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[dreamytoo]

I have a severely arthritic right ankle and bad knees...the past two weeks have been horrible with extremely high humidity and dew points, so I have been limping quite badly. Saturday I noticed a new pain starting on the outside of my leg just below the knee moving up the leg. I just thought it was from the limping...that I was out of whack. Today the pain is all the way up into my hip, I can barely walk.

My mother mentioned sciatica...yikes am I officially an old person? I remember when I took mom to the doctor for it a few years ago...he gave her a steroid, anti inflammatory and pain meds.

If you have had sciatica what has helped you?

TIA

[Marianne1]

Anti-inflamitories and exercise (you can find exercises online)

And if it is an old person thing, then I have been old since I was 30, lol.

Mine came from an elderly male hitting my body with his car in a kmart parking lot. Just kept on driving too...

[nun ya]

I had it after I fell, in my 20's. I went to the chiropractor who recommended leg exercises.

I feel for you, because the pain is horrible.

[Preds]

Mine didn't wait for old or middle age either.

[dreamytoo]

On 9/8/2014 Complicated said:

Anti-inflamitories and exercise (you can find exercises online)

And if it is an old person thing, then I have been old since I was 30, lol.

Mine came from an elderly male hitting my body with his car in a kmart parking lot. Just kept on driving too...

Oh my...glad you weren't more seriously hurt.

Off to look up some exercises, thank you.

[brii]

I had sciatica problems since my 20's. The only thing that really helps me is stretching and exercise.

[dreamytoo]

Thanks all...it sure isn't fun! Will try to do some stretching and take an extra advil.

I guess I always associated it with old age from comedy skits and such...it was always old people complaining of it.

[brii]

Hope you get some relief soon, dreamy.

[madzonie]

Acupuncture helped mine 30 years ago and I rarely have any flare-ups.

[Poodlepet2]

It would not be a bad idea to see a doctor about this because sciatica is not innocuous. There is a laundry list of causes-chief among them is a bulging or herniated disc. A short course of steroids might be indicated. A couple of visits to a physical therapist may not be a bad idea either. Many of the exercises for sciatica are floor based, and as a fellow sufferer with knee issues-I had to find other exercises. Exercise is an absolute must: you don't want your condition to deteriorate. First, however, see a doctor. Poodlepet