Mrs. D did going back to work and moving around more help your sciatica to clear up? That is what i got from your post. Now that this sciatica attack i am in the midst of has lessened i find i feel better if i move around during the day. not too much walking but moving around is making it feel better, though i still have that additional degree of numbness from mid calf through ankle and inability to raise my front foot off the ground.

At times i understand why doctors dont understand what we are talking about. For instance now, while normally my both legs from the calf down through the feet are numb and a greater degree of numbness from above the ankle through the toes, now the left is the same as normal but the right is more numb than usual even though the usual includes walking around with a thumb tack in my foot without feeling it. Try explaining all of that....ha