Sciatica Support Group
Sciatica is a term meaning pain that originates from compression of the sciatic nerve, the longest and largest nerve in the body. If the sciatic nerve is pinched or compressed (perhaps by a bulging disc in the low back) a patient may experience leg pain--the classic symptom of sciatica.
I'm new the DS and thought I'd post this to see if anyone else has experienced this.
I suffer from really tense muscles in my lower back, small amounts of stretching pull it out and relieve the pain. But several times a year for a week or more i have the most excruciating pain shoot down my left thigh.
It's like someone has stuck a knitting needle into my thigh and fed electricity into it.
I've booked myself into a physio and doc to get a check up, does this match anyone else's experience.
Any help and advice is most welcome
I suffer from really tense muscles in my lower back, small amounts of stretching pull it out and relieve the pain. But several times a year for a week or more i have the most excruciating pain shoot down my left thigh.
It's like someone has stuck a knitting needle into my thigh and fed electricity into it.
I've booked myself into a physio and doc to get a check up, does this match anyone else's experience.
Any help and advice is most welcome
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I've been suffering from Sciatica for over a year (my sedcond tiome over a year). I think it's kind of unusual - fortunate - you only get the pain for about a week. I usually do a series of stretching and try to really work out my lower back and abs. I found the my lower back pain (that feeling of weakness) is also due to weak abs. At the most I'll take a little motrin to relieve the pain, but NOT during exercising because I want to feel the warning of pain incase I am doing a wrong movement.
Anyway, good luck
Mike
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