sciatica

anyone else deal with crippling sciatica on occasion? lately i cant even move -- my ass feels like a grenade went off inside my left (which would be the one on your right if you're facing me) ass cheek. i think it has to do with lifting stuff, like 12 lb humans, improperly, and going apeshit while playing battlefield 3 and spawning into someone's bullet. right now the pain is at an all time high for me. if you have any tricks do share. i don't trust webMD. if you go into a massage parlour can you legally get an hour long butt rub or is that sex?

i actually got back surgery in june for something similar. i had a severely herniated disc at l4/l5 lumbar. my pain was radiating to my lower left leg. cant say i had any ass pain (from the back issue at least)

if you go into a massage parlor, make sure it has an asian name and plywood on the windows. they give the best rubdowns and you will forget your ass pain.

what caused your herniated disc? lifting babies?

lifting babies was what prompted my surgery. i had dealt with the pain far too long and the fact i couldn't really hold my son was the tipping point. i think i may have done it golfing a few years ago but i have no clear cut answer to that question.

i see. my shitty posture in general is probably what's coming back to bite me. I can slouch into a singularity when i'm sitting at the computer.

aye lifting babies is a pain in the ass!

Stretching is your friend in order to prevent butt pain.

  On 11/9/2011 at 7:20 PM, patternoverlap said:

Stretching is your friend in order to prevent butt pain.

how do you stretch your butt?

very slowly and carefully

I get pin and needles if I cross my legs for periods.

  On 11/9/2011 at 7:53 PM, Fred McGriff said:

  On 11/9/2011 at 7:20 PM, patternoverlap said:

Stretching is your friend in order to prevent butt pain.

 

how do you stretch your butt?

i'll show you gently next time you come back to nj

Stretching is pretty much just plain good for you. I try to stretch for about 5-10 minutes a day. Should do more, but I'm lazy about it.

  On 11/9/2011 at 8:20 PM, chassis said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE6mJ0VjK7Y

Do not underestimate this stretch. I will cut a long story short and say this exercise cured my sciatica. MIne was so bad I thought my normal life had come to a shuddering halt, the pain was so bad I couldn't stand up longer than 5 minutes. And I can deal with aches and pains. Strangely enough all the therapists I went too see never told me about this simple stretch, I discovered it on youtube too (a different clip too this but roughly the same)

It may not work for you but this stretch changed my life.

it's working

  On 11/9/2011 at 8:20 PM, chassis said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE6mJ0VjK7Y

I had lower back pain on one side which spread to the corresponding testicle. apparently a lower back nerve and a testicular/ovarian nerve are very close to one another, which means that a problem in one area can cause pain in the other. I was afraid I might have testicular cancer or something, so made an appointment with the doctor. I explained to him my symptoms in detail and the event which I thought had caused it (carrying a big, heavy object). he gave me a sheet with instructions on two simple stretching exercises and advised me to sleep on my back instead of my stomach. now whenever I feel the symptoms returning I start doing the exercises a couple of times a day which makes them subside. I would suggest going to the doctor, telling him your symptoms, and asking for what stretches would be good. also, a butt rub sounds like a good idea. they may charge extra for a reacharound, though.

yea, sleeping on your stomach is one of the worst things you can do.

fuckn a, there are at least 3 helpful posts in this thread. thanks.... i just got home from hobbling my way through the grocery store. it's time to stretch my ass.

  On 11/9/2011 at 8:20 PM, chassis said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE6mJ0VjK7Y

instant relief. seriously. god bless you chassis and beerwolf

I got relief twice, I stretched then

is that how you're supposed to stretch your ass? I've been doing it wrong all this time!

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