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Excellent information, thank you!

Greetings from southern PA and can't thank you enough for you wonderful vids. I just turned 71 and, like my Dad, I've had a bit of a tender back my entire life. But this Sciatica flare-up I've been suffering the past 2 weeks is borderline brutal. I'll give your exercises and advice a go and thanks again.

Knee cross over chest for 30 seconds repeated 5 times is effective if done regularly

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Thank you!!! I am older and have a lot of joint issues and lately have been really suffering from sciatica. I do go to physical therapy and they’re trying to help help me strengthen my body and I know that in the end that’s the answer I need. But in the short run, I’m taking way too many pain pills to get through this and I think this is a much better option for me.

I am having this pain .i pray i apply medical oil . Itstops only for a few minutes

Dr should i be doing planks.. and why does it hurt so bad when i stand in one place.. actually goes away when i work

Thank u dear.doing great following ur technical tips.stay blessed.love u

Am about 50-60% better. Still a little worried about my coast-to-coast flight on Nov 27. I take pain meds ( OTC ) when I need to do activities outside home for several hours. They certainly help cos I experience no pain. But I am careful with my affected leg movements. Please do advise. And thanks again.

Question-my first MRI revealed a Gluteus medius and minimus tendinitis. The doctors did not mention it atall. Do you think it’s complicating my Sciatica in any way ? Cos I’ve noticed I have to be vv careful about how I move my leg-not sure what triggers the pain suddenly. Relaxation of my affected leg has helped a lot-wonder if it calms the nerve ???

Right-I don’t think the Epidural shot helped. Thoughtful exercises and proper low back body mechanics and thoughtful leg positioning did.

Dr. Amy-first and foremost, Thank you Strangely, I do not really have low back pain. It’s mostly at the back of my hip joint and back of thigh. Piriformis acts up off and on. Sitting is difficult for me-and some surface area better than others.

Do you have a root cause video?

Thanks for sharing, very informative 👍 ❤

My sciatica wakes me up at night.

Anti-imflamatory, anti-pain herbs and foods have helped me a lot. Stay away from imflamatory foods. When you are able to relax you can begin to heal. No alcohol! Do what she says and check out El Paso Manual Therapy Videos.

Thankyou mam for your informations👍

ice was the worst for me. heat is the only thing that ever helps. heating pad for 20 minutes or a sort of hot bath for 20 minutes. If i do the ice i end up with more pain.

Hello, my pain is in front of thigh it’s horrible!! I had surgery for L5 S1 lamincetomy! Don’t know what to do

My right glut been sore for 6 weeks is it sciatica

You hit the nail on the head

Now i understand. My leg pain is not due to heavy work on legs. It is due to my stiff lower back mostly

Thank you so much. I'd been getting worse with hot showers, yoga and stretching. Saw this video. Tried applying ice periodically and resting. That helped immediately. Much more manageable now, a week later. A thousand Thank Yous!

When pain pills don’t help I found that 3-5 minutes on my heating pad did help me get through to calm it down some along with elevation of my leg. Two straight weeks of suffering but walking even with the pain has calmed it down a lot. Lazy doctor gave me a sheet of paper with all of the stretches which didn’t feel right. They want you to keep coming back so they can get paid for doing nothing but waiting it out!

I can confirm that the information presented in the tutorial is entirely aligned with my experience. Thank you for the insights provided.

Well said. I have a cousin who had the surgery to remove a damaged disc in his lower back and almost lost his life and mobility due to the surgery done by a very reputable surgeon.

Hi I had an MRI and it shows 2 bulging discs. L4-L5 and L5-S1 My main symptoms are dull pain in both legs and burning in both soles of feet if I stand more than 15 mins or walk more than 1/4 mile. This has been for 5 months?? Any ideas would be very grateful? Thank you

What if laying down with knees up is too painful and uncomfortable? ??

Finally, the clearest answer on all of TH-cam. Everyone else just states that rehab is better, but never addresses flap or bucket handles being worse.

This is so true. Stretching exercises don’t help during flare-ups. My doctor recommended some exercises, and I kept at them, but the pain persisted. Finally, out of frustration, I decided to stop altogether. Within a day, my symptoms improved.

Is tens unit machine will help the sciatica pain go away?

Good to hear. Two days ago, I strained my muscle making an awkward body angle, and snap, a sudden pain from my hip. The pain, shooting bits and twinges, has been a fixture. I couldn't sleep the first night. Today I went on the internet and tried the ice and warm compress (because it helps absorb castor oil) but mostly i stuck with the cold one. I went about doing my daily chores because frankly, a problem like this cannot stop me from being up and about. I will be so bored if all I did was rest. I listened to my body, though. When i felt tired standing up, i would sit, though every getting up was terrible. I have found some acupressure info and it does help with the pain, even if temporarily. I will definitely fight this out as I don't like being with any type of illness. Acupuncture appeals to me as the best resort, if ever. What you have shared is important info because it is logical.

Thank you for the advice

I have chondromalacia pettalla grade 2 and MRI shows focal linear full-thickness tear noted in lateral patella facet articular cartilage I am unable to do leg raise when i setting chair . Please provide some other exercise and is that curable without surgery or not?

I appreciate your tips for sitting and agree that pictures or demonstrations on your recommendations would be helpful. My sciatica symptoms are the worst when lying down and also getting up in the morning. Any insights for that in another video would be helpful. Thanks!

Can we see the long legs dr, Amy?

How about sitting in a car. I am so scared to drive now due to the pain I get.

Laying on your stomach feels good for my sciatica...but agreed Neck pain is worse

A demonstration would have helped!

If I have a disc problem, wouldn't I have some back pain with this sciatica? I do not have any back pain. My pain starts in my butt through to my hip and mostly in my thigh up to the knee, but sometimes I do feel it all the way down to my ankle. It has never been in my feet. My problem is I have been going to a PT, BUT she is treating the scoliosis, and some of the stretches she has given me have made the sciatica worse. When I first went to her, the sciatica was almost gone. Now after 5 weeks of PT, it is much worse again. She uses the Scroth Method for scoliosis. I asked her originally shouldn't I wait until all of the sciatica pain is gone, and she said no. She is a PhD Physical Therapist.

Describe Shingles in Sciatic nerve... next level agony for weeks 😢 its real. Please help people.

It’s a NIGHTMARE SCIATICA- I have been crying in pain. Bed ridden for 2 weeks. Just agony.

So helpful!!! Thank you. Where were you when I fell asleep on my heating pad? What a nightmare!

I wholly concur that heat is a bad idea. It’s confusing, I know, because if you are suffering from back spasms and a really tight QL, heat feels amazing. And it’s also great during a massage. But I once fell asleep overnight on a heating pad and woke up to the worst sciatica episode I had ever experienced. It went on for weeks. Disc inflammation needs ice and Tumeric. Lots and lots of tumeric.

Steroids turn your bones to die and turn to stone (Correct)???

I have HNP and have a chronic lower back pain. Recently, I was hospitalized for being unable to walk. I was diagnosed with neural foraminal stenosis which I am now understanding as different from sciatica? I'm now undergoing therapy and have been told to stretch for the first set of sessions.

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Great video but now I'm confused on what I actualy have it all started after carry heaven waters home The pain started in my lower back ,then when I tried to sit on my butt ,pain got much worse ,my lower back spasm,pain only feel better if I lay down or stand up ,pain start in my right buttock then down my left femur ,no pain in calf or foot ,then same pain in right top leg but alot lesser.....I fell on black ice many years ago and couldn't move for like a minute or more never got a xray for that fall....But I have seen a chiropractor and xray show slight scoliosis, Also have recurring history of lower back spasms that would cause me to sit still for 30 to 40 minutes.....I have to see another doctor because the ER only gave me pain meds & muscle relaxant, Can I have sciatica & a lumbar strain or herniated disc at the same time?? Are they all pretty much the same?

I had a flair up first time three weeks ago. Did some stretching got better. Sitting on the floor with G daughter and had intense flair up three days ago. What to do??

I am 73, have pain on my lower back, very tight muscle at my buttocks so much so they are very stiff and painful. My thighs are OK, no discomfort, but have pain on the outside of both calf. I suspect I have spinal stenosis. For several years, my back kept on making crackling sound as I move around or doing yoga, no pain but rather disturbing.