Slim CS (San Rafael, California ) on 04/29/2025
When I lived in Europe in the 70s and 80s, I had Sciatica a lot. It was debilitating and almost nothing worked. I am now 82 and in pretty good shape.
But, I've now been having back pain and Sciatica for about three/four months now. A lumbar MRI shows that I have stenosis in a couple of discs in my lower back and also a protrusion.
I've tried physical therapy, yoga, candied ginger, B12 and a lot more. Nothing has worked and the pain has continued. Lower back pain as well as pain shooting down my right butt and hip.
A few days ago, a friend said that the only thing that worked for him to make him pain-free was traction equipment at his local PT place. Equipment that stretches your upper body and lower body in different directions gently such that your discs decompress less. Inversion gym equipment apparently has the same effect.
I haven't been able to find a PT place as yet with the right equipment but I've been having my wife pull hard at my feet three times daily while I hold on to the bed at the top, thereby giving my body a great stretch. I guess one could also hang from a bar for a similar effect.
This has been like magic! I am practically pain-free and walking and going about my daily routine has been no problem. She's going to do this until I can find traction equipment and a physical therapist trained to use it. Amazon also sells one for the one - a kind of a 'do-it-yourself' thing!
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Dena Lewis (New Orleans, Louisiana ) on 05/21/2024
I’m currently pain free from sciatica due to me eating bananas smoothies. I add strawberries and peanut butter with dates and a little maple syrup and cocoa powder. I drink this for a week and also did piriformis muscle massage twice a day on buttocks, and back of thigh and the calf. I massage the entire sciatic muscles. You can find videos on YouTube or tic tok. I do it twice a day everyday and I’m pain free. I didn’t have to do anything else. I believe sciatica pain is triggered by a potassium deficiency. Caffeine should be avoided because it takes certain vitamins and minerals from the body. I also take a multivitamin, vitamin d, magnesium and eat vitamin b rich vegetables daily along with meat for b12.
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You may fix everything that's wrong!!!
Olivia (Ningi ) on 05/19/2023
I have recently had a bad attack of sciatica come on… I tried many of the therapies, suggested by people on this channel…
Sometimes things would dull down a bit but then they would increase in discomfort… I was getting desperate… I have a set of rare earth magnets, and also a book that talks about the placement of the magnets on the body for whatever ailment you have…the book is called conquering pain…well, there is a section in the book about sciatica….It talks about the placement of the Magnets in a horizontal fashion at the base of the spine. I of course Magnets have a positive and a negative side, and it is very important how they are placed and what polarity is against the skin.The placement of the magnets for sciatica is as follows.
Low down on the spine in the middle is a double stack of Magnets where is the positive side against the skin and these can be placed there where with 3M sticky tape…once that is in place then 2 inches either side of that placement is a double stack of magnets with the negative side against the skin. So, you have a row of magnets, three in a row…and also, they are double stacked, so two magnets stuck on top of each other. All of these Magnets are attached to the body with the 3M. Sticky tape. Once they are on the body they are left in place for at least three days…don’t remove them.Within half an hour of placing the magnets on my body I could feel something happening. By the one hour, mark all pain had disappeared. I could sit, laydown and finally get some sleep….It is now day two…and still no pain, it is wonderful. I wanted to share this with people because sciatica is a shocking problem to go through. It is debilitating and disabling.If anybody wants more information about the Magnets and the book you can reach out to me through this website and I am happy to give you more information.
Patrick Cooke (UK) on 01/10/2023
I was diagnosed with a bulging disc and severe dehydration of a few discs including the bulging disc which was impinging the left sciatic nerve. I was in a bad way. Physio never helped. Used a chiropractor twice a w££k to help realign the spine after years of poor posture. A chiropractor can only help align the body to where it should be, the rest is on you to learn how to move, sit and lift correctly. if you don't do this, your spine will end up out of alignment again causing your body to compensate and then more pressure on the disc. While you're doing this you want to focus on strengthening your core muscles to support your spine and posture. This will support the disc healing process and long term back health. (If your car was in a crash you would strengthen the impacted area to ensure its was safe to drive)
The next thing to do is regain disc height, when the discs are dehydrated they lose height and the disc wall will weaken leading to higher risk of the disc bulging. Unlike other parts of the body, the discs cannot draw in nutrients by themselves, they need movement and draw in nutrients like a compressed sponge draws in water. complete safe workouts to get the nutrients into the disc is key to rehydrating the discs. I would also ensure to drink plenty of water along with supplementation of key minerals like Magnesium, sodium and potassium to boost your mineral intake. Minerals are the foundations to health. Avoid alcohol (Dehydrates the body)
You may feel more pain early on, but you're agitating an already sensitive area. It's a long healing journey just stay patient and be consistent.
I had a lot of secondary inflammation around my hips caused by my body's response to the pain. so by the end of the day, I could barely walk. I cut out gluten entirely from my diet and the inflammation was significantly reduced and the sciatic pain had halved. It took two weeks for dietary changes to set in and it was hard to avoid Gluten products but it was definitely worth it.
Obviously this was my experience and not medical advise but I have now being free of sciatica for 5 years without a flare up.
Barbara (Idaho) on 12/31/2022
1. yoga (adapt and modify for your individual practice) and stretching out that piriformis muscle.
2. foam roller- I put pressure on that piriformis muscle (it hurts but consistency helped my leg)
3. chirp wheel- this is a shark tank product that aligns your spine!
BUT..so much relief from the Hyaluronic Acid recipe 3x a day on an empty stomach. I am so grateful!!!
Hope this helps someone else as Sciatica is so debilitating and painful. Good Luck!
Doug Smythe (Yucaipa) on 10/27/2022
Heather (Ohio) on 06/21/2022
Magnesium oil (spray) was the only thing that helped me as well! 5 sprays to the lower back at bedtime, woke up and the pain is gone!!
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Lisa (St. Paul, MN) on 11/24/2019
I used to feel it especially when driving and had to sit on a tennis ball at times, which helped, but only slightly, and who wants to do that every time you drive? I was only about 40 at the time, but I felt like my body was already beginning to break down. This was a few years ago, and I had read somewhere that Vitamin D is great for nerve-related things, so I decided to up my dosage to what I had read would be about the maximum for me, which was 10,000 IUs per day.
I am a 5'1 woman weighing about 110 lbs. To my great relief, my sciatica went completely away after only a couple days or so of taking this amount of Vitamin D and it hasn't returned since. The only times I feel it creeping back a bit is when I forget to take my Vitamin D in the morning!
I had a co-worker who struggled with sciatica as well. She went to physical therapy and was considering surgery and suffering a lot. I told her about my experience with Vitamin D, but, sadly, she didn't seem to comprehend the idea. She was actually concerned about how much more money she'd be spending on vitamins by consuming this much (even though I'm sure the surgery she was considering would've been much pricier). Sometimes people just can't hear you when you try to help them, so I stopped trying to convince her. I buy the Target brand Vitamin D, so it really isn't expensive or hard on my budget. And it was so simple for me to solve this issue. All it took was a bit of research and following a hunch.
I hope by sharing my story I can help someone else who needs another idea to try.
