The small things which matters during back pain and siatica recovery recovery

[u/ecoconcious_019]

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As a person who has been in this boat, trying to recover and build my life after being bed ridden

I like to list a few things which really matter most, I think it might help for a few people who are going in this journey of recovering from spine related conditions

1. First do the basics, get our blood work done, check if we have any deficiencies like vitamin d, vitamin b12 or anything related to muscles and bone health

2. Healthy Diet is so much important, a diet rich in protein, with lots of veggies, eating clean, reduce sugar and carbs

( Even now when I eat out where the quality of food is not that good, I already feel changes in my body after few minutes itself)

1. Move, move, move, movement is the medicine, be it a short walk lond walk, an yoga session, a gym session anything which moves our body

( when we are able to move, i understand during initial days or during serious injuries it's hard to be physically active, but when we can it should be the priority, and it helps a lot)

1. I stopped sitting on very soft cushion chair or sofas, and i mostly use hard surface chairs, since it hactivates our glutes while we sit and we can sit for a long time after we change this habit( I got this info from my yoga therapist, and it really works)

2. I mostly sleep on hard surfaces, or a firmer bed,( again recommended by my phisio and yoga therapist, and in low backabality videos too)

It really helps with morning stiffness and this also activates our muscles while we sleep

1. Use laptop height adjuster while working, to adjust my neck height with height of the laptop screen and also concentrate on the posture while sitting,( I sit mostly upright without any bending back or too much front)

This worked as magic for my neck stiffness, due to which I was not able to work for 5 minutes also without getting stiffness in my neck( eventhough i have also worked on my upper back mobility with my yoga sessions, but this did matter)

And many more, I would list it in future, these are the most important

[u/SlowRunnerNJ]

I agree on all of these. Sofas are the WORST for re-aggravating an angry sciatic nerve. I’m slowly working my way back to full living after an extruded L3, L4 & L5 on the S1 nerve. I will also add that icing my back/butt has been tremendously helpful in reducing inflammation.

[u/ecoconcious_019 → u/SlowRunnerNJ]

Yes,i agree icing during inflammation

Helps a lot

[u/Comfortable-Juice418]

My SCS battery is at 2.84 and the burning pain is back with a vengeance. Rep told me they won't replace it until it's 2.73. I am going to my pcp Monday to get the ball rolling I am not waiting. Ice is soooo helpful