back and leg pain relief?

June 4, 2004

Hello everyone,

I know someone posted about oregano EO to help with back pain. But I am

looking for something more.

I have a friend that is suffering from some serious pain in the lower back

and down the right leg. She stepped in a hole a couple of days ago, and the

pain has gotten steadily worse.

She went to the ER yesterday, thinking she may have broken something....and

they told her that it was a contusion (sp?), and gave her some pain

medication. This medication is doing NOTHING for her pain, and when I

talked to her just a few mins ago, she was in tears.

Please, if there is anything you can recommend for her....I am all ears!

Here's a list of the EO's I have......but if there is something else that I

haven't listed, feel free to recommend anything.

Patchouli

Bulgarian Lavender

Lemongrass

Sandalwood

Cedarwood

Tea Tree

Clove

Ylang Ylang

Eucalyptus

and I think I have some others....but I can't think of them off hand.

Thanks so much in advance for any help you can give.

Sincerely,

Candy in AL

June 4, 2004

In a message dated 6/4/2004 11:06:29 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

cdlucas writes:

> I have a friend that is suffering from some serious pain in the lower back

> and down the right leg. She stepped in a hole a couple of days ago, and the

> pain has gotten steadily worse.

Candy:

Your poor friend. It sounds like her sciatic nerve is being impinged

somewhere. What do you mean when you say she " stepped " into a hole? Did she

fall?

Was it a big hole? Something in her back could be out of whack causing the

pain, or she pulled a muscle near the sciatic nerve, which runs from the lower

region of the back through the buttocks and down the legs. It is painful,

that's for sure. My SO is dealing with this right now himself. It's been our

experience that it takes time. I massaged Mike's back and glutes one night (via

the moonlight - it was a full moon a shinin' on a full moon! ha). He had a

lot of relief the next day. And it seems to get a little better with each day.

Someone on this list offered me the suggestion of ginger, lavender and

eucalyptus glob. in apricot kernel oil. That is what I used as a massage oil.

I

can't remember your personal stash of oils you listed, but if oregano is on it

try it. I'm gonna get myself some of Butch's here soon.

See if you can find where the pain is coming from. Picture her pain as being

an earthquake. Find the epicenter. Trace along the spine (along side the spi

ne, not directly on the spine), along side the sacrum, across the glutes

angling out away from midline and down the leg. Be careful with the amount of

pressure. If you can find the nerve this way you'll know what areas surrounding

the nerve that should be massaged and relax them. Mind you, this is if the

pain is musclar/ligamentous/tendonous in nature (which is what a contusion is,

according to my dictionary).

Best wishes to you and your friend,

Teresea C.

June 5, 2004

I have been mixing a very short time but my friends are have great success with

my recipe for back pain. I use 2 tablespoons of apricot kernel oil, 10 drops

lavender, 10 drops ginger and 10 drops of eucalyptus. I got this recipe from

Valerie Worwood's book...The complete book of essential oils and aromatherapy.