Pinched Sciatic Nerve

Has anyone had any issues with getting a pinched sciatic nerve?   mine is so bad i nearly cry walking, standing, sitting, moving...pretty much anything....pain radiates from lower back, into my hip and down my whole leg to my toes....i'm going to see a chiropractor tomorrow....any suggestions on what you've done to treat?  this has been bugging me for the past 2 months and has gotten progressively worse...not even vicoden or oxy even remotely helps the pain....

Yep, I have severe sciatic nerve pain and numbness and it shoots down the front of my thigh. I have had an MRI and I was diagnosed with 2 herniations, annular tears, and impingements. So far I have had 2 pain injections between L2-3 and L3-4. I will go in for another procedure the week after thanksgiving. Thankfully, I have a great pain medicine, Nucynta. It takes the pain away enough for me to function and to walk on a daily basis. Before the medication I was in the ER crying in pain!

I had a severe case of it that lasted for a year.  I gained 70 lbs because I couldn't get out of bed (except to go to the bathroom)and while in bed I could lay in two positions.  Vicoden didn't touch the pain but Extra Strength Tylenol did help. I went to a chiropractor and he made it worse but he did mention water therapy and I started going to water aerobics.  Very gradually I started to see improvement and am now completely healed.  I discovered that I caused it by pulling weeds the wrong way, sitting in the wrong desk chair for hours, and long rides in the car.

It is the worse pain I've every had to deal with.  Good luck with the chiropractor.  I encourage you to try the water therapy even with his adjustments.

OMG...now i'm really scared....i just know the pain has gotten sooo bad that it hurts to do anything...sitting, walking, standing, rolling over in bed....grrrr...i did talk to my surgeon's nurse and she said i could try going to the chiropractor since my bones are all shifting from the weight loss and it's probably pinching off my nerve...so i'm praying this unpinches my nerve....i want to lose weight and be able to walk around do things...not be stuck up in sum bed

I have been having siatic nerve issues for some time. The chiaroscuro helped some but physical therapy has done wonders for me. I am not 100% but no longer spend most nights in agony.

Have you had a CT scan?  Other testing?  

I would consider a pain clinic and not one of those pill mills but one that treats pain with all forms of therapy.  I hope they can get you back on track and feeling better soon.

been there and done that, and dont want to go back and do it ever again...but i ended up getting an MRI done and i have a very large herniated disc, L-5,S-1..and it has E-longated down the spinal area...they wanted to do surgery on it....but nope, i had gastric bypass instead, got off 100 pounds...but they also did 2 nerve block injections using an xray and boy that helped great...i was set to have 6 of them done, but i only had to have 2....didnt even need the 2nd one, but had it done anyhow and it did help more....than i thought it would....this has been over a year now and i dont have the pain down the leg like i did...i feel your pain...but it is most likely more than just the pinched nerve..i did go to physical thearpy and they gave me a TENS unit to use at home and inusrance covered it...it helps alot....my chiro is wonderful and he helps alot too..but keep pushing and have an MRI done and see if there is something more than just pinched....as it may not get better only worse....i was taking some kind of pill or releif every 2-3 hours i was on tylenol, some stuff from the health food store, and motrin..but this was all before bypass....no wonder people can have over doses by accident..i was having to write down what i was taking and when so i could keep gtrack of if...getting no sleep for long time..i did get a new bed thru all of this too....mine was on my right side down to my right little toe...

sorry for your pain..but get it checked out..

debby