September 6, 2010, 12:33 am
I've had this sciatic pain since June 1st. I went to the ER to see if there was something wrong with my hip joint; they said it was sciatica, told me that I need rehabilitation therapy, and gave me a lot of drugs for the pain. Then I went to the chiropractor, he said I may have a herniated disc causing the sciatic pain (I had no money for the MRI, so it's a best guess at this point). The treatment for this kind of injury is helping my spine, and brings some relief to my sciatic pain - but more often then not, the pain is unbearable beyond normal tolerance and sanity. Is there anything else I can do at home to treat the pain or do I have to deal with it until my disc is healed? Please, I'm a mother of three young children and I can't be a good mom if I'm in bed all the time - I really need some advice on stretches, safely high doses for OTR pain medications, other medications I could ask my doctor about, or anything that has been helpful to someone else with a similar injury. Thank You
I have since ran out of the heavy medications, and the Chiropractic office I'm going to also does Acupuncture & Rehab. So I'm getting a lot of treatment there, but I can only go in once a week or less. Stuff I can do at home to relieve this pain will be most helpful.
Oh, one more thing - the Chiropractor thinks it is a herniated disc, so he will not crack or adjust my back because that could injure the disc even more. Just decompression or gentle stretching of the spine is all he does.