How to stop sciatica pain? Has anyone any idea of whats causing this, I've suffered from sciatica pain for 5 years with different levels of duration / intensity but always after sleep ie mornings only, this happens every day. While there are flare ups in gradually the pain appears to be getting worse. Pain starts couple of or less after getting up and walking and radiates from centre of bum to muscles in lower left leg, lying down usually causes pain to subside but this can take minutes or hours, the pain returns upon getting up and this process must be repeated a number of times before pain goes away. It does not restart until the next morning. In general the longer I stay in bed the worse the pain is both in duration and intensity. However if I sleep proped up on 6 or 7 pillows and keep getting up the pain is less. No back pain with this alough a couple of years ago just after seeing an chiropractor I had what my doctor said was a prolasped disc, pain around lower back which radiated down front of lower leg, this was a constant bad pain but it went away after a month or so and didn't return..
Treatments include 2 physiotherapists and a chiropractor – currently carrying out Pilates exercises with a view to improving core stability. This appeared to help for a couple of weeks but pain has returned and during the last week pain has been intense for between 2 to 5 hours a day only helped by not lying down but with worry and broken sleep I'm getting very tired.. How can lying down both cause and make worse?? Hi AnnAs you are probably aware - when you sit in a bad position or take a long (over an hour) ride in a car your sciatica gets irritated. The first few steps after a long ride can be pure hell. But after about 20 steps (in lots of pain) it seems as if the pain goes away for the most part.Your problem seems to be that something in the way you are sleeping is irritating the sciatic nerve. Is the top of your bed soft, but somewhat firm so that it remains relatively straight?or do you have a memory foam topper on the top of your matress?And do you place a rubbery pillow under your knees when you sleep to take any possible pressure off of your lower back.
And do you sleep using a feather pillow and sleep with your shoulders on the pillow so that there is not bend at the neck when your head leaves the pillow?These things would reduce any of the most common problems that cause difficulty during sleep.Can you give us some feedback on your specific situation? Hey AnnI am sorry - I just got in from a long drive to my son's house and I am a little punchy.I want to welcome you to the group. And I hope we can help you with your problem.In addition to the first post back to you - HAve you started any stretches to begin the long and slow path back to a more normal lower back?WOuld you like to discuss some of the techniques that can help return your back to a more normal condition?Hope you feel better real soon. Hi RaoulMany thanks for your reply, I believe the type of bed isn't iverly relevant because it will happen every morning no matter where I am, I travel a lot and so would be in loads of different beds!!The only thing that appears to help is sleeping sitting up and getting up to move around every couple of hours..
When I sleep without all the pillows I will sleep on my side with my knees drawn up so maybe its not sleeping "upright" but keeping me off my sides..The pain will not go away - if we're talking intensity it'd be a 7 I think worse than gall stones a vicious radiating pain from the middle of my bum down bewhind my kness and to my ankle. It can take hours of lying down (whereby the throbbing gets initially worse a bit like releasing a rubber band from your finger ) to fading away can take up to an hour and then when I get up and walk a few steps it comes back.....I'd be worried there's something damaged that I can keep at bay but which is just waiting.... Strange that with the sciatica there's nevber any pain in my back even the sciatica starts in my bum!!On the plus side when the pain goes I can do anything and it won't come back, I 'm currently doing loads of pilaties exercises with no problem I think I suffer from being very mobile fine if you exercise but not so if you dont...Any advice on other stretching exercises etc would be great.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write replies to people like me, I live in Ireland nera Belfast and there's not many doctors running about with the answers in their back pockets!!I've just found your post and was very interested because it sounds like you suffer with exactly the same symptoms as me. Upon waking up after a large sleep the pain is terrible. Then it seems to die down throughout the day. As with you it happens no matter were I sleep as long as it is for a long time.Another thing I've noticed is that I get a terrible pain if i lean forwards and bend my neck downwards.Have you had any success getting rid of this? Hi JohnnoWelcome to the sciatica support group. It is true that sciatica does get very irritated by sleeping or sitting for long periods of time. Personally, I find that when I have been still for a long time that the first 20 steps or so are rather painful and difficult, but that after that I am more comfortable. Doing many exercises does help with sciatica.
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