I have gone to pain drs, therapy, chiro and foot doctors with no relief....I have siactic and foot pain and since last summer my left foot is turning outwards making me unsteady at times..also the left leg over the years has become uneven, making it seem shorter... injections, chiropractic, back surgeon, foot and ankle dr....Back dr says I have 2 nerves that are being pinched (from mri) and he wants to operate and put plate and pins in my back with a few months wearing a brace....the foot dr took exray of left foot and says my inside tendon is stretched, gave me a couple of different braces to wear, but not much relief..also had an mri of foot to confirm stretched tendon...said he could put a pin in outside of ankle to straighten my foot, but need to ask him if that would ease the pain, this is a constant pain...can t go walking anywhere, except to stores that have grocery carts...no mall walking or anywhere lots of walking is necessary...oh, also my spine is curved and I am 69 years of age...can t work out in the yard and much housework, I am not sure is pinched nerves and foot pain are related...if I got my back worked on, would it help my foot, don t want surgery , not knowing if my pain will go away...I know nothing is a guarantee...do you have any answers for me?
Hi, thank-you for providing the brief history of you. As I understand by your history that you have a pinched nerve and also pain radiating to the feet. Since you took all possible treatments for it and no relief as such. Well, this makes me understand that your spinal muscles are too weak and need a workout to strengthen it. As we don't have medicines to strengthen the muscles. The first thing I will advise you are to meet a physical therapist. The use of therapeutic ultrasound therapy and TENS therapy will help reduce pain and inflammation in the muscles. If done properly, then pain level comes down to 50% in 3 days. The next plan is to implement exercises. Though painful and tiring but will surely help. Exercise includes -1. Core stability2. Pelvic floor Strengthening3. Spine muscle Strengthening4. Hip muscles strengthening5. Lower limb and Upper limb.6. Breathing exercises In my personal experience I have seen cases with failure of cortisone, Chat Doctor.  We have a 99% success in they proper neuromuscular assessment and the specific muscle training will help you to the optimum results. RegardsJay In