I was wondering if anyone knows what can be done for sciatica. I heard it was somehow related to the liver. Although, I never
had this until I went for chiropractic treatment.I have a horible pain when I stand up after sitting in a car or chair.It feels just
like a knife in my sciatic nerve area. People keep saying go back to another chiropractor but my experience has been never
go back when they tell you cause after the first visit they never make you feel good again.I know people that have been going for years and I just can't afford to throw my money out the window. Thanks for your help ahead of time.
I also had a bad experience with chiropractors. I had some mild back pain last year, which turned into acute disabling pain after visiting a chiropractor, which lasted 2 months. During this time I also experienced sciatica pain occasionally. I wasn't able to take care of my 6 month old son and had to hire a nanny! I guess there might be good chiropractors out there, but now I am also scared to go to any chiropractors.
Finally I got better by just forcing myself to walk more despite the pain, strengthen my back/stomach muscles and stretching.
There are some good stretching exercises for sciatica.
A Physical therapist, or some books should be able to give you advice/ideas for the stretching.
It's important to know that when chiropractors work on your spine - there is movement. Much like when you go to the orthodontist and they put braces on your teeth - it hurts initially because they are moving the teeth into the correcto position. Just like the chiropractor is doing with your spine.
I used to have a severe scoliosis. I went to a chiropractor and he showed me x-rays of my way curved of of whack spine. When I fist started getting adjustments I was in a lot of pain 9 (just like when I first got braces!) - I couldn't sleep because it felt like someone was twisting my spine. It didn't last but a short time. Now my spine is much more in alignment and I have greatly lessened problems with it.
Sounds like you guys both started the process, but didn't continue to get to a place where you got anything premanently changed - that can take time. Don't give up on chiropractic or assume that you got a bad chiropractor because of your experience. Hopefully the above explanation will shed some light on what was really going on.
Also, doing the liver/gb and colon cleansing definately reduces or eliminates sciatica.
Yes, definately. My neck, shoulders, mid-back - whole back really! - used to be stiff and sore all the time. since I have been doing the flushes it all feels so much better.
In fact, when my neck or shoulders start hurting again I know it's time to do another flush! After the flush the pain goes away again - it's so interesting.
I am not sure what flush you are referring to but I would sure like to try it. As for being coincidental..........who cares??? The pain is gone and that is the bottom line.
the liver/gallbladder flush - Andreas Moritz protocal is the best and most thorough in my experience. Go to his forum for link to his book "The Amazing Liver Cleanse." good luck!
I initially went to a chiropractor for pain in my lower back and I was not new to chiropractic I had done the usual 3 x a week thing
until my insurance ran out.I told him this was to be my last appointment and I came out with a very heavy feeling in my lower extremities.
I almost felt paralized. I never had sciatica or fibromyalgia up until then. My neighbor went to a chiropractor and she told me they
called her ins. co. to see how many visits she was allowed. Anyway thanks for answering my question i hope the flushes will help.
Zora,
I had that awful sciatic pain ever since I was pregnant with my second child. I had gone to the chiro, and was releived somewhat. Once.
After she was born, I twisted my back and have had sciatic pain ever since. It was always there, but somehow I got used to it. Strange that we actually learn to live with pain, but I did. After my gb attack, I tried the gb flush and let me tell you, ever since the very next day, I have never had sciatic nerve pain again. NEVER!! NOT ONCE!! It's like a huge rock has been lifted off of my back. I can twist and turn like never before. Some people may think it's all in my mind, but I tell you I had that pain everyday for 4 years. Now it's gone. I don't think that is a coincidence. I think it's a freaking flushing miracle!! LOL
Mrs. Ev
I'll try to copy & paste a do it your-self pain relief for sciatica, from Dr Whitaker's web-site.
http://www.drwhitaker.com/nc/news_exer_thompman4_02.asp
Thanks for the excercise. I was getting a little down today my daughter is 9 and she has been sick the past couple of
days. We are doing lots of vitamins and herbs but sometimes it can be overwhelming.
After years of spending a lot of money and getting so-so help against sciatica from chiropractors and yoga stretches, I have come across two methods to deal with sciatica, one is dirt cheap but can hurt,the other one is pleasant but costs you. Both work well for me.
1) The budget plan:I use a tennis ball, and sit on it on a carpeted floor. For the length of a few deap breaths ( deep breathing relaxes the muscles, helps to deal with the discomfort)I lean into the ball and into that area in my buttocks and hips where it hurts, then move 1/2 inch over and repeat the procedure, etc.etc. Let the pain be a "good" pain, not a bad bad one. It may take 5 to 10 min to cover the whole area. Do it every day. I go easy in the beginning. After a few days of initial adjustment you will find that the sciatica lessens; you become more tolerant to the pressure, then start using a little more. This is sort of a do-it-yourself shiatsu or acupressure treatment. (If you have someone willing to work on you, you can teach them how to use their elbows on your buttocks, instead of the tennis ball). When I started with this treatment for the first time, I had pain radiating from my buttocks down to my knee, sometimes below. The nights were worst. I persevered, it took me a whole month and three tennis balls to become totally pain free.
I always pack a tennis ball when I travel, cheap insurance in case sciatica rears its ugly behind when away from home.
2) the delux treatment: get a chi machine. I use it daily for 15 min. for various health reasons. I have used it for about one year, eliminated a lot of neck, shoulder, and back pains, and no more sciatica! Except once, when travelling; luckily I had brought my tennis ball.
Give it a try and let me know how you are doing with it.
Do
Silly question - where do you place the tennis ball when you sit on it for this treatment - between your butt cheeks? or under the cheek on the side you have the sciatica?? Thanks!
I sure wish I could show it to you, but let's see if I can explain it better.
If you know where to locate the sciatica, start there; you'll know that you have found the right area when it hurts! ( Sorry). Then work from there to surrounding sensitive areas.
Or else find the center of the butt cheek on the side of the body where the pain is, this should be a fleshy area, surrounded by boney areas. I usually support myself on the elbow of the same side where I want to treat the butt, then place the tennis ball between the center of that cheek and the floor, let my weight sink into the ball for a few breaths, then move to a neighboring spot etc. Experiment a little, soon you'll recognice the spots that are most sensitive. I also work outward towards the hip ( leaning more on the side), even a little down the ouside of the leg, but here it becomes a real balancing act. For pain along the outside of the leg shooting down towards the knee, it's easier to apply pressure with the fingers.
Good luck, do it daily, soon you'll find it's getting better, and one day it will be gone alltogether. Important to watch food intake and do cleanses so it does not return...
Do
You might be able to find a doc who can help you if you call the condition by its'
real name... 'Pirformis Syndrome" A couple of well placed shots of cortisone
will take the muscular presure off the sciatic nerve where it passes through the
upper butt. Be sure that you seek out a doc who has plenty of experience
in finding where the shot has to go for best effect. Also check for an infectious
cause.
(I do agree that cortisone weakens tissue and can delay healing and can leave deposits
in injured joints if used too often, but this is a local application like BOTOX for a specific
and expected reaction.)
Explain your fears and I will dispel them in this case.
It might just be that all the muscles of your core (hips, thighs, buttocks, lower back and abs) are all tight and in deep spasm. When they are tight they contort and this is what pulls your lower back and pelvis out of alignment and this is what causes your discomfort and sciatica. the best thing for this is inversion therapy. When inverting all of these muscles are free to stretch out and relax. As they do the knots come out of those muscles and as they are free and lose they will release their grips on your lower back, hips and pelvis and allow them to go back into alignment naturally. Once they are realigned nothing will be irritating your sciatic nerve and your pain will go away. You just have tight muscles that need to be stretched out. Stress causes this too by the way. Hope you feel better and hope this helps you.
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