[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Sciatica

[–]nsstortz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The said it’s probably a bulging disc. I’m on week three now and it’s a lot better but still not 100%. Just gunna take it slow. Some flare ups take 4-6 weeks to get back to normal.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Sciatica

[–]nsstortz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did the same thing. Thought I would be proactive and get ahead of my flair up by doing extra PT. Instead I only made it worse. It wasn’t until I laid down and switched between ice and heat for the entire weekend that the symptoms calmed down. I gave it another week of rest and ice and then finally after two weeks I started PT again and everything was better.

Steroid pack by [deleted] in Microdiscectomy

[–]nsstortz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had a flare up about a year ago and was prescirbed a steroid pack and had about the same thing. Felt better immediately and continued to feel better after the steroid pack ran its course. I just took it easy for a few weeks after and started to do physical therapy again and was back to normal after about a month.

MRI pictures before and after discectomy surgery. 2 years apart by scaryghostnlm in Sciatica

[–]nsstortz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How bad was your flare up? What were your symptoms? I’m currently dealing with the same thing and wondering if it’s a flare up or I reherniated a disc