Question 1

will i have sciatica for the rest of my life or is there a cure?

Accepted Answer

Most likely: When a nerve is damaged significantly, it usually doesn't recover 100%.  This does not mean there can be some recovery.  It may recover enough so that symptoms are tolerable or tolerable with medications.

Question 2

is it better to walk with painful sciatica or rest it?

Accepted Answer

If possible, walk: I tell my patients that if you are able to stay active then to try to do so. Sometimes, however, the pain is too severe, and rest can help.

Question 3

would it be best to walk around with sciatica or rest?

Accepted Answer

Be careful: You should stay active but try not to do anything that expressly worsens your sciatica.  Sciatica is mostly the result of a disc herniation or an annular tear in the discs of the spine and by keeping a high level of activity you run the risk of injuring the disc more.

Question 4

is it better to try to walk around with sciatica or just rest?

Accepted Answer

Move with sciatica: Sciatica, pain radiating from your low back/buttock to your leg is usually transient. Although recommended in the past, prolonged bed rest is now discouraged. Although sciatic pain refers to pain from a compressed sciatic nerve which would result in pain down into your foot, it frequently doesn't go down that far; the pain is often caused by muscle strain.

Question 5

is bed rest for 7 days good for sciatica pain? or is it better to exercise lightly?

Accepted Answer

Exercise if you can.: if you are able to stay active then to try to do so. Sometimes, however, the pain is too severe, and rest can help.

Question 6

have painful herniated disc with sciatica/ bursitis.turned down surgery for now. should i rest or stretch and be active to heal?

Accepted Answer

Depends: First, conservative therapy is associated with longer duration pain, and physical disability at one year according to a Swiss/Canadian study recently published.  The usual conservative treatment is Physical Therapy, which will typically be 'active' although certainly will have stretching associated with it.

Question 7

i am taking rest for sciatica from 1 week.how can i know that sciatica pain is healing? wat is the anotomy behind sciatica nerve pain?

Accepted Answer

Sciatic: Pain is normal.
Will be gone at one month.

Question 8

i have sciatica nerve pain primarily in my low back and hip.what can i do to minimize the pain.pain used to go away after resting 30 minutes, not now.

Accepted Answer

Chiropractor: See a chiropractor.  If that doesn't help then see a neurosurgeon.

Question 9

have been provisionally diagnosed with sciatica and have been on 3 days of difene, diazepam and solpadine with complete bed rest have failed to reliev?

Accepted Answer

Lumbar radic : Give it some more time.  Try an epidural or selective nerve root block.  Seek a surgeon spine for his or her opinion.  You will likely not need a surgical intervention.

Question 10

is numbess in toes while walking normal with sciatica?i've had numbess and tingling at rest but recently i've noticed my toes go numb when walking.

Accepted Answer

It can be.: However, there are other neurologic conditions which can lead to this nonspecific symptom.  One should see a neurologist and/or a neurosurgeon to be fully evaluated.

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I am taking rest for sciatica from 1 week.how can i know that sciatica pain is healing? wat is the anotomy behind sciatica nerve pain?

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I have sciatica nerve pain primarily in my low back and hip.what can i do to minimize the pain.pain used to go away after resting 30 minutes, not now.

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Have been provisionally diagnosed with sciatica and have been on 3 days of difene, diazepam and solpadine with complete bed rest have failed to reliev?

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Is numbess in toes while walking normal with sciatica?i've had numbess and tingling at rest but recently i've noticed my toes go numb when walking.

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