A little over a week ago I was moving a bush hog and twisted My back. So far my back is OK but my sciatic nerve in my leg has been quite painful, especially behind my knee down into my calf. Anybody have suggestions on how to get relief from this?

A friend of mine swears by those upside down hanging machines

I wonder if I stop by the park and skin a cat on the monkey bars would work?

Good chiropractor and lots of walking.

When you walk, use 2 hiking sticks to help maintain your balance. I learned this from my health care professional. It does help. I like the adjustable hiking sticks.

Swimming is also another great way to exercise.

Stretching, anti inflammatory meds and light exercise like walking. I too suffer from it time to time.

I just keep on keeping on and it usually works its self out

Some times I'll go for a ride on the yz ...... adrenaline and Moto therapy usually correct it


Also If I wake up in the middle of the night I will do some twisting and stretching when my muscles in my back are the most relaxed.

I also have a teeter inversion table


I'm 6'5" and have lower back issues . These things have worked for me . Laying on the couch , eating chips won't work .

I bought a pair of those ( granola tree hugger sticks I call em ) to use in rough terrain when packing out elk quarters......makes a big difference

Laying down is the worst. If I could sleep standing up I would.

muscle relaxers are the only relief i can get.only takes 2.been through it a half dozen times with workin in the flagstone quarries.

I have no disc in the L5 and had a pinched nerve. As I have said before I have without pain for a couple years now. I had no operation. I split wood and cut wood do carpentry and home inspection. I went to a acupuncturist and in three visits I could walk and my sciatica was gone. That’s my advice acupuncturist

Being high didn’t help? Cause you must be high to let somebody stick pins in you. lol

You definitely have my sympathy.

Can you get relief in a recliner ?

Find a good chiropractor usually one visit for me.

If you get to the point where you can’t walk and can’t feel your legs and the sciatica nerve is constantly throbbing from your butt to your ankle. Then pain has you curled up in the fetal position and dry heaving. Then the pain gets worse like someone taking a knife and driving into your bones. Those little needles are nothing and only one out of the 32 she put in hurt.

I just got over a bad case of if . I was out of work for a month X-rays mri four different drugs before I got some relief. Got so bad had to go to the ER for two shots of of narcotics because I could not walk.met with a specialist and ordered injections in my back but now on the mend. Like others have already said get in touch with your Dr and work on your core exercises to help strengthen. Also might want to look into physical therapy it’s help me a lot.

I don’t know, I’m not that affluent.

Just got over 6 weeks worth. Cut wood all winter and no problems. Reached over a table to get a plate out of a microwave and saw stars. Had to roll out of bed A few days of that and it burned like fire and went down my left leg, which I thought was terrible for a whole day til it hit my left testicle for 3 days, when that stopped just good old feeling like I was dying wasn't so bad. I was really considering the pig castrator. You may think you won't lift or push on bush hog anymore but next time you may just tie a shoe and its got you. Bone crackers can do wonders sometime, I only had one that I trusted and liked and she died. She wouldn't string me out for weeks at a time to run up a bill. Once I would get better she would tell me not to come back.

I slept in my chair a couple weeks, if you find a fix tell us!