Originally Posted by
bobh
I had sciatica for a month back in 1998 - walked around as if I was looking for a lost tenner, could not stand straight.
At the end of that month, I suffered a stroke. Did the sciatica contribute to my high blood pressure? Maybe, will never know.
After a stroke, it's very easy to fall over.
First cracked a few ribs. This became a recurring theme.
Two years in, broke my tibia and fibula - still have a metal rod in the tibia.
In 2007, had a bad fall onto my arm - the arm landed on the floor, my body on top of the arm, arm had nowhere to go but into my ribs. These ribs never healed properly, get aches and pains if I'm standing (or even sitting upright) for any length of time.
2014, tripped over lawnmower cable, fractured kneecap - this was probably the worst, certainly most painful injury.
Had an op to wire it together, two years later another op to remove wires as the ends were digging into my quad muscles.
and a fractured elbow and wrist, plus numerous unmentioned cracked ribs which DID heal.
Take your pick.
P.S. After the stroke, the sciatica "got in the way" of physiotherapy.
So a physio put me on my back, compressed the affected leg up over my torso, wiggle, wiggle - sciatica gone!
Had that been done a few weeks earlier, would I have avoided the stroke? Maybe - will never know.