Customer Testimonials
To all those who have made the Sacro Wedgy available. Last August, after experiencing sciatic pain for ten months, I was scheduled for some steroid injections at the Spine Center of the University of Pennsylvania. However, I had seen the Sacro Wedgy on the Internet and sent for it, just grasping at a last straw. After using the Sacro Wedgy for two weeks, I cancelled the injections because my sciatica and hip pain were so much reduced. I recently found the notes I had taken to the orthopedist when scheduling the injection therapy. In my own writing, I had complained: 1) I found it difficult to sit foamy length of time 2) when getting up from a lengthy sitting situation, such as in a restaurant, I could barely straighten up and walk with the pain radiating down my hip and leg. I had forgotten how bad this pain was. Because of it I had seen two chiropractors, an orthopedist, been through two courses of physical therapy and still felt I had to lie down with a heating pad several times a day. When the Sacro Wedgy came in the mail, I thought it was so small that it could never help. Somehow I had expected a big device to help with my big problem. But I consoled myself with the thought that I could fit it in my suitcase for a ten-day trip I was taking. By the end of the trip, I felt like I had a new lower back! I also understood the source of my problem better than after talking to any doctor. I now realize that I have piriformis syndrome, and that when those muscles are tight, or compressed from sitting, my sciatic nerve on my left side gets irritated. Angling the lumbar spine correctly with the help of the Sacro Wedgy and gravity helps relieve that pressure greatly. Now, I am most often without pain. But sometimes, when I forget to use the new upright posture I learned from the Sacro Wedgy, or when I do too much forward bending work, the pain comes back. I then quickly realize it's time for an extra Sacro Wedge break - even 10 minutes helps - in addition to my morning session, which I seldom miss. Within a day or two, I am back to being pain free again. It is such a relief to know that I can do something for myself about this problem that had started to rule my life. I cannot thank you enough for the new lease on life that the Sacro Wedgy has given me. I never even take an aspirin for pain anymore. I know that it is a way of life, and not a panacea, but that's a small price to pay for relief and the joy of taking my back health into my own hands instead of hoping someone else will manipulate the pain into going away. Thank you, thank you. Call me anytime for more praise. Joan Forde, Philadelphia PS: I am too vain to state my age, but my back is now 30 years younger than it was last spring! PPS: A little upper body strengthening helps maintain good posture too as adjunct therapy to the Sacro Wedgy.