Hi, This is Nina and
I have to say "ditto" to Nita's message.
I tried everything you mentioned and more.
It began with mild sciatica, then I went to using
a can, a walker and then bed rest.  I stayed in bed for months,
to avoid surgery any way I could,
until I was in such extreme pain I scooted on my stomach
to the bathroom because I couldn't put any pressure on
my leg.

I went to four surgeons and ended up with a spinal fusion after
just trying to have the disk repaired first.  It took a year to
recover, but the recovery was not as bad as the pain.

My back is virtually fine now...probably bothers me no more than
any one else's when it or I get stressed.  If surgery is eventually
needed, use a neurosurgeon not an orthopedic one.
Good luck!
nina


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> has anyone here with parkinson's experienced sciatica?
>
> if so:
> what did you do for relief? did it work?
> did you have back surgery, and if so did that work for you?
>
> my mom (age 68, diagnosed with pd 5 years ago, taking artane and selegeline)
> has been diagnosed with sciatica. she has lower back pain and leg pain that
> is often disabling if she doesn't take a whole lot of motrin (up to 3200mg
> per day).  she's had it for 2 years, but it's gotten much worse in the past 6
> months.  the mri and ct scan revealed a herneated disc, and they want to
> operate. we've tried physical therapy, accupuncture and tens (nerve
> stimulation), but  so far nothing has helped.  we ofcourse would prefer to
> avoid surgery if we can.  we recently came across a sentence in an
> informational pamphlet on parkinson's which stated that sometimes people with
> parkinson's can have lower back and leg pain that mimics sciatica, but it
> didn't give any more information on it. does anyone know anything else about
> this, or can point me in the right direction regarding research. i've been
> doing medline searches but i can't find anything. i'm very interested in any
> personal anecdotes.