In article , dontuse@fell-
walker.co.uk says...
Following up to MeatballTurbo

Siatica is one of those things that you are never cured of though. A
twist in the wrong direction, and the siatic nerve is back where it
shouldn't be, and bingo, walking wounded again.

I would assume an osteopath would be handy when it goes wrong?

Just some exercises setup by a physio, and 6 once a week appointments
with the physio to check progress/improvement.

Biggest thing here was I left it for about 4 months thinking "It'll go
away, just a pulled muscle". before I eventually got bullied into going
to the doctors.

Now, if I get a twinge (normally after working on the car, and crawling
on a cold floot, and twisting my self into a silly shape to get leverage
on a particularly stubborn nut or bolt), I start on the exercise and
stretching straight away, and start with Ibruprofen. And it sorts itself
out almost straight away, within a week at most.
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