Sciatica & the pain that comes with it

[black2002ls]

Cancelled the Chiropractor and got xrays, doc looked at them, did some range of motion exercises with me and said it's not sciatica, but sacroiliitis. http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-c...e/ovc-20166357
He said my lower back looked really good in terms of spacing and disks, said the only thing he could see was the discoloration @ the joint, which, in conjunction with the tests, pointed to sacroiliitis.
Got a deep tissue massage before I went to see the doc (you can't spend $50 better than this), started my prednisone steroid burst this morning, hoping for relief. Have more deep tissue massages scheduled for next week, doing a lot of stretching as well.

I generally started seeing significant relief around the morning of day 3. I am sure it is a bit different for everyone. I hope they are able to get you back to where you need to be!

[Cooter]

finally bought an inversion table. have only used it a few times over the past couple days.

I don't know if it's actually "that" effective, or if I turned a major corner, but the past few days my back has felt better than it has since my injury. I had a few days there where I couldn't escape the ache. Which prompted me to order the inversion table.

I started feeling better before it arrived, but I've been golden since it arrived. Now, I also haven't done anything to tax my back either, so it's hard to say.

I went to Academy to buy the one Robert posted about, but they were sold out. I said fuck it, and bought the top of the line Teeter if only for the comments I read everywhere about the quality of it and the ankle locking system is really easy to actuate.

Wishing all my fellow crips out there progress and relief w/ their various back issues!!

[black2002ls]

finally bought an inversion table. have only used it a few times over the past couple days.

I don't know if it's actually "that" effective, or if I turned a major corner, but the past few days my back has felt better than it has since my injury. I had a few days there where I couldn't escape the ache. Which prompted me to order the inversion table.

I started feeling better before it arrived, but I've been golden since it arrived. Now, I also haven't done anything to tax my back either, so it's hard to say.

I went to Academy to buy the one Robert posted about, but they were sold out. I said fuck it, and bought the top of the line Teeter if only for the comments I read everywhere about the quality of it and the ankle locking system is really easy to actuate.

Wishing all my fellow crips out there progress and relief w/ their various back issues!!

I have tried not to be overly optimistic about results from my inversion table. I noticed improvement not long after I started using it a few weeks ago. My most recent increase in pain/discomfort seems to have correlated to an inconsistency in my use of the inversion table. I have been more active over the last week around the house, trying to make some progress on the nursery which may be the cause of the decline.

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[quikag]

Anyone that wants to use a chiro and not get ripped off, go to The Joint. It's $69/month for four adjustments, cancel anytime. If you want more than 4/month, it's $5. They have locations all over, it's a quick adjustment and you're back about your day.

Also, if you need surgery, I ended up having a microdiscectomy because my disc was ruptured so bad, they thought I had two disc ruptures. The one disc was hanging down to the second. It was bad. Anyway, I went to a neurosurgeon, Dr. David Barnett, chief of neurosurgery at Baylor. Incredible guy and won't do surgery unless ABSOLUTELY necessary. We finally did surgery when my right leg went full numb. I did epidural injections and PT before that.

So, now my left foot has been kind of numb, it was always my right. I push on my sciatic nerve on my left butt cheek and the foot feels better. Guess I need a massage and who knows what else...