Sciatica

[RBM]

If any members suffer from the above this may help. Its many years since this effected me, for some obscure reason it made up for it a few days ago. Thought at first a hip issue as been reading so much about bad hips on the forum. Simple test of lifting right leg while sitting and intense pain in left buttocks', hips indicated Sciatica.

Understand not allowed to print links so just google McKenzie 7 exercised for sciatica.

I binged on this for the best part of a day, relief came very quickly, by close of day was 60% improved, that night went to hot pools and soaked couple of hours. Now 3 days later at 90% ok, doing exercises twice a day. Sciatica is a cruel horrible experience and for myself this worked a treat.

 

[MotorSarge]

1 hour ago, RBM said:

If any members suffer from the above this may help. Its many years since this effected me, for some obscure reason it made up for it a few days ago. Thought at first a hip issue as been reading so much about bad hips on the forum. Simple test of lifting right leg while sitting and intense pain in left buttocks', hips indicated Sciatica.

Understand not allowed to print links so just google McKenzie 7 exercised for sciatica.

I binged on this for the best part of a day, relief came very quickly, by close of day was 60% improved, that night went to hot pools and soaked couple of hours. Now 3 days later at 90% ok, doing exercises twice a day. Sciatica is a cruel horrible experience and for myself this worked a treat.

 

I'm gonna check it out, I have very mild sciatica now but have had two maybe 3 extreme cases in the last 15 years that I actually needed a cane to offset the pain while walking for 5/7 days.

[Freebie]

Used the same excercises for sacro iliac inflammation that rendered me almost immobile.. within a week I was good to go again

[Old55]

I suffer sciatica off and on. Exercises like that would be an excellent option.

[Youngster]

 I  went through cauterization  of nerves on both sides of my lower back back in 2017.  It felt absolutely great until earlier this year when  I started to feel pain again. May have to think about having the procedure done again the next time I’m back in the states.

[Mike J]

17 hours ago, Youngster said:

 I  went through cauterization  of nerves on both sides of my lower back back in 2017.  It felt absolutely great until earlier this year when  I started to feel pain again. May have to think about having the procedure done again the next time I’m back in the states.

Interesting, I have never heard about nerve cauterization.  I have degenerative disc disease, with a total of five micro-laminectomy surgeries.  Two disks have ruptured completely, first L4-5, followed a couple years later with L 3-4.  The rupture, not bulge, allows the tissue from inside the disk to jam up against the nerves.  The five surgeries happened over a period of several years.  At surgery number four I saw to ortho docs, one recommended fusion, one recommended another laminectomy.  I went with the laminectomy because you cannot 'undo' a fusion, but I could get it done later if required.  Surgery number five was to open the four previous incision points to remove scar tissue that was impacting the nerves.  That was about 17-18 years ago.  A few issues with sciatic pain since but not too bad and only last a few days to a week or so.  

A bit off topic but related I think.  The last surgery was performed on an out-patient basis, so no hospital stay.  Total cost was $86,000 and this, like I say, was 17-18 years ago.  I cannot imagine what it would cost today.  Google AI says a micro laminectomy in the Philippines would cost 200K-500K peso depending on the hospital.   I keep my cane handy just in case (knock on wood). 

[RBM]

21 hours ago, Freebie said:

Used the same excercises for sacro iliac inflammation that rendered me almost immobile.. within a week I was good to go again

Curious of your pain was generalized to the left side as seems general. Mine is stuck at around 80% OK, still doing exercises although swing my golf clubs are out, swimming OK.

[OnMyWay]

2 hours ago, Mike J said:

The last surgery was performed on an out-patient basis, so no hospital stay.  Total cost was $86,000 and this, like I say, was 17-18 years ago.  I cannot imagine what it would cost today.

That is outrageous for an outpatient surgery.  The system is even more broken now.

[Mike J]

Just now, OnMyWay said:

That is outrageous for an outpatient surgery.  The system is even more broken now.

Agree completely.

[MotorSarge]

On 12/27/2025 at 3:20 PM, Mike J said:

Total cost was $86,000

OOOuch!