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I have been suffering from sciatica nerve pain in right leg for last 4 years. Is these any treatment for this.?if yes which would be the best treatment for sciatica?

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MRI needed to see extent and severity to comment ... Read More

Can sciatica cause mild swelling on foot?? I have sciatica in right side leg that radiates from hip. To down the leg... I noticed mild swelling on foot... Is it normal in sciatica??

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Don't worry, need more details and evaluation to Start proper management. Can consult me privately for proper management and prescription. Click consult now to start proper medications. ... Read More

My father is suffering from a sciatica kind of a problem in his leg from waist to Toe... Can you please assist me what do we need to do? Thank you

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Suggest u physiotherapy alongwith homoeopathic treatment. ... Read More

Pain in left leg . It is in calf, feet and jenga. It happened when I lifted a 10 liter water filled bucket. It radiate from top to bottom of left leg. It results numbness ,tingling and pain. I am using pain killer at this time. I am able to move. Please suggest a medicine. A Doctor told me this is mild sciatica. Pl suggest a medicine

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Please tell me about other co-morbid issues such as High Blood Pressure, High blood sugar, High/Low Thyroid levels or any Heart Problems. After these details, at your age, I will be able to prescribe ... Read More

My mother is suffering from seviour pain in left leg starting from hips to toe. She has seen general physician and diagnosed as Sciatica. what's best treatment for Sciatica

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It's a nerve irritation.It gets better with rest and few sessions of physio.Kindly visit any clinic nearer to you...This actually do wonders. ... Read More

Can sciatica pain occur on both legs? Since last week, there is radiating pain from my buttocks down to my feet on both legs. Sometimes it's only on the right and other times it keeps alternating. Is it something to be worried about?

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Yes can occur down both legs. Needs evaluation and treatment ... Read More

I am facing problem in my lower leg and sciatica pain for few months ... After walking sometime, I face terrible pain in leg ... I have already consulted with an orthopedics .. But Nothing changed ... Now what should I do???

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Sciatica refers to pain that begins in the hip and buttocks and continues all the way down the leg. This condition is often accompanied by low back pain, which can be more or less severe than the leg ... Read More

I am having sciatica since a year in both legs and lower back pain. Cant sit or stand for long. Walking , swimming causes legs to burn.Can this be cured in homeopathy or is operation the only way out?

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Yes,it is curable in Homoeopathy. ... Read More

Last one year I Have sciatica problem to right leg and I have taken many medicine but not benefit so I am very sad

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Get an Mri done ... Read More

My mother age 55 having Muscle pain from 1 year in leg just like sciatica and low sensation in leg. Suggest treatment at home., don't want surgery.

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Hi, surgery is not the first treatment for this, it is the last resort after medication and Physiotherapy fail to provide any relief. It is not possible to advice treatment without clinical examinati ... Read More

This year in January i took my physiotherapy for sciatic pain. I was doing better but this week on Wednesday night while I was sleeping it started with pain in my buttock and now today is friday night I have severe pain in my hip and I am not able to walk properly. But this time pain is mostly restricted to hip, it rarely travel downs to leg. What

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Please find what you had added to your routine that day or any change of activity you had taken off over that day, so the relapse of pain can be treated before your primary cause. ... Read More

I have been suffering from sciatica pain and numbness problems occasionally, is there any treatment available in ayurveda? Also any juice we can have to treat ? Pls suggest, Thank you

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Hello there! Since you are in middle aged with high cholesterol and hypothyroidism, there might be q weaker metabolism and fatigue. This may cause muscular and neurological weakness as well. ... Read More

Hi, I was diagnosed with chronic sciatica 2 years back and I used medicine and undergone physiotherapy sessions as well. It was better. But from last one month it is very severe again. Currently I am unable to sit, stand or sleep with sciatica pain. I am having very severe pain in my right leg from hip to fingers. I am unable to sleep with that in

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First of all use LS belt Then avoid squatting and bending forward Avoid weight lifting Then consult near by doctor and get a mri done ... Read More

My father is 63 years old and he experiences excessive pain in back and legs due to Sciatica. He is having this problem since a very long time. Last year he has undergone hernia operation . Kindly suggest the cure to this problem

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Please show him to spinal surgeon and Not to any orthopaedic or neurosurgeon ... Read More

On January 6th, early morning, I was working with my team and as I stretched on the left side to fetch a packet, I experienced severe pain on my right leg, starting from my buttocks through the ankle. The pain was excruciating and continuous. I took two pain killers tablets of Voveran SR, but the pain remained. After about two hours, I somehow mana

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First of all don't be panic What you need right now is ASAP APPOINTMENT with a spine specialist/neurosurgeon Till then take painkillers Tab Ketridol DT sos it helps with such pain Or tab etricoxib 9 ... Read More

Suffering from sciatica pain due to disc bulging in L5-S1 as per MRI. Dr. Suggested for surgery- microscopic lumbar discectomy (MLD). However I am kidney transplant patient (operated in 2009) and on immunosuppressant, steroid and other medicines & can not take pain killers now or after surgery. Suggest if there are any other options apart of t

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Physiotherapy session may give you some relief. ... Read More

Hello I have pain in my right leg from hip to toe, what is the solution for this?it's unbearable pain while walking standing.

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It can be because of radicular pain from Spine. Avoid wrong postures which cause more pain. Consultation is required and need to know root cause. clinicoradiological examination is must ... Read More

I am having severe sciatica pain since 1 year I have taken physiotherapy and acupuncture treatment for 6 months and I was doing exercise for some days it was like pain is reducing but later 1 stopped exercise for 1 month again pain was gradually increasing and it got triggered when I travelled in auto...now am confused should I go for physiotherapi

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Hello, I am suffering from L5 S1 disc carnation since two years now which comes and goes with Physiotherapy treatment, and as I start going to gym, the pain comes back again. Before two years, the pain was just in the back now I got the pain into my leg also . I took a treatment from a physiotherapist in my town and subsided my back pain in 10 to

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Kindly send me T2W saggital view and T2W axial view of images of MRI on my WhatsApp number - Gurukrupa Swasthya Polyclinic Surat ... Read More

I have a sciatica problem since last 3 yrs but,I am manage to walk ,before I was unable to stand ,but I have relief ,I had already did tracking for 15 km also...up and down...now I want to do gym but scared... because I want to make body well.. What should I do...

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You should rest ... Read More

My mother has sciatica pain in her left leg. The pain has been terrible since one month or more. She hasn't been able to walk normally since a month. Suffers through unbearable pain. Please suggest best possible treatment. Will this be treated soon how long can it take to heal ?

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Get an MRI Lumbar spine done urgently ... Read More

I Am suffering from sciatica L4 &L5 When I am going to be lying in bed getting thighs muscles pain , But when walking or exercising feeling no pain or when running slowly feeling no pain please suggest what is the reason

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You need a examinations and some test followed by deciding the best possible treatment. ... Read More

It's been 2 months have no improvement in my leg taking oral medicines prescribed by orthopaedic too but no relief in the pain. Now he prescribed injection for it . Does this will resolve the issue of nerve compression?

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Share xray/mri ... Read More

Suffering from sciatica pain in right leg from last 6 months, want to know proper treatment and exercise to get rid of this pain

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Consult to me or nearby orthopedic surgeon ... Read More

Hello I'm 50yrs old and having pain from foot to spine in right leg. Sometimes it's severe Sometimes does feel it. It was not that bad several months ago but for couple of weeks it's too much pain. Any suggestions or medicine Thank you .

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Severe pain need investigation with X-ray and mri ... Read More

From last 3 years I have right side shoulder blade pain and upper back pain issue. Sometime it redirect to right chest also. Recently feel pain in the right lower back and right leg . cervical spine ap lat was normal did 1 year back. I have low vit d so taking that weekly. Recent pain feel like Sciatica but the confusion is shoulder blade and uppe

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Mri right shoulder ... Read More

Im having pain through the left leg from the lower back through the hips and buttocks and down left leg. Pain is increasing day by day. Cant event sit on chair for long period or not even stand. Pain is for only left leg.

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Yes this is due to a little disc herniation in your back. Hope there is no numbness in leg also. ... Read More

I have severe pain on my right leg starting from the hips till the ankle. It worsens at night. It's difficult to sleep.

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It's usually caused when a herniated disc or bone spur in the spine presses on the nerve. Pain originates in the spine and radiates down the back of the leg. Sciatica typically affects only one side o ... Read More

Facing problem while sitting, not able to stand more than a minute, its sciatica. i only had problem in left leg, tried a chiropractor and a physiotherapist, but didnt cured

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Sciatica can be treated by proper Physiotherapy. First electro therapy will be used then exercises will be taught which you have to do continuously for 3-4 months for best results. ... Read More

My Father is a farmer, During the time of Covid he fell down with bike accidentally & unfortunately that resulted in pain at his lower back or Sciatica. At that time that was only limited to hi lower back but as time passed, the same got even more worse. Earlier he can walk and do daily work as usual but later on the pain shifted to his thigh a

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This is a case of Neuropathic claudication possibly due to compression of the nerves in the back. You should perform MRI to confirm the diagnosis and further treatment can be planned accordingly. ... Read More

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