Any helpful advice for sciatic pain?

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Right buttock, lower back & thigh.
Absolutely killing me now.
Been on and off since Xmas day .
Any advice?

Are you on amatriptaline(sp?) It is the only thing that helped me. A massage gun eased it a little in the mean time.

There are exercise videos on YouTube from the NHS recorded by physiotherapists - worth trying?

An osteopath can reduce the pressure on the nerve and give you good advice on how to stop the situation re-occurring.

Depending on the type of sciatica Pilates can be like a miracle cure. I have pirformis syndrome and taking up regular Pilates has pretty much dealt with it.

Heat - patches/hot water bottle.
Do the exercises (someone has put the NHS video up).
Take pain relief regularly and keep gentle movements going. When your body is tense from pain the muscles tighten.(which is why heat helps).
Use a pillow at night between your legs or supporting your buttocks.

Pilates is useful at keeping sciatica away. It's been amazing for me.
Massage gun can help or tens machine

I don't think the OP will get amitriptyline if the sciatic pain has only just started. She'll be lucky to get a doctor's appointment any time soon! Massage gun could be useful, for the pain you can take ibuprofen but if you are going to need them on a long-term basis either get the coated ones from the pharmacy or you also need to take a medication which lines your stomach and prevents ulcers - I had that on prescription but it may now be available via a pharmacy.

For me, it was trial and error to work out which were the most comfortable positions and activities - I was much better while walking but I know someone who really struggled with movement. If you google, there are exercises which you can do which may help. You may also be able to self-refer to physio through E-consult or similar if your doctor uses that system.

It can be pretty awful but apparently generally goes away within about 6 weeks (although that certainly wasn't the case for me) so it's difficult to get any stronger medication before then.

The exercises a PP have posted are great for me, OP.

Twice daily and additional gentle stretching. Especially the pelvic tilts - they seem to be the best one for me.

Definitely exercise, keeping still makes it worse for me.

Weightlifting has helped no end, keeping still makes my my calves and hamstrings stretched and strong is very good, I agree with a pp that Pilates would help.

Yoga seemed to make it worse in my case which was a shame.