I had a severe pain running from my lower back down to my calf for about a month and it was difficult to find a comfortable sitting position and walk. I finally went and had an MRI and found out I had 2 herniated discs in my lower back that were pressing on my sciatic nerve. It is now mainly in my leg and the only thing I have been able to do is take medication to cope with the pain. I was told that surgery was about 50/50 and that is a chance I don’t want to take. I have heard that going to a chiropractor and having your spine stretched does sometimes help but I haven’t wanted to try that either. It sucks being 32 and having this to look forward to this pain the rest of my life but what can you do? If you find something that works, I would love to hear about it.
Sorry to hear about that.
I do in fact know someone, who 4 years ago was in the same situation. He had a traffic accident, which pushed 2 disks out of place from the bottom of his spine which were then pressing on his nerve and making his leg numb and painful. He went to various doctors and specialists and they all said that all he can do is take pain killers and said that it was too dangerous to operate. He took it on himself to do yoga and do as much as he can do to strengthen his back and ‘look after it’ as much as he could. He saw one specialist who said that the out of place disks, can actually ‘dissolve’ over time and he could be left with no problems. And hey, 4 years later, they did that. When he does something strenuous, he still has some pain, but he’s back to working – So pretty much back to normality.