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[quote=Anonymous]Agree a course of Prednisone can be a miracle. Talk to your Ortho about following up with a prescription for celebrex, which is an anti-inflammatory that can address or prevent sciatica pain, especially when combined with PT.

How often are you doing PT? When I had a similar issue, I learned I needed to do it daily. I went to the bank twice twice a week for sessions, but they gave me daily homework and if I skipped a day, the pain would start to come back.

Eventually I started feeling good enough that I switched from PT to regular barre classes which can be amazing for sciatic pain because of the combined focus on strength and range of movement. It actually incorporated a lot of the stuff I did in PT, but it's less boring and more dynamic.

It's been several years for me and while I occasionally get flare ups, they tend to be mild and not excruciating, and fairly easily treated with OTC meds and some targeted PT.

For me the biggest mental adjustment was understanding that even when I was in a lot of pain, the best possible thing was movement. Gentle movement, facilitated by medication, but still movement. Don't lett the sciatic pain convince you to sit or lie around (this is definitely my instinct).[/quote]

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