Sciatica from ScoliosisLike the story at the start of this forum, i too was about late sixteen early seventeen when i experienced back pain for the first time in my lower back running down my right leg into my {R} foot. I was referred to a specialist who treated with plaster jacket for one year and that had no success. i was not told i had a scoliosis and wondered why i was being asked to go into a plaster jacket. in 1960 patients were not encouraged to ask questions, especially young patients [believe me i was there] after plaster cast i was offered no further help and became a chronic case of permanent sciatica. My left hip became larger and gave me chronic pain and pain switched from left side to right side at its whim. i have had no relief after two surgeries and was told only last year by a doctor in the Philippines that i had developed a scoliosis at the early age of sixteen and seventeen [hence the plaster jackets] i am now aged 66 and i have lived with this hell for these years. - MichaelSciatica 4/27/09 |
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