Tried physical therapy BEFORE I got an MRI and learned a disc piece had broken off. Multiple doctors told me PT wouldn’t help and it needed to be removed. That was March 1st and my foot is mostly back (still numb on left side a little). But if your disc is pressing on nerve for
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100%. The sciatica pain is intense. There's some back discomfort but it's all sciatica pain. They're trying anti inflammatory to hopefully take some pressure off the nerve and reduce nerve inflammation. But it doesn't feel like it's working
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Without seeing how large the herniation is or what disc is involved, physical therapy MIGHT be able to help the disc move back into the correct space. For me, I was too far gone for that to happen because a piece of the disc broke off and was stuck in my spinal column.
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