So is walking around looking like the hunchback of Notre Dame...it's
the lesser of two evils.

- Rob

--- In piriformissyndrome@yahoogroups.com, "Randy L Vinecore"
<randyv@s...> wrote:
> Ibuprofen combined with Celebrex is a bad idea!
> \Randy
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "strokeoluck" <rdg@m...>
> To: <piriformissyndrome@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 4:07 AM
> Subject: [Piriformis syndrome] First timer question
>
>
> > Hi all, this is my first time posting to this group - just found
it
> > today. (Are there any other good sciatic type groups on Yahoo?)
The
> > reason I'm posting is because I believe I have some sciatic nerve
> > pain. On a scale of 1-10 (10 being horrible) I'd say that most of
the
> > time my pain is about a 1-2...not a big life-changing deal.
However
> > if I've been "active" for one or two days then the pain jumps to
> > about a 8-9, it just shoots right down the outside of my right
leg.
> > It's so sensitive and painful that I often have to limp to keep
from
> > putting too much pressure on that leg. Typically I take anywhere
from
> > 6-12 ibuprofen/day until the pain subsides enough for me to
resume
> > normal activities - might be a few days or a week until it
subsides.
> >
> > My "normal" activities are to wake up, shower, go to work (where
I
> > sit 90% of the time - office job), go home and VERY gently play
w/my
> > two young kids, then go to bed. I consider my daily life fairly
> > INactive so I'm not putting much stress on the sciatic nerve. I
do
> > some light stretching and weights for about 20 minutes/day - but
I
> > don't do anything that would cause the sciatic nerve to flare up.
But
> > whenever I get "crazy" like playing a little game of soccer w/my
kids
> > in the backyard, or even going on a 2-3 mile walk, then the
sciatic
> > nerve flares up again.
> >
> > My doctor also tells me I have arthritis (it does run in my Mom's
> > side of the family - but usually doesn't kick in until 50+, I'm
34!).
> > I take Celebrex and that helps the joints some, but I still feel
> > quite
> > a bit of stiffness/pain in my shoulders and my left ankle
(constantly
> > swollen and red; also gets worse with extra activity). Recently I
> > went to a wholistic doctor that told me to stay away from wheat
and
> > sugar products to help w/the arthritis. This was HARD to do (look
in
> > your kitchen and see how
> > much stuff is derived from wheat and/or sugar!) but it definitely
> > seems to bring a great deal of relief. But I'm still stuck w/this
> > sciatic pain. I've
> > tried several chiropractors - all to no avail. I can't stand the
> > thought of not being active w/my kids - does anyone know where I
can
> > turn for help? I'm not nuts about going to a "real" doctor about
this
> > because I know he'll probably want to perform surgery - that's
almost
> > always their answer.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rob
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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> >