My sciatic injury is a constant struggle nowadays, with pains shooting down my leg from the base of my back.
Sometimes my left foot goes numb after I’ve been walking on my feet for longer than twenty or thirty minutes at a time.
I think it started during my last two years of college. There were several factors that compounded on one another. First of all, I used to carry all of my books and electronic devices in a messenger bag that I would sling over one of my shoulders, which put the weight on one side of my spine instead of balancing it on both sides. On top of the messenger bag weight, I had to lift my dachshund a lot that year as he was in and out of the veterinarian’s office constantly. One evening I collapsed on the floor of my dog room after I put my dog back onto his bed. I had to lay on the floor for several minutes until the pain subsided and I could move again without feeling extreme agony. In the years since I’ve consumed more ibuprofen and acetaminophen than I’d care to admit, but these days I stick to CBD mostly. That cannabinoid is even better than THC at pain relief, especially for people with chronic back pain like myself. While you might expect medical cannabis dispensaries to carry the best CBD products, this is not always the case. I stopped buying my CBD products from the medical cannabis stores because I found even better hemp retailers on the internet. You can buy hemp from almost any state, so there is a better variety.