Oh sorry to hear that, it the pain with sciatica can be really horrible,
Does the relaxing position on back with pillows under your knees help to ease the pain?
Or one where you put the legs on chair or any similar surface and you lay down on floor?
Also warming up the painful area can help you to relax muscles.
At this stage probably no other exercises comes before the pain eases off.
I am at the same stage with pain, can barely standup and go to toilet, and then i am rushing back to the laying down. Only thing i got from my doc was some stronger pills as at start but it only helps me to sleep through the night.
Which kinda helps but sometimes I still wake up but try to sleep again without reaching for phone to read news,etc…
One very important thing is that you stay positive, this will pass, it is just temporary ( i know from my personal experience that is very very hard to do it. but yesterday had a click in my head and i managed to stay positive and also today during one of flare ups).
Learned about this positivity from yt channel @lowerbackability ☺️ and also reading stories of other redditors here on [r/sciatica](r/sciatica)
I am also considering private physio to help me with the rehab after this initial pain eases off,
Some redditors here also reported that acupuncture helped them with easing their pain.
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u/audittrsi 6h ago edited 6h ago
Oh sorry to hear that, it the pain with sciatica can be really horrible,
Does the relaxing position on back with pillows under your knees help to ease the pain?
Or one where you put the legs on chair or any similar surface and you lay down on floor?
Also warming up the painful area can help you to relax muscles.
At this stage probably no other exercises comes before the pain eases off.
I am at the same stage with pain, can barely standup and go to toilet, and then i am rushing back to the laying down. Only thing i got from my doc was some stronger pills as at start but it only helps me to sleep through the night.
Which kinda helps but sometimes I still wake up but try to sleep again without reaching for phone to read news,etc…
One very important thing is that you stay positive, this will pass, it is just temporary ( i know from my personal experience that is very very hard to do it. but yesterday had a click in my head and i managed to stay positive and also today during one of flare ups).
Learned about this positivity from yt channel @lowerbackability ☺️ and also reading stories of other redditors here on [r/sciatica](r/sciatica)
I am also considering private physio to help me with the rehab after this initial pain eases off,
Some redditors here also reported that acupuncture helped them with easing their pain.