Hello,
This might be an unusual request .. but maybe not. Lemme explain.
For the past 2 years or so, I've had a chronic pain in my left leg that starts just above the back of my knee and extends to my lower middle back. For the longest time, I ignored it but in the past 6 months, it's gotten to the point where I can barely walk for 5 minutes straight without feeling like something is tearing at my muscles. I put off going to the doctor (I know, stupid right?) as I've been really busy over the last couple of months but 2 months ago, while walking through the mall, I had the most severe pain to date .. it was like getting hit with electricity. I had to sit down for a good 30 minutes and after that, I limped to the car.
The good doctor had a poke around and ran some xrays and diagnosed me with sciatica. I've been reading up on this and it doesn't really look like there's a 'cure' for this .. it involves a lot of therapy and exercise.
Here's where it get's complicated. During my prescribed physiotherapy session, the attendant had me going through a series of exercises and stretches. They were pretty painful - especially the one where you like on your back, keep you leg straight and they lift it up to see how high you can go. I managed around 10 degrees with my left leg but I can lift my right leg around 70 degrees - huge difference.
During the session, one of the things they do is attach electrodes to the thigh and turn on a stimulator type machine. That doesn't give me any relief but the doctor says it's something I have to go through. When the attendant was putting one of the electrodes on my thigh, she pushed in and it instantly made the pain go away. I had my eureka moment but she kinda just shrugged and went on doing what she was doing. For whatever reason, I can't reproduce it no matter how many times I feel around my thigh.
I was recently away in the States for business and I had one of my leg spasms - it was pretty bad .. not made much better by the fact that I had to walk 30 minutes back to the hotel. Once I got back to the hotel, I called up the hotel masseuse and when she came to the room, I explained the problem and she offered to massage the back of my thigh.
While she's massaging, everytime she goes near my left buttock, I can feel the offending nerve(s) relaxing and the pain disappears. It was a very strange sensation as I've had a constant pain in my leg/buttock/lower back for around 1 year but, pressing the right area makes it go away.
I let the masseuse know what's going on and, due to the intimate nature of the request, ask her if she can just knead my buttocks since that seems to really take the pain away. She was very polite but said that hotel policy and her own policy prevented her from touching any of the genital areas.
OK, I'm totally fine with this and understand her position. This makes me wonder, is this a weird request? I mean, I understand, obviously, the perceived sexual nature of rubbing that area but, at the same time, it really helps out. I guess what makes it even more difficult is that depending on where pressure is placed, the pain moves between my buttock, lower back and the very top of the inside thigh.
What prompted this thread is that I've been picking up leaves etc from my lawn and must have really aggravated the sciatica because it's seriously aching. Long story short (kinda late for that now I guess..
) is that I'm looking for an MP/SP who is experienced in sciatica type injuries or is at least willing to give it a go.
Anyone?
This might be an unusual request .. but maybe not. Lemme explain.
For the past 2 years or so, I've had a chronic pain in my left leg that starts just above the back of my knee and extends to my lower middle back. For the longest time, I ignored it but in the past 6 months, it's gotten to the point where I can barely walk for 5 minutes straight without feeling like something is tearing at my muscles. I put off going to the doctor (I know, stupid right?) as I've been really busy over the last couple of months but 2 months ago, while walking through the mall, I had the most severe pain to date .. it was like getting hit with electricity. I had to sit down for a good 30 minutes and after that, I limped to the car.
The good doctor had a poke around and ran some xrays and diagnosed me with sciatica. I've been reading up on this and it doesn't really look like there's a 'cure' for this .. it involves a lot of therapy and exercise.
Here's where it get's complicated. During my prescribed physiotherapy session, the attendant had me going through a series of exercises and stretches. They were pretty painful - especially the one where you like on your back, keep you leg straight and they lift it up to see how high you can go. I managed around 10 degrees with my left leg but I can lift my right leg around 70 degrees - huge difference.
During the session, one of the things they do is attach electrodes to the thigh and turn on a stimulator type machine. That doesn't give me any relief but the doctor says it's something I have to go through. When the attendant was putting one of the electrodes on my thigh, she pushed in and it instantly made the pain go away. I had my eureka moment but she kinda just shrugged and went on doing what she was doing. For whatever reason, I can't reproduce it no matter how many times I feel around my thigh.
I was recently away in the States for business and I had one of my leg spasms - it was pretty bad .. not made much better by the fact that I had to walk 30 minutes back to the hotel. Once I got back to the hotel, I called up the hotel masseuse and when she came to the room, I explained the problem and she offered to massage the back of my thigh.
While she's massaging, everytime she goes near my left buttock, I can feel the offending nerve(s) relaxing and the pain disappears. It was a very strange sensation as I've had a constant pain in my leg/buttock/lower back for around 1 year but, pressing the right area makes it go away.
I let the masseuse know what's going on and, due to the intimate nature of the request, ask her if she can just knead my buttocks since that seems to really take the pain away. She was very polite but said that hotel policy and her own policy prevented her from touching any of the genital areas.
OK, I'm totally fine with this and understand her position. This makes me wonder, is this a weird request? I mean, I understand, obviously, the perceived sexual nature of rubbing that area but, at the same time, it really helps out. I guess what makes it even more difficult is that depending on where pressure is placed, the pain moves between my buttock, lower back and the very top of the inside thigh.
What prompted this thread is that I've been picking up leaves etc from my lawn and must have really aggravated the sciatica because it's seriously aching. Long story short (kinda late for that now I guess..
) is that I'm looking for an MP/SP who is experienced in sciatica type injuries or is at least willing to give it a go. Anyone?
