3 Signs Back Pain/Sciatica Is VERY Serious- Must See A Dr. ASAP
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- "Famous" Physical Therapists Bob Schrupp and Brad Heineck present: 3 Signs Back Pain/Sciatica Is VERY Serious- Must See A Dr. ASAP
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At the age of 32 I had a ruptured disc resulting in Cauda Equina Syndrome in 2003. Spent several months in therapy learning to walk again and had to use a catheter for 9 months. I’ve been pain-free for 15 years following my emergency surgery. There’s residual weakness and numbness in my calves and feet but I considered myself fully cured when I was able to stop using the catheter.
Oh man Scott, my heart goes out to you. I had a radio nerve ablation for constant sciatic.
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I'm going through this
Terrible! Sorry! Best of luck
what happened when the cauda equina set in?
When I had spine problem it took 6 mths for doctors to take me seriously. They weren't happy that they have to sent me to do mri.. I cried for all that time. After 2 mths mri.. They said 'oh yeah, it looks bad.' same for my ankle torn ligament. That took a year! 'yeah, it looks bad.' doctors are unreliable.
So Sad that your doctors just blew you off like that!😡! They are a disgrace to their profession! Here's hoping you feel much better these days?💜
@@gloriamaryhaywood2217 thanks Gloria.. But sadly im now wheelchair bound. There is no control to my legs below the knees..
@@johnj1602 OMG. I Hate that it's come down to This for you! If those idiot doctors had acted upon your condition much sooner then maybe you would be looking at a different situation!?😡
May I ask your age, and if your pain level is at least tolerable?
Good doctors are a rare find these days. They are worth their weight in Gold.
I live in a small town and I am considering driving an extra hour and a half to have access to better doctors!
Hi Gloria! Im 49. I can barely stand because of the extreme pain. I live in a small city country that is known for no.1 world class healthcare..(googled) 😂😂😂
Look at where it got me!
@@johnj1602 I am so Sorry to hear that! Do you think surgery might help or is that not an option for you?
You are too young to have to settle for being wheel chair bound, or in pain all the damn time!
And it's No small wonder Why folks have lost ALL faith in the medical profession. Of course we don't trust most doctors, because they've proven themselves to be Un-trust worthy!!😡
I had all three of these. Intense acupuncture and TCM teas and physical therapy have supported me in learning about my body and healing with my body. From November 2022 to today I have made such incredible healing. The suffering was un real. No pain meds. Working so hard to learn and heal with my body.
These guys are great. The videos have helped me through some tough nights.
I still have a long way to go, but healing with my body is happening
All the best to you!
So lucky you have good experience & support. Not the normal experience for many of us. Bless you. And the energy of your Blessing with Gratitude our into universe Ripple the solution for all of us our here!!! Enjoy your healing out is our in past is a rare experience for serious severe spine pain.
We won't let an animal be tortured in pain, we let them go in peace help them go in peace. Humans are supposed to just suffer quietly
How are you now??
Much better. Still learning, especially with the land, our first and biggest teacher. The medicine is all there. So much to unlearn and relearn. Stay away from all pharma and trust creation.
I can still feel my nervous system and spine healing, and here I am today
@@kristy1291 what were your symptoms??
Gave up hoping for help. Just keep taking meds’ day in day out. Have to sit down to pee as cannot control my bowel at the same time. In pain all day every day even night time. Struggle to move on a morning and get out of bed. Know it’s an old video but nice sometimes to get it out of your system once in a while.
I pray you feel better. 🙏❤
I pray you get better, friend. Jesus loves you!
I'm there with you bud! This Life is tough.
Smoke some pot. Sorry man.
hello. I 100 percent understand you. it's the worst thing I ever done. no friends or family..On total disability now.. thank God for my Dog. Boston terrier..think twice before doing it.. God bless everyone here.. Amen..
I absolutely love my inversion table, helps straighten out the hips, relieves built up pressure on my spine and stretches out tight back muscles, love it... Your hips being out of whack/alignment can cause excruciating back and foot pain...
Where can I get thus table i need this 😢
24 years ago, I had an issue where I lost control of my right leg completely. I looked like the mummy in the old black and white movie, literally dragging my leg behind me. And I've never felt worse pain, and I've had kids and kidney stones! It needed immediate surgery to keep it from being permanent.
physicaltherapyvideo almost...I since broke my back 3 times and had 4 strokes....but I'm walking now every day, and am getting back on top of things. Thanks!
Ha I am your "Mummy" sister, same to me when I had my first incident ;)
Akeli I used to have a cat trike, but we came into a financial issue and had to sell it. My doctor won't let me ride anything but a 3 wheeler. I can't even walk on a treadmill. Only with my walker. But I'm going to get another trike as soon as we get back on top of things. Thanks for asking!
thanks for sharing
@@BettyHorn I was hurting so much in my lower leg, my calf, that I was totally convinced that I had a frigging blood clot! Had a d-dimmer test and an ultra sound scan done. Nope. It was indeed Sciatica. Had no idea it could hurt sooo bad!!😜 #OUCH!
So 10/10 excruciating pain especially when I try to stand up. The pain is worse when I'm up and my legs try to buckle at the knee. I've always had back pain but this is beyond any pain I've ever felt. The thought of getting in a vehicle to go 30 min to the hospital sounds absolutely excruciating and has me just staying in bed hoping things will ease up within a few days but so far it's not the case.
Don't suffer any longer! Get help. I'll pray for you.
Sciatica pain is just horrible. I can’t walk now due to the pain. Can make maybe 10 steps, hopping on my good leg. Going to doctors for therapy. I can drive my car, but I need a wheelchair going into the hospital. All I do is try to find a position where pain is only at level 2 or 3. One wrong move and I’m at level 10. Pain meds are very important and never strong enough…
@@Iamironman76 same, I’m 35 weeks pregnant and it’s been going on for about four or five months now. I really don’t know what to anymore…
@@dagoddess9440 I went through really bad low back/hip/sciatic too when pregnant.... 7 weeks postpartum now... just warning you to be super careful once you have your baby even if you feel a lot better. I am now suffering again from low back/sciatic and I think its because I pushed myself too hard a week ago.. Your pelvic region will be fragile for a while since you just had a baby so REST and TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF! I totally know what your going through and its so painful but my symptoms basically healed within a week after birth (until I messed up and hiked down a mountain with a wall tent last week... it was on a sled I didn't even lift it but punching through the snow I think did me no favors ahah) so just remember the miracle your body performed not too long ago and dont push it. I hope you feel better!!!! Its all worth it. Motherhood is the best thing that's ever happened to me! Blessings to you and your family.
Any uodates
Thoroughly amused at the “go to urgent care” comment. I have numbness in my groin, down my leg/shin. Went to the ER and was sent packing after a shot of muscle relaxer. It has been 3 weeks now and i’m still about 2 weeks out from getting my MR scans done. Add another few days to a week to get back into the doctor after that. You get the picture. Meanwhile, walking is becoming harder and harder. Sleep is near impossible, dorsiflexion is paralyzed and life sucks.
Here’s hoping I don’t have permanent nerve damage by the time somebody actually helps me instead of peddling referrals and prescriptions.
Did you find out what was going on with your back?
I went to urgent care and they gave me Ibuprofen and said go rest. I said I’m still in pain and they did nothing for me, just sent me away. I had to beg them to write me a letter for work, beg. And then they only wrote it for 3 days. Unbelievable.
Hoping for an update that you were able to get someone to take you seriously and give you an MRI?
How are you now??
Go to the er and scream “medic! I need a medic!” By law they have to drop everything and attend to you if you use that specific language
Yeah, I had cauda equina syndrome. The nitwits at the ER decided that because I wasn’t having a stroke, (i had foot drop) I could wait a couple of months to see the neurosurgeon. I have permanent weakness in my left leg now, and difficulty starting to urinate.
Me too. I have a limp and permanently nerve damage bc they just kept giving me Percocet even though I said I didn't want pain meds. It took 3 trips to the er for them to finally do emergency surgery on my back.
Is excess wetting in the underwear after going a sign of issue too?
Got herniated disk for two weeks and gave me medications and went for a physical therapy ,somehow it is now a little better,hope it will continue to heal and watched their video is also a big help to me.
How are you now?
@@my_universe1290 Im all better now,not fully recovered because the tingling in my feet is still there but I can move like I used to now.
How are you now
How are you now?
I'd thought I'd share my experiences as a warning. I had back pain, which got progressively worse. Eventually my physio persuaded her me to get an MRI scan which showed back degredation. Subsequently, Drs diagnosed myeloma from a blood test. So if symptoms are getting progressively worse, it is possible that you may have myeloma which can be detected with a simple blood test. IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE
Thank you, hope you are well and healthy now.
How was the pain that u went through, like , what was the sensation? going through it myself, but idk what to do. i get this occasional tingling, numb feeling, so that freaked me outttt 🥴🥴
@@yayaa8685 chronic to acute dagger-like pain, myeloma can be easily screened for via simple blood test
@@charliebryce3783: How are you now ? Are you healthy?
@@priyanka...sharma it's been 2 years since I've left hospital, when I left I could hardly walk 100 meters', this year I went to the mountains of Scotland. So I'm doing ok. Thanks for asking
these dudes are the best lol, chronic pain is no joke
I love your little quotes, or thoughts for the day.
I have all but the first thing you mentioned. Been to every doctor in our town and even another town after an MRI showed a herniated disc on L5-S1.
My legs and feet go really numb just getting up from sleep and walking across the house.
I even have nerve impingement in my neck that causes my shins to tingle when I look down with my head. Not a single doctor will do anything to help.
I am in so much pain opioids don't help and my skin all over my body feels like a really bad sunburn and I have to take all the sleep aids to get even 2 hours of sleep.
I'm sorry. Six severely pinched nerves in my neck, sacroiliac joint moves and hurts like hell. 2 spurs stabbing my spine at T9 already tore into spinal sheath. I had best insurance in my life and neurosurgeon would not help.
I have a tremor, whole body spasms I can't get control of now. It hurts, and feels like my bed, chair is shaking. Its me! Keeps me up. Doctors really suck. I have no faith in them.
I understand you well, and I am sorry we have to suffer. It's really pathetic.
Lack of some B vitamins can cause Han and foot numbness ESPECIALLY B1. Take B complex I you are not on vitamins. It helps my hand numbness.
Options are like a bandaid that helps you get stuff done often hurting yourself worse, and never treating anything.
On top of that, just had to empty mom's entire condo with only my husband's help. He had a failed spinal surgery. I am fit to be tied!!!
All activity triggers muscle spasms all over. Suffering causes anxiety and depression. Doctors don't treat problems these days. They would rather get the kickbacks for prescribing drugs. Insurance companies don't want to pay either.
It's impossible to hate these guys.
My back pain suddenly went to one leg. It was on fire, yet cold, a constant 8/10 of pain, yet numb. The disc had ruptured when I fell to my kness in soft sand. L4 & 5 removed (after 17 days of hell) & I was good!
That scares me. My foot is hot and cold at the same time. Few days ago my leg was hot from hip down like I slept with it wrapped in an electric blanket. Now its numb. Heavy. Some light pain big discomfort. Afraid it will collapse. Feels weak. Trying to quit Paxil. Not sure if that did it. No tangling. Have had lower back pain for ages. Issues with loss of muscles due to laying in bed because of tail bone and lower back. Been having the leg thing several days. Can kick leg up to help sit up. But it feels weird. Crawly. Even has my left butt check and left side of privates numb.
Jeebz. My L2&L3 are disintegrating.
How do you feel now?
I keep singing "Bob n Brad the two most famous....lalalalala on the internet".... it goes in a loop for hours Lol. What's the ending???
🤣🤣 ikr!!
and then your doctor doesn't do SQUAT! Just writes another prescription. Not so much as an XRay!
Please go to a chiropractor people they are incredible and totally worth the reasonable price they charge. I pray everyone here recovers from all their pain. Know how yall feel🙏🙏🙏
You guys are realize that you guys are helping the people that are faking their back injury by knowing what they should do at the therapist
We actually have a video on how to tell if someone's faking as well as we are aware of that being an issue at times.
Hey Bob and Brad I've went to my Dr and was crying in the office and telling her it's excruciating pain and can't sleep at night. She asked me if I needed a refill on prescription. All she ever does is push pills on me and won't get to the bottom of this.
Change doctors darlin.
This has been happening to me for one year..nothing but prescription ..I finally got an MRI and they said my bulging discs made it too far gone for help.This is Alberta Canada...I am going over seas asap for disc minimally invasive surgery. ....
Thats pretty much all they ever do!
I have the same problem. They never said why the pain in bed and no pain when standing is so serious? Had it for over a year. anyone know why or what this is? Purchased 3 new different mattresses. There is no position that isn’t painful laying down.
@@victorian4968 most of us have seen handfuls of doctors with the same responses. its not a 1 doctor problem, its a bias in the entire medical community. just read r/medicine
Hi Bob and Brad. I came up on your video yesterday. I followed your advise and folded a cushion, tied it up and put it behind my back when sitting. I felt much better when walking and standing. Thank you guys.
Had Cauda Equina about a year ago. Had been in agonising pain for months got off sofa and my leg pain got a lot worse despite my leg feeling a little numb at the same point. Following morning went to the hospital as saddle region was also numb. Everthing was so numb I was no longer in pain so that was a bonus. I was using a zimmer frame to walk by end of the day. Three days later I was operated on (would have been that day but hospital looked at old mri). Luckily for me and the hospital given the mistake over 6 months I regained full usage of everthing but took lots of physio. Only slight different is a spot of numbness on one leg. So glad I recognised the symptoms and went straight to the hospital even if thier mistake did not help. The scary bit was when I eventual got surgery and he read the detail for consent he said you probably won't regain function you have currently lost, glad he was wrong.
My pain wakes me up in tears!! It feels like a constant leg cramp from my hip to my toes, and in my groin area!! It's excruciating pain!! Meds don't help at all!! I feel like their just making me an addict then helping me solve the pain issue!! I NEED HELP!!
have you tried going into spinal extension?
Going thorugh same situation are you ok now ? You you tell me how you treated this ?
@@noman_zaman it's a pain you just have to go thru, I still have it just not as severe!!
I'm so excited for fall now! Thanks for sharing!
The only thing that will be "taken care of" at urgent care is about $300 will be taken from you.
You mean $3000
Then they will send you to a specialist.
Same here people of the internet and of UA-cam
I know someone who had a significant protusion on the L5 disc after MRI. Took 4 years of rest and exercise to get 90% well. I dont think pain meds work well for nerve involvement. Surgery was mentioned but refused. The body can heal in time but exercise is crucial with back injuries.
Can you please ask them what exercises they did to get recover?
@@qasimyahya699 simple walking. We lose muscle mass when we dont exercise. The person was told that she should just walk around the house. She walked 2 miles daily whilst in severe pain. This might have been too much walking. Even standing for ten mins daoly would have helpd.
@@siobhanmcneenan3253 thank you
@@qasimyahya699 you are very welcome
So MRIs are not good?
Damn I had back pain which woke me up in the morning for a couple of week about a month ago.. it was horrible as my sweet morning sleep was being affected..But it's gone now..
Helpful video 👍
Glad that you are fine. What did you do for this?
@@taranjotoberoi3738 not anything specific .. i had exams so i was standing while bending my neck to study for like half of the day i guess that's what caused it.. exams ended i gave full rest to my back and I guess that helped
@adliadadliad4096 how long did it take to go away on its own? I ask because I’m going through the same thing. I am studying for exams and I have been sitting down for periods of time hunched over. Today was the first time I experienced a sharp electrical excruciating pain down to my left foot.
@@berenicelome2090 like 2 weeks with full rest.. still get it in bw now that I've started working
Thanks guys. So informative! Appreciate the education. Helped me tremendously.. Outstanding
I had cauda equina and the symptoms I had were slightly different I stopped passing urine and had pain coming round into my pelvis, groin and down the front of my thigh. My Dr told me I had a urine infection! Went on holiday, came back early, saw a different Dr and was rushed to the SGH in Glasgow for emergency surgery. I was 27 and I've been left with permanent nerve damage on my right side. If I hadn't been so ill, I would have taken her to court for negligence. Same with disability, I was refused it because according to someone who worked in an office my condition would get better. By the time I was 38 I was diagnosed with spinal stenosis and have used a cane since. I recently found out that I have in my cervical spine, reduced lordosis, c5/6 and c6/7 have degenerative changes. Retrolosthesis at l5/s1. L3/l4, l4/l5 and l5/s1 bulging discs, severe spinal stenosis at l5/s1 and bulging discs in my thoracic spine. That was all there in my scan from 5 years ago when they diagnosed the stenosis but never told me about the other signs of degeneration. I have very little faith in the medical profession here in the Scotland. I found these things out from a trauma specialist! I'm so thankful for the exercises that you put up, between them, my yoga and my massages I just manage to get out a couple of days a week for a wee while!
Are you fine completely??
How are you now?
See the doctor sooner or later? Most of us can't get an appointment with a doctor, especially a physiatrist, for weeks, sonetimes months. Worse, some places like Kaiser Permanente have Radiologists who, as per Kaiser, take "10 to 14 "Business days" to read, interpret and sign MRI. It's beyond ridiculous.
Thanks for your very helpful videos.
I have severe back pain that gets worse when I'm doing an activity in the mid to lumbar area and radiates out. MRI of the lumbar area is clear, I am Dx with sciatica and fibromyalgia. Wondering what causes so much pain when I'm reaching, lifting, grabbing, standing more than 5 minutes to cook or prep dinner, etc.? I can't even sweep or mop my floor. RFA on L3-S1 was unsuccessful.
Omg!! I have all three Issues!! But my doctor don't seem to do anything...just keeps giving me meds!! And the meds don't even seem to touch the pain!!
pls make a video on scoliosis exercise
Himanshu Mehta Do you follow them on FB? Might be a subject they’re discussing. Gd luck.
Right after couple months of looking for a back pain relief, I have finally discovered the ideal back pain guideline for me called 4BackPainExercise.blogspot.de
Definitely helps with back pain throughout sleep. I like this guideline. It has everything I wanted to help me alleviate my back pain..
Thanks for speaking about CES I had decompression for CES wouldn’t wish it on anyone.! Early surgery got me semi fixed. Thanks for spreading awareness!
If i sit on anything firm too long my back is always sore
Great information thank you.
My boyfriend is 37 years old and has been experiencing horrible mid back pain lately that seems to be the worst first thing in the morning. He wakes up in the morning hardly able to breathe due to the amount of pain. He tells me that he has to get up because it hurts so bad. It does continue to bother him throughout the day but seems to be the worst in the mornings. There are nights that he doesn't even want to go to bed because he knows he is going to wake up the next morning in pain. It is really starting to worry me.
Did he get help?
It’s the mattress
I've been dealing with this for about a month now. It's worse in the mornings and when I'm trying to go to sleep. I have a doctors appt on Monday.
Poor fellow 😢
I’m an older guy (just turned 58) and, ironically, work for one of the top Big Ten’s university hospital’s Physical Therapy departments. (This is where many pro athletes, and virtually ALL of our school’s most elite athletes, including football, basketball, baseball, track, swimmers, dancers in the state’s most famous ballet troupe-come to see our therapists. (I’m NOT a PT or PTA I am basically someone who schedules and works with insurance companies and the like-basically a glorified secretary) but I also spent four years in the marines, as an 0331 (M-60 machine gunner) and did LOTS of humping that weapon around. I don’t have any evidence of having done anything to injure my BACK (I did mess-up a number of cervical vertebrae while on a night patrol) but I am glad I found your channel. I KNOW I need to lose weight (I was 180 pounds coming off Parris Island and now am between 215-220) I figure good old sit-ups and aerobic exercise will be all I need but I’m super happy I found your channel! 👍
Thanks for your service to our country. If its not treason to suggest, my husband and his friend always liked the navy seals fitness program.
I can walk on my heels easily but as my heels come up my left leg cant do it well
Thanks alot . Very helpful information
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Currently going through this. This is the worst pain I’ve ever experienced. Nonstop shooting pain down my right leg, the pain wraps around my calf. Night time is the worst. I’ve gone to my doctor 3 times within 2weeks the first time they prescribed steroids by mouth and a nerve med to take at night which didn’t nothing for me. I went back again and they gave me a injection in my butt cheek which didn’t nothing. I went back the other day and they gave me muscle relaxers and referred me to physical therapy and physical medicine. Aug 24 physical medicine and Aug. 26 physical therapy start for me. Wish me luck as i lay here in pain typing.
Hi, how it go? Im experiencing pain in leg. Was prescribe anti inflammatory and gabapentin. Took it yesterday but pain got worst.
How did it go?
@@Caleta280 I swear my gabapentin is giving me headaches
@@jackiewilliams5860 I've come to the conclussion that meds do not help at all for Sciatica. Physical Theraphy helped me some what. I had it for 2 months now and its just naturally going away. Mckenzie method helped alot more with the pain than all the meds I was given. I stopped Gabapentin bc it gave me vertigo, which made everything worst. Plus it didn't help one bit. Every other med prescribed did nothing (except the opium) helped with pain. I also tried cupping, because my legs were feeling hard and stiff, it helped with the hardness. Probably because it allowed more blood circulation. But cupping hurted like a mofo. One person told me acupuncture helped them alot, but I have not tried it.
Thank you for your tips. I have been to physical therapy and the physiatrist with sciatica. No one explained what you discussed in this video.
Pain is killing me.
how serious is weakness on calf (can’t do body weight single calf raise) with minor numbness on heel? can use push down on resistance band no problem.
It happened to me while i was in a gym the pain is just intolerable.
I love your videos but could you please boost the volume. Thank you
I had Cauda Equina loss of lower function...my BP was 200 for some reason.
Had a fusion in 91' loss of ankle reflex. In continues to be painful, thx guys.
I hope we all get well soon any one have any advice I’m going through this just now it’s the worst
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Thank you for your explanation.
Great doctor duo Bob and Bred!
No 2 back issues are the same .. I can feel mine doing something stupid like simply leaning forward to write !
Haha ! That cracked me up where he said it had been an issue for him to take his shoes off in the past 🤣. The banter between y’all is cute ! I love it . Thank you for the videos . I can barely move after a chiropractic adjustment Friday . He’s a trustworthy chiropractor. The day I got adjusted, it had been 5 years since I’d had one . He saw a bad curve forming in the low back and adjusted me all over . I needed all over adjustments based on my XRays . The pain relief was immediate and I overdid it around the house because I could move again so freely without pain for the first time in 3 weeks . Now my low back is frozen in pain . It was hard ti get out of bed this morning. I laid around all day resting yesterday. The more rest I get , the worse it hurts. Can you recommend something I can do to stretch away the pain ? Or light exercises ? I’m going back to see him at 8:30 when he opens tomorrow. I just want to enjoy my last day off . Moving too much hurts . But laying around will guarantee I will hurt worst tomorrow. Thanks guys ! 🤗
I woke up in middle of night with a steady pace of back pain radiating down leg. Received 2 shots and my leg hasn't worked the same. I still have large areas of leg that are numb. My knee feels as if its out of place but tests show nothing wrong. They did say i have a blood clot. I walked over 10000 steps a day before this and im only 36 yrs old.. How is that possible ?This has affected my everyday life tremendously. It's been 4 months now. I visit a chiro who provides some relief but too expensive and I'm still not the same..
GOD BLESS U 2 GUYS.!! And thanks for this V.I.P INFO.!!
I’ve had pain for 8 years. No hope in site.
Hi Bob and Brad
I'm a 50 year old male who since 2014 has had a problem and lower back pain.
I work Polishing marble floors that include a twisting motion since 2007 and for 5 year before this I worked in a factory lifting marble and granite 8 hours a day.
4 days ago I was in my kitchen on my knees sorting my tool box out for tools I needed to do a job and I simply bent forward and my left side of my lower back went into spasm and for a couple of days I was in extreme pain and now as I write this I am better but my back went out so easily.
Should I see a back specialist to check me out?
I did go to the ER room and the doctor said that I should give up my job.
He prescribed pain and anti inflammation medication but this has happened a few times since 2014.
I take extreme caution when I'm working Polishing floors but when I'm working I'm constantly twisting my back from left to right..
What should I do?
I can't quit my job but I'm not getting any younger and when I'm in bed and if I move a certain way my back goes into spasm.
Any advice would be most welcome and appreciated
Fo anybody on here with Sciatica, I had it really bad, couldn't lie down, sat in a chair all night.
I then found a video of Bob and Brad exercises for it, and did they help? yes yes yes, the relief after doing them ,was almost instant, I did them 3 or 4 times a day, and still do them every day.
Are you painfree now?? How much time did it take to recover from it??
Hi touch wood sciatica is gone, went within about 10 days after, but the really bad pain went almost immediately after the first days, still do the exercises when I get out of bed, a couple of times during the day, and before I get into bed, as there is no pain like it and I do not want it again ever. Good luck let me know how you get on. @@Preeti-lw9jc
Ómg I'm crying again with severe pain shooting up leg into bottocks in agony
Me too. I hope your pain has improved.
I've got this pain my my right side of my lower back and whenever I put my left leg on the right side of my body a sharp pain occurs
@@randomvidz8742 pay attention to your body
@@randomvidz8742 what happed Isit better
Did it get better
Dudes are good.
Thanks!
Love all ur Videos!! Very informative and Pleasent to watch!!! Thank U for making these Videos!!!
i've had most of these symptoms since a weightlifting accident about 12 years ago. im not even 30 and i walk with a cane now. i still cant get approved for an mri.
Are walking and riding recommended to relieve in siatical pain? Thank you. You are doing a great job. God bless you both
Low impact exercises are good. It usually brings relief BUT of it doesn't..STOP. Also watch how you be d down and move. I bent down and the nerve is all messed up. I may need surgery.
Walking mostly helps with sciatica, it def helped me, but it doesnt mean that it always will help everyone, for some people it doesnt help, try it out and if it gets better keep doing it
In your riding therapy you would want to use a mounting block. And use TTouch and centered riding exercises to see if they help. Is it your own horse?
I'm losing motor control both legs, with brief stabbing pains back-thigh, calf, shin, and ankle. Started Right lower back, migrated to hip/high hamstring, to mid hamstring, to calf, to shin, to ankle, to foot top. Sitting is good, but standing and walking is painful, wobbly, and short duration. Yup, I really think I'm screwed this time. I've already had 2 spine surgeries already.
You are of great help
I’m having a overheating issue. Not a burning pain but my skin itself gets hot to the touch only in the thoracic are. It does it when I’m laying down, moving, sitting. As soon as I get a foot temperature my torso starts to over heat. I’m running out of options I can’t find anything online about back sweating. My fingers will be frozen but my chest is hot and dripping sweat
What if it hurts in my right buttock only when I stand up on my feet?
Have ham string and lower leg pain when I try running. Feels weak with a limp. I miss running. Hard to describe what it feels like.
Thank you 😊
I'm from the UK ,got a herniated disk in my back resulting in sciatica down my left leg ,also had a seizure around a couple of weeks ago ,can't get a doctor's appointment and sent 9 hours in accident and emergency just to be sent home ,also buying my own pain relief despite being on benefis
Pretty similar, nearest appointment I could get is 3 weeks away.
My sciatica stared 8 weeks ago, been off work for 5 weeks every week getting worse, struggling to get out of bed or stand for longer than 2 mins.
I’m 40 living in London. Good times.
Hope you get better
Why do so many patients say that surgery didn't help? Are cortisone shots a viable option? Sudden sharp pain L back butt localized. Hurts like hell.😢
I have the tingling in my left leg. Yes, I am going to have it taken care of. Waiting on the VA ;-)
What happened
@@Local_p_ lumbar surgery on l4-5/fusion surgery. Too much running. 20+ years in the military. It all took a toll on my back.
Forget the hospital. I'm seeing my spiritual advisor.
What step do I take to see a dr? Er? Urgent care? My pcp said I needed rest. That was a few pcp’s and years ago.
Sometimes when I’m walking if I turn my head to talk or something my legs will feel invisible momentarily and my breathe gets held. Kind of like a flash then I get up take a few breathes and wooziness goes away and I’m fine.
Most of the time it just seems so taught like a strap down synched fully down and my bending or movements have to work against that sort of tension.
I'm 22 now but back in high school when I was 17 got sciatica. In high school I went to the gym most the time and played a lot sports to keep me busy. But one day I was doing legs specifically "dead lifting" and I pulled my back.. went to the doctors the next day and found out I had sciatica and herniated disk. In my case when my sciatica happen it felt like a sharp pain down my leg which pretty much made my whole entire leg numb for 4-6 months.
It took about 4-6 months for me to fully recover from it. Back when I was in high school I would walk around the school to go to my regular classes but in PE class I would usually sit out and going up the stairs was a challenge. Especially bending, turning my body, and getting up in the morning were the worst.
After about 1 month or 2 with sciatica I would just try to just walk for about 10 mins, do some stretches to help relax the pain. Month 3-4 I slowly start to feel less "tingling" down my right leg and has more feeling to it so I would so some exercises and stretches to help it. As month 5-6 came my pain in my leg was less and it was no longer a sharp pain down my leg. More like tingling down my leg. Month 6-7 I slowly got back into my daily exercises.
its been 4 years since my sciatica has been that bad but I still remember the pain I had to go through for the months. I know I still have sciatica and the fact that it never goes away sucks. To this day Sometimes I would feel pinching in my back when I bend. Sometimes it bothers me sometimes it doesn't but overall I can say I fully recovered from it. I have feeling in my right leg and can bend to an extent but not where it makes my back hurt.
What and all did u do??? Please tell 🙏
Its been 2 month now
But I'm able to walk
Can't bend
This gives me hope
You two are great!
I want to urgent care and they gave me a packet of stretch exercises. I was in so much pain I was crying.
On my wedding day I bent over to grab my shoes and put them on and I felt something similar to what I would call a rubber band snap, happen in my lower back followed by extreme severe pain. I could not stand up straight. It was a stiff feeling. Like I would try to stand up straight but something happened that stopped me from being able to , in the form of extreme pain. All movements were very painful. I was bed ridden for a few days to a week then I went back to work but I had severe pain when I stood up and I had to shift from hip to hip constantly for relief. Needless to say went for an mri and on the report they declared I needed immediate treatment and the back surgeon said i needed immediate surgery. My disc had exploded and I had fragments embedded in something I can’t remember name he said. Had surgery on my l5 and I have had pain ever since and that was 9 years ago but now something has happened again and I’m having pain in lower back where it goes to my outside hips and I can’t move my legs sometimes as if it’s locked up. Idk 🤷🏻♀️
so did you have to cancel the wedding? Or it happened already after the ceremony
Hi I'm 34 and have had sciatica for 3 months now
I can't stop limping at work and can only walk few yards before I have to stop due to pins and needles down 1 leg do I need to see a doctor it's really affecting me at work as have to do alot of walking ,I'm doing sessions at chiropractor and found that I have flat spine with no curve
I have an office but sitting makes it worse so can't win
I have a serious back pain when I turn right and left.
I have pain at my right hand side ribs connecting to the back.
My waist round pains me very severely. Getting up either from a chair or a bed is so painful.
My pain does not allow me to walk because even the feet up to the toes pains like you don't have blood.
When I sneeze, I feel a very severe pain on my back and at the ribs near the chest.
When I breathe in, I feel serious pain at the right hand 🖐 side of the ribs and I am very weak.
We are very sorry to hear that. Unfortunately, we cannot give any individual medical advice without a proper diagnosis. We have to recommend seeing your doctor for a proper examination and once you have a diagnosis, we can point you in the right direction to the correct exercises.
ilive with constant saddle and groin numbness, luckilly it goes away.
Dang looking at some of the comments here. A lot of you need to get second opinions. A doctor shouldn't be ignoring your concerns. However, they also shouldn't be immediately DOOM AND GLOOM. Now for my story:
Last week I literally tried to jump out of bed when i woke up(I was feeling happy i had a 4 day weekend coming up). When I quickly hiked my knees up to my chest I felt the worst feeling I've had in my life. I double over in pain, I couldnt stand up. If i could reach my gun at that moment I would've strongly considered ending it.
In 15 min that excruciating pain that shot down my right leg subsided into an almost unbearable pain similar to pulling a quad. Now I'm 39, and extremely active and fit so i thought that's what it was, i went to hard on leg day the day before. So I treated it like that, rested the leg, ice packs and compression. After a day of that i added walking around for at least 10 minutes, I also went to a sport injury place, took some xrays which didnt show anything obvious like bone spurs, but they DID notice my L4-L5 disc could be bulging, a CT scan would tell more. Right then and there i new i had severe sciatic nerve damage. I started electrotherapy and back adjustments. Started physical therapy and changed how I sleep. Within 2 days most of the effects of acute pain were gone. Except I had numbness in my right leg below my knee and noticed my knee would buckle sometimes and felt weak.
This Tuesday I went to an emergency doctor for another pair of eyes. Well after describing my symptoms, they deemed a CT scan "medically necessary" so insurance covered it(yay). But their diagnosis made it sound like i was about to die any minute "You have a protrusion in L4-L5 and bad swelling in S1. You will not recovery from this, you need surgery here's this expensive neurosurgeon we work with."
I am standing there showing that i can balance on one leg, on my toes without locking my knee, with no pain. They wrote me prescriptions for cyclobenzaprine and prednisone and told me to see the specialist.
As an aid to my healing, I am taking the prednisone as directed, and continuing my chiro and PT as normal. I am not taking any other meds. Its been 1 week since, I still have no pain and my leg numbness is slowly going away, its only about a 4 inch patch on the front of my shin bone.
I expect to make a full recovery in 4-6 weeks and will taper up my leg exercises again with help from my PT to improve form. Also, I found out my right leg is longer than the other and i got a left leaning scoliosis, so that knowledge will help me in the future.
I guess I got lucky, but Im not counting on luck anymore, I am going to be more careful stretch regulary before and after work outs and train myself to bend at the hip more.
How are you now??
Going to the ER does not help. They immediately treat you as if you are trying to get pain meds EVEN IF YOU ALREADY GET THEM!
So you have to go to specialists but have to have lots of money because even if you have insurance in won't cover much for things like this.
I am miserable but with thousands spent and no real help I have given up on getting help.
Mine is the worst at night and early in the morning but goes away after a few hours of being on my feet. You never indicated why this could be more serious. What could it be? Laying down and sitting in certain positions really irritates it.
Back pain is usually worse when you get up and move around. Best to see your doctor to where they can get an MRI ordered and blood work done to see if something is occurring within the bone itself.
I can’t hold my pee and I can’t even wipe without feeling a sharp pain 🥺 and I feel like every doctor I’ve seen tells me I’m too young to have pain
Don’t take me serious 😩
That is unfortunate, I've had doctors brush away my issues like that as well. My Sciatica pain is mostly in my left leg, but sometimes in my foot and a little in my back.
Walking for a hour or so used to make it go mostly away, now it is excruciating to walk for even just a few minutes and just doing even minor stuff like playing with my pets is painful.
The best advice I can offer is keep trying different stretches that these and other Sciatica videos show until one relieves some pain for you, and do them every time you need some relief.
That has helped a bit for me, but it is still painful, just not as painful.
I hope you find something that helps, I wish you the best!
How are you now???
Stretching is key the nerves just tingle its obvious nerve pain muscle pain feels stiff nerves like your leg fell asleep
3:09 sat on bike for cardio for ten mins other day. So numb. After that. Around. So much areas
right now I’ve been in my bed for two days an can’t hardly walk, the pain is unbearable. I have no back pain but it’s in my right butt cheek an runs down to my ankle. I don’t know what to do…my leg can’t bare my weight!!
Yikes!
I’m sorry for you.
Look up the symptoms of Sciatica.
Then look up exercises to relieve it.
Bob and Brad have some videos on that.
How are you now?
L2 burst fracture. Fused L1 through L3. Now work 12 hour shifts. I been able to control the pain with meds but seems to be getting worse. Don't know what to do. Have no insurance.
get to it...im in severe pain
I have bad lower back pain and stiff neck. Notice my butt twitching all the time. Im also pregnant should I see the doc about my back ?
I have severe back pain in my mid back ALL of the time especially when laying down. I am unable to stand longer than 2 minutes without loosing my breath and my lower back going tingly & numb. My back pain hurts when I inhale and exhale and simultaneously my front ribcage aches and pops.
How you feeling now?
I had the same thing. Turns out I had a herniated thoracic disc.
I have all.of this is am.sushi. hef been standing up for last 10 plus years and it's knly.getti g worse I can't out no weight and my whole body hurts. Head neck tmj stenosis
I don't have back pain, but thanks.
I have a question. I still have hip and thigh pain after THR - could it be scar tissue?
I can’t walk right now but I have control over my bowels but I can’t get up to sit on the toilet. When I try and straighten out all my stomach muscles seem to give out on me and I can’t get up. Just been laying here for three days.
Update- after 4 days on the floor pissing in a bottle I can finally get up and walk with a cane. I just kept doing what stretches I could do on the the floor that felt good and icing it regularly.
Have these exercises helped you ?
How are you now?
I’m going through this right now
It’s been two months and almost no pain but I still get sore sometimes. Walking, stretches, and icing/heat therapy. First two weeks were the worst. Even though it’s painful you gotta force yourself to try and get up as much as possible, eventually you get the strength to walk.
Hollo sir, is there any exercises for ACNES pain on the right lower abdomen?
I am at loss of words to appreciate you both.
I've had lower back pain for some time, but recently after working in the yard and cleaning the garage, I developed severe back pain in my lower back down to my left side so bad I couldn't stand to put my weight on my foot. I went to two different clinics and finally to a local ER and a week later, I'm still not any better. I was given pain meds and muscle relaxers, but they have done very little good. It's been a nightmare with little relief. Don't know where to turn now. I can barely get around because of the intense pain. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!