I've got a one gallon water distiller. I make about 4 gallons a week. That provides for three of us (and the cat).

Sorry Barefoot but usually sciatica is NOT caused by the colon. It's a slipped disc. Which really is not slipped it's bulged. If you're shifted off to one side or if you can't straighten up you have a slipped disc. The liquid center of the disc has shifted to one side or the other or straight back. Ouch, it hurts bad. Not the kind of pain you can fake. For sure a colon cleanse will make you stronger all the way around but until you get the disc fixed the colon is NOT the problem.

If your chiropractor is doing the lumbar roll on your lower back have him stop doing that and go with intersegmental traction. In most cases after a week of intersegmental traction 80-90 percent of the pain is gone.

What you can do about it at home is stretch out face down on your bed. Put a pillow between your chin and your chest. You head MUST remain straight. Hook your toes over the end of the mattress and pull up with them. Hold for 10 seconds and release. Wait 5 seconds and do it again. Hold for 10 seconds, release for 5. Do this 4 times.

Every hour do this little exercise.

Believe it or not there aren't any good chiropractors around here either. I developed the above exercise to fix a little slipped disc I got a couple of years ago. It takes longer to do yourself than have one of us do it but it will get the job done.

But again, a good chiropractor should have you out of pain in a week. Two at the most. The lumbar roll is hard on the disc so go with intersegmental traction.

The key to keeping the lower back stable is to make sure your hamstrings are nice and loose before you go to bed at night. They're the muscles on the back of your leg. Tight hamstrings pull the lumbar spine back while you sleep. If they are nice and loose before you go to bed the lumbar spine can reestablish it's normal forward curve while you sleep. You'll be surprised how strong your lower back can get if you do your hamstring stretches everynight.

It's easy. One foot up an a chair, put both hands on top of your leg (Femur). Push down with your hands stretching the back of your leg. Easy does it at first. If it pulls down behind your knee you've gone too far. If it pulls up into the buttocks you've gone to far. Just the backs of your legs. Keep your back flat while doing this.

NO exercises where you are touching your toes.

Don't do this while you have the slipped disc. Wait until that is resolved and the pain is gone out of your leg to do this stretching exercise.

Until then, do the face down pulling with your toes exercise. It'll speed your recovery.

Doc Sutter