can hardly walk

[jas31]

can anyone offer any help for a sciatica sufferer? My man has had incredible pain for couple of weeks. been to doc & got co-codomol and anti inflamitaries. He's 63, still working (keeping archives updated) & has been told to keep active. He can be fine for an hour or two then won't be able to even stand up. can't walk hardly at all! Feels raint with the pain. Anyone offer any inspiration?

[mrs_overall]

Mr O is a martyr to sciatica. He bought a TENS machine from Lloyds pharmacy and swears by it. If he is having a bad attack - pain rating 10 - he finds the TENS machine reduces the pain to about pain rating 4.
They cost about �20.

[sqad617]

Although you don't mention it, but do the anti-inflamatory drugs ease his pain. If the answer is yes, then continue using them but if the answer is no, then a re-assessment is necesary focusing on the fact that the pain may be coming from his hip.

[4winds]

The medication which helped my sciatica was a drug called "GABAPENTIN". It is specifically for nerve pain, apparently (also used to treat epilepsy - but being a non-medical person, I don't know the link).

[tufty7]

I had this 8 or 9 years ago now, it was terrible and the worst pain I have ever had in my life so far !! I couldnt sleep and walking was excrutiatingly painfull, had it for a week or so and went to the docs who gave me something , can't remember what now ,

after another week it was no better so went to a sports physio who covered my leg in some oil like deep heat and massaged it so hard he bruised me , i went out of there thinking that was a waste of money , paying someone to hurt me bad, woke up the following day leg bruised but nearly pain free , the following day it was gone , If I were to have this terrible pain again I would definately go straight to a sports physiotherapist for them to sort it .

[Eastender]

As tufty says, find a Physio for a massage or perhaps you can do it with a heat related cream or oil, also when he lays in bed, have a pillow between the knees also. I suffer fom this and had Accupuncture to help ease the pain. After the masage put an ice pack on the area for around 5-10mins (a pkt of frozen peas will do). Hope this helps, its so painful.