tara. you said your lad was interested in a care career?
what about http://www.rcn.org.uk/nursing/becomenurse
perhaps a childrens or a learning disability nurse ?
Or perhaps a nursery worker?
Theres a bursery which is taxable but it does give some income. it also involves on the spot training as well as uni at different hosdpitals so would be interesting.
as far as the other lad is concernecwith the sciatica, no need to give up building trade work if that is what he enjoys doing. ( it will pick up)
he needs a oestopath or save money and do the treatment yourself.
It is simple but flippin painful but it works.
The nerve runs from the back of your pelvis through your rear end going to the side round the hip area and down the legs. easy to find it by pressing hard with your thumb in the area.
when you yelp, you know its the right places;-)
Treatment is simple. starting at the rear end and hip area apply hard pressure for a min or 2 to the nerve and then at intervals follow the nerve down. use fingers and thumb.
The other hand is used to keep the patient pressed to the area is he is lying down on so he doesnt hit the roof when you do it.
As i said its very painful but each time its done (leaving 3 or 4 days between) it gets less painful until after 3 or 4 treatments the pain disappears. problem sorted.
all your doing is exhausting the nerve and forcing it to relax withthe pressure
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