What can I do to relieve sciatic nerve pain, can sciatic pain go away on its own?
Your viewpoint and valuable comments would be highly appreciated.
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Nonsurgical Treatment for Sciatica
Reference: Koes, B. W., Van Tulder, M. W., & Peul, W. C. (2007). Diagnosis and treatment of sciatica. Bmj, 334(7607), 1313-1317.
From the above paper
"In general the clinical course of acute sciatica is favourable and most pain and related disability resolves within two weeks. For example, in a randomised trial that compared non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs with placebo for acute sciatica in primary care 60% of the patients recovered within three months and 70% within 12 months. About 50% of patients with acute sciatica included in placebo groups in randomised trials of non-surgical interventions reported improvement within 10 days and about 75% reported improvement after four weeks. In most patients therefore the prognosis is good, but at the same time a substantial proportion (up to 30%) continues to have pain for one year or longer."
Dear Mohammad Zakir Hossain
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not easy. The idea is tp :
locate the painfull origin of pain...if not too deep...
apply on the area : clay mixed with pain killer lidocaine and diclofenac , as a cataplasm so active for a few hours...Under medical survey only !
Thank you Dr Jean Debetencourt for your valuable information.
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I've had great success in helping my patients gain relief from sciatic pain with shiatsu, working throughout the lumbar and gluteal regions and down the posterior leg. There is not as yet any evidence-based research to support the use of shiatsu specifically for sciatica, but it has been shown to be beneficial for pain, particularly low back pain. Self-care including heat and stretching is also very helpful, along with addressing any postural/occupational issues that may be contributing to it.
Patience. 80-90% will settle spontaneously within 4 weeks. Don't rush to drugs - generally side - effects > benefit, other than for simple analgesics. Need to know MUCH more Hx & Ex findings to comment further. That should be with your own practitioner. Stay mobile, and at work on light duties if possible. Take all other "internet" advice very circumspectly.
Dear Leisa Bellmore
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Thank you dear Simon Bruce Perrin for your comments.
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sikandar.
there is a positive case of one 80 year old man with sciatic pain for 3 months, treated by a mixture of special cream mixed with lidocaine and diclofenac, in a mixture of green clay . appllied on his back as a cataplasme,.
One way not to aggravate the pain is to use proper lifting techniques. If it is moderate pain sciatica may go away in a few months. Colleagues above have suggested various medications and excellent recommendations. I may add that one home remedy that seemed to help was using camphor vapor. The origin of this is from Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine.
yes camphor is a ctive as pain killer but applied topically it must penetrate the tissue
Jean DB
use diclofenac mixed with clay and hand cream and aplly to the painfull zone normally the dorsal vertebra
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