Sciatica - Anyone had it ?

[fossyant]

Anyone had Sciatica ? What do you do about it ?

Think I've got it, but awaiting a physio referral. After my operation, I was obviously a little immobile for a few weeks.

Anyway I've developed a low level pain in my left buttock, right from the left sit bone and it runs down the back of my leg into the calf. I get some tingling too. Not really caused much of an issue, but it was a little bad early January when I lost strength, and fell off the running machine at the gym - leg gave way.

GP has checked my spine and that's fine, just think I possibly have an inflamed sciatic nerve. Physio appointment is some time off, but any tips to relieve it ?

 

[fossyant]

Ignore me - found the thread !

http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/sciatica.124142/#post-2320364

 

[dan_bo]

What was that? did you hear something?

 

[fossyant]

What was that? did you hear something?

Pardon !

 

[Lee_M]

lie on your back bend left knee to 90 degrees so shin parallel to ground, lean leg across body, push against knee(or get someone else to do it) to stretch sciatic nerve

This should help

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

Anyone had Sciatica ? What do you do about it ?

Think I've got it, but awaiting a physio referral. After my operation, I was obviously a little immobile for a few weeks.

Anyway I've developed a low level pain in my left buttock, right from the left sit bone and it runs down the back of my leg into the calf. I get some tingling too. Not really caused much of an issue, but it was a little bad early January when I lost strength, and fell off the running machine at the gym - leg gave way.

GP has checked my spine and that's fine, just think I possibly have an inflamed sciatic nerve. Physio appointment is some time off, but any tips to relieve it ?

Try salford uni's physio dept, they usually appointments free at short notice and cheap too at £15 a session. They're 3rd year students under supervision of experienced tutors.

 

[Lee_M]

Try salford uni's physio dept, they usually appointments free at short notice and cheap too at £15 a session. They're 3rd year students under supervision of experienced tutors.

my ex was a physio.

Experience would tell me to stay as far away from any physio until they've been working for a year or two.

others opinion may vary

 

[fossyant]

Got an option through work for physio with qualified staff. Used them before with great results. Will embark on the stretches though !

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

my ex was a physio.

Experience would tell me to stay as far away from any physio until they've been working for a year or two.

others opinion may vary

The person stood next to the ones who treated me had thirty years experience, that'll do me...

 

[tonyg52]

Chiropractor, stretching and time. It took about three months eventually cleared and has not returned.

 

[oldgreyandslow]

Sciatica has many causes I believe, often caused by a disc pressing on the scaitic nerve, my wife had this and was in line for an operation but a few sessions with a chiropractor sorted it before she had to go under the knife.

 

[Lee_M]

Sciatica has many causes I believe, often caused by a disc pressing on the scaitic nerve, my wife had this and was in line for an operation but a few sessions with a chiropractor sorted it before she had to go under the knife.

Good for her, I ended up getting three prolapsed discs which resulted in no feeling in my right leg and an inability to walk. Op followed by about 18 months of physio before I deemed myself ok.

Bike fit measurements then shows I was 25% down on power in my right leg

 

[400bhp]

lie on your back bend left knee to 90 degrees so shin parallel to ground, lean leg across body, push against knee(or get someone else to do it) to stretch sciatic nerve

This should help

+1. This is what my wife was "prescribed" to do by a physio. She says it helps a lot.

I'm sure there's lots of other techniques too.

 

[fossyant]

+1. This is what my wife was "prescribed" to do by a physio. She says it helps a lot.

I'm sure there's lots of other techniques too.

Been doing the same stretches from the 'other' thread and it's working, so inclined to think its the muscle causing agro. Certainly improving rapidly.

We all get lazy about stretching.

 

[tadpole]

Chiropractor, stretching and time. It took about three months eventually cleared and has not returned.

You'd not let a YTS trainees from Halfords touch your bike, so why would you let a Chiropractor any where near your back, leave it to the professionals, not some snake oil sales man.