were many people in the waiting room just waiting to get raped in the same manner. IOW, the MRI did nothing at all to help my doctor and PT solve the problem. The PT people were awesome. By the time I was scheduled to get into the tube, I was already feeling 90% better.
Because my pelvis was so far out of alignment, it was pinching my sciatic nerve. Once I got it moving back into proper alignment, the pain subsided and I am now back to my "normal" self.
I am sitting at my desk in a proper manner now, and I also adjusted how I sit when playing my guitars. All in the hope that I never have to go through that again.
Yeah, posture is important. Who knew? lol
wrote on 14 Mar 2023, 23:41 last edited by@mark said in Sciatic Nerve:
@89th I am like 100% better. PT helped the most. Chiro was good too but the stretches and exercises from PT were what got me straightened out.
My pelvis was misaligned to the point that if it had gone even a few millimeters more out of alignment I would not have been able to walk at all. About 2-3 weeks of PT had me right as rain. I continue to work on it so I don't go out of alignment again.
I needed to learn proper posture when sitting at my desk, playing my guitars/piano, ergonomic placement of my keyboard and mouse, etc. I never gave these things a first thought let alone a second thought. I can even type faster and more accurately now that I have put them into practice.
MRI showed narrowing of passages in some disks and other paths that nerves run through due to arthritis and of course, me getting older than dirt. It also raped my bank account of $2k which was my portion of the $7k bill they sent my insurance company. All for 20 minutes inside a noisy tube and about 10 minutes of an analysts time. So $14k per hour. There were many people in the waiting room just waiting to get raped in the same manner. IOW, the MRI did nothing at all to help my doctor and PT solve the problem. The PT people were awesome. By the time I was scheduled to get into the tube, I was already feeling 90% better.
Because my pelvis was so far out of alignment, it was pinching my sciatic nerve. Once I got it moving back into proper alignment, the pain subsided and I am now back to my "normal" self.
I am sitting at my desk in a proper manner now, and I also adjusted how I sit when playing my guitars. All in the hope that I never have to go through that again.
Yeah, posture is important. Who knew? lol
A high end MRI machine can cost $3M. That MRI tech (in your neck of the woods) is making $75K or maybe even more. And that tech is not the only one.
Life of lab equipment is usually 5 years, but xray equipment lasts longer, Figure 10 years for a good MRI.
Y'all can do the math from there.
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wrote on 14 Mar 2023, 23:59 last edited by Mik
That’s a great update, Mark.
Not so much for George. But, it’s going around. MFR is going in for a shot into her hip Friday. If that doesn’t help we’re likely looking at a new hip. I would have thought I’d be a more likely candidate with all the exercise I’ve done over the years, but who knows.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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That’s a great update, Mark.
Not so much for George. But, it’s going around. MFR is going in for a shot into her hip Friday. If that doesn’t help we’re likely looking at a new hip. I would have thought I’d be a more likely candidate with all the exercise I’ve done over the years, but who knows.
wrote on 15 Mar 2023, 00:01 last edited by@Mik said in Sciatic Nerve:
MFR is going in for a shot into her hip Friday. If that doesn’t help we’re likely looking at a new hip.
Mrs. George has had her hip injected multiple times - about every 4-5 months for a couple of years. The ortho guy said that, as long as the injections keep working, keep injecting. It's when they last a shorter time that you should consider a THR.
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wrote on 15 Mar 2023, 00:06 last edited by
Hard to say. I got my knee shot last June and it’s been perfect ever since.
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That’s a great update, Mark.
Not so much for George. But, it’s going around. MFR is going in for a shot into her hip Friday. If that doesn’t help we’re likely looking at a new hip. I would have thought I’d be a more likely candidate with all the exercise I’ve done over the years, but who knows.
wrote on 15 Mar 2023, 00:15 last edited by@Mik said in Sciatic Nerve:
That’s a great update, Mark.
Not so much for George. But, it’s going around. MFR is going in for a shot into her hip Friday. If that doesn’t help we’re likely looking at a new hip. I would have thought I’d be a more likely candidate with all the exercise I’ve done over the years, but who knows.
Wife gets popped at L4 on the 23rd.
