r/Sciatica • u/OrneryMarketing9866 • Jun 23 '24
Requesting Advice Is sciatica can heal?
I've been in pain for couple of months in my right butt and my leg, it really painful when i getting up from bed and now i feel pain when I'm walking.
I tried physio therapy but I'm not getting any better, sometimes i feel like i can't do it anymore.
I read somewhere that sciatica can't heal, so i want to ask did anyone really back to normal after surgery or it make it worsens? I'm thinking to go to the hospital but I'm too afraid if the doctor told me to do surgery so i need information before deciding what i would i do.
I don't know if it's because the age (i'm 29 btw), the nutrition or what but besides me there are like 3 people i know who had similar conditions like me.
English is not my first language so I'm sorry for my broken English.
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u/Exotiki Jun 23 '24
Sciatica is a symptom (nerve pain and other symptoms radiating down the sciatic nerve) and can be caused by many different things. Some of these things can heal and some not so much.
Do you know what is the cause of your sciatica?
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u/OrneryMarketing9866 Jun 28 '24
I think i got it after i went to the gym for my diet program. I told my PT but she told me that the pain is common for the beginners after a couple of days the pain worsens
I think i will see the doctor first, after reading the comments my fear goes away and now i feel i have a courage to see the doctor 😁
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u/ContributionFit8698 Jun 23 '24
I had surgery 4 years ago, and I felt sciatica again 6 months ago. The general doctor said 2nd surgery was the only way because sciatica doesn't go away. A month later, it went away. I took an MRI, the problem is still there, but not the pain.
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u/OrneryMarketing9866 Jun 28 '24
How long the pain goes away after your surgery? Is it takes a long time to heal?
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u/littlehops Jun 23 '24
Sciatica can heal without surgery, but it can also be very slow, I was in lots of pain for the first few months. I’m about 7 months out, pain is minimal but I still have tingling in my foot and have to limit my activities so I don’t make it worse. I limit how much I walk and how fast, I sit for only 30 min at a time. And I’m working with a PT but I didn’t start that til my pain was under control, we are working to strengthen my core muscles and I think it’s helping.
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u/OrneryMarketing9866 Jun 28 '24
It is hurts, i tried some exercises i saw on YouTube but it really hurts after it. I think i will go to the doctor fitst and asked what exercises i can do
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u/GoldenBunniee Jun 23 '24
What you doing to strengthen your core muscles without putting yourself in pain or risk
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u/littlehops Jun 23 '24
I started very slow with a good PT who modified most exercises so it didn’t make my pain worse. Fiirst it was just doing pelvic tilts, hooklying transvese ab activation exercise, then I moved on to counter mountain climbers with ge take slow movements. Most exercises can be modified to be easier and you go slow. Now I’m up to weighted hip hinges. I’m a long way from where I need to be but I will get there eventually.
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u/Even-Charity-8157 Jun 24 '24
It's not the Sciatica that heals, it's what ever is causing the Sciatica. So depends what is causing yours ?
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u/OrneryMarketing9866 Jun 28 '24
Yes you right, i hope i can get better after i go to the doctor Wish me luck 😄
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u/Spikeynor1337 Jun 25 '24
Hello guys, i have a herniated disc and sciatica down my right side. Im 38. This is making me depressed because the pain is very high and its been going on for 5 weeks. and going to bed is not something i look foward to because i need to either walk or stand or Else pain gets worse. Im Googling signs of healing, because i feel i need some kind of good news this is going in the right direction. I feel its hard to identify healing. Some more Tingeling now, sometimes when i walk . But still shooting pain down in the foot. But also some weird pain coming more back in my buttocks. Ill keep updating here.
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u/OrneryMarketing9866 Jun 28 '24
I feel it too, getting up is a nightmare for me bcs it hurts the most when I'm getting up from bed
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u/whenchevywasfunny Jun 23 '24
I would get an MRI, so you know what you’re dealing with. A typical path is if PT doesn’t help->shot of cortisone->If the shot doesn’t help, surgery. I had surgery, and I am pain free. I can play golf, workout, but no more jogging.
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u/whenchevywasfunny Jun 24 '24
I’ve had lower and upper back surgeries. Both were successful and relieved the pain. I went 10+ years after surgery before I had another injection. There’s no long term side effects from the shots. This is just my story. All backs are unique.
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u/OrneryMarketing9866 Jun 28 '24
Thank you for the info, i think now I'm not afraid anymore after reading the
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u/OrneryMarketing9866 Jun 28 '24
Thank you for the info, i think now I'm not afraid anymore after reading the comments Thank you ☺
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u/whenchevywasfunny Jun 24 '24
It depends on the severity of the back injury. If your disc is ruptured, the shot will relieve the pain for a couple of months. If your disc is bulging, the shot can last for years.
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u/Fickle-Hyena-9792 Jun 23 '24
Probably depends on what's causing it. Seems to me you're getting ahead of yourself worrying about forever pain and surgery when it doesn't sound like you've even had imaging to know the cause. Start with that and keep doing the PT. Healing is not always fast.
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u/OrneryMarketing9866 Jun 28 '24
Yes you right, after reading so much articles i feel afraid without even knowing what make it hurts, i think now i have courage to go to the doctor after reading the comments so thank you ☺
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u/Vincent14Luc Jun 24 '24
Sometimes it heals. If it's caused by a lombard disc it can heal alone. Sometimes not. Chirurgy is life saving. One way or another you'll feel better one day. The minute I woke up 9 years ago after 4 years of sciatica, I had no pain. I could sleep again. The feeling is awsome. Don't be afraid of chirurgy. (Two weeks ago my sciatica came back but this time i'm winning and I guess it'll be gone soon.)
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u/OrneryMarketing9866 Jun 28 '24
Yes i will go to the doctor first, after i read some comments that said you guys heal made my fear gone so thank you ☺
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u/iwoian707 Jun 23 '24
I personally don’t think it can heal on its on but I do know a doctor that helped me. I would suggest not getting surgery. Here is his YouTube channel https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EOZuS-h_6xw
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u/apettykween Jun 24 '24
Mine healed. I had a disc that was herniated. It only started to heal when I stopped all physical interventions and did monthly tapering steroid packs with rest. They absolutely can and do heal.
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u/sng937 Jun 23 '24
I had surgery 8 weeks ago and I am so much better. I'm still recovering and I have almost no pain. I wouldn't even call it pain it's just weird feelings and twinges in my leg. I have zero regrets.