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QUESTION:
This is a realy scary post...
Didnīt anyone tell you your body has to last a lifetime?
Do what you think best...but if you chose certain destruction, donīt come
whining here.
ANSWER:
In my various injuries I have stuck firmly too one rule, never let the
motherfuckers cut on my back. If you let someone cut on your back, you got
a bigger set of hairy boys than I do.
I tend to agree but sometimes it is necessary. I'd just make damn sure
it is the last resort and you've exhausted all other options. I've
dealt with the sciatic pain and can sympathize with you.
Wait until you find out more with the MRI. Don't rush into anything.
And for God's sake (and yours), put off riding until you find out
what's going on. Permanent pain sucks. *Bad* permanent pain sucks even
worse. You don't want to live on pain killers
I once read an article about back-pain where they studied a group of
people with back pain and a group without - they xray'd the lot. The
"pain"-people could easily pinpoint their x-rays and their symptoms,
"Lookie there its a hurtin!" The only problem for the scientists to
the exact conclusion was that many of the people in the "no-pain"
group had worse looking x-rays, but no complaints...didn't know they
even had a "problem". Everything is %110 mental. The rest is
spiritual - which is the same as mental only different.
"The main nerve traveling down the leg is the sciatic nerve. Pain
associated with the sciatic nerve usually originates higher along the
spinal cord when nerve roots become compressed or damaged from
narrowing of the vertebral column or from a slipped disk. Symptoms can
include tingling, numbness, or pain, which radiates to the buttocks
legs and feet.
The sciatic nerve is located in the back of the leg. It supplies the
muscles of the back of the knee and lower leg. The sciatic nerve also
provides sensation to the back of the thigh, part of the lower leg,
and the sole of the foot. Partial damage to the nerve may demonstrate
weakness of knee flexion (bending), weakness of foot movements,
difficulty bending the foot inward (inversion), or bending the foot
down (plantar flexion). A person's reflexes may be abnormal, with weak
or absent ankle-jerk reflex. Several different tests can be performed
to find the cause of sciatic nerve dysfunction."
I don't know if it will help the sciatic nerve pain, but
for the depression and high cholesterol and (potential onset of)
diabeties, I'd strongly suggest exercise.
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