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AIBU to think nothing helps 'cure' sciatica?

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user0512 · 29/04/2022 18:31

I believe that I have sciatica (I'm 25). I get really bad pain in my back and I can feel it running down my right leg too. I have this pain every single day and every single day I take painkillers for it. I'm just a bit fed up to be honest because it's not healthy that I take painkillers everyday and that sometimes the pain is so bad that I struggle with tasks that other people my age do with ease.

AIBU to think that this is how the rest of my life will be?

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Coulddowithanap · 30/04/2022 07:37

Look up Tom Morrison on YouTube /Facebook. He has some amazing exercises that really helped my sciatica.

araiwa · 30/04/2022 07:49

Well it's not gonna be cured if you haven't had a diagnosis or treatment yet.

I had an MRI to find the cause then physiotherapy which has cured it completely

JulesRimetStillGleaming · 30/04/2022 08:40

Physio and stretches can help. Eventually I had an MRI and it turned out I had a slipped disc. It did heal with physio though. No surgery and pretty much completely pain free now.

BeaLola · 30/04/2022 09:57

I had it about 2 years ago -cause bulging disc.
Much better now apart from residual numbness in affected leg ankle that will not go away

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