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Originally Posted by terpkristin
Hmm guess the update to this goes here. Looks like my sciatica was induced by a "fairly substantial" herniated disc. After 6 weeks of progressively more pain (over which time I tried PT which made it worse and found that anti-inflammatory medicine didn't help enough), I got an MRI this past Monday and followed up with the doc today. He recommended surgery or nerve block.
I opted for nerve block (looks like this is what will be done), hopefully that'll take care of me, otherwise I'll consider surgery.
Bleh.
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tk,
I had a slipped disc with sciatic pain and two epidurals later I was much better. One thing I noticed that was making mine worse was when I used the elliptical. Something about the elliptical's un-natural motion caused my sciatic to flare up. It wasn't an incredible pain like it was before the epidurals, but it was definitely uncomfortable. Eliminating the elliptical from my workout really helped. I'd also suggest getting a nice ice pack for your lower back whenever it flares up.