Sciatica is a terrible pain, I got it suddenly at the start of last November. Didn’t know what it was just that the pain was awful. I stuck it for a whole month and try as I did I couldn’t see my Doctor, All I got was a phone call with a new Doctor who had me down as a silly old woman with a wee bit pain and kept giving me painkillers. In the end after a night of agony I got an emergency appointment with a Chiropractor, I was with him for an hour while he questioned and worked on me. I felt so much better by the time I left, it’s cost me a lot of money though as I was seeing him 3 times a week, then 2 times and now once a week. Hopefully by the end of April it will be fortnightly then monthly.
Sciatic Pain is no joke, I still get bad days and it’s now five months since it came on me. Go an see a Chiropractor, I owe that man so much, he took my pain away and made me feel like me again.
Thanks everyone, I think it’s muscular due to some heavy lifting in cramped conditions in the loft last week. I have, and do, suffer with sciatica occasionally and like you Roxy, have spent a lot of money in the past getting expert help. It seems to be the muscle in the buttocks that opposes the quads and as a result, after just fifteen minutes of running I was unable to lift my leg high enough to navigate pavements.
If it’s muscular it will take about 14 days rest to repair…If it’s a damaged tendon it will be 14 weeks…
Well you know your body best Foxy, I really hope your right and that’s all it is. Not that your diagnosis is much fun either. Hope it’s better soon. :hug:
Thanks Roxy, I can walk on it okay, that’s why I think it’s muscular. The difference between walking and running is: With running you have bring the leg forward fast in order to take the weight, muscles have to contract quickly. With walking gravity more or less brings the leg forward more slowly and doesn’t require so much muscle strength or contraction.
Of course the proof of the pudding…Sciatica or tendon damage will take a lot longer to heal…fingers crossed…
That is the most likely culprit Pixie…
Thanks Zuleika, I’m hoping that it’s just the piriformis muscle, but it runs very close to the sciatic nerve and that will be a devil to shift…
It’s the way to go Zaphod, and with summer coming (no! not that Summer…:-D) it makes it easier to want to be out in the sunshine. Even with what I think is ‘Piriformis Syndrome’ it doesn’t seem to affect my walking, so when I’ve finished on here I’m going to try a decent walk. With clear blue skies and warm sunshine it’s making it very hard not to go out and do something…
Thanks Lion Queen, I’m sure it will…Us Yorkshire folk are made of tough stuff…;-)…xx
Thanks Mart…
I was doing some heavy lifting in cramped conditions up in the loft last week and I think I may have damaged my piriformis muscle. I’m hoping it is anyway, muscles don’t take so long to heal but tendon damage takes ages to clear up…Finger crossed…
Cheers for the update fella and fingers crossed for you.
I have to do something, I know that because I’m still overweight following my recovery post-surgery being about as complete as it’s going to be by now.
As a result I’ve already started dietary changes as well cutting down the time I spend on here & on the PC in general.
I’ll keep you updated on how I go.
It sounds like you’ve got a good plan there Zaphod, glad to hear that you are making a good recovery…Just take it nice and steady…
Despite the setback yesterday I managed to have a decent eight mile walk around the neighbourhood today. Hardly any discomfort from my piriformis, but running was off the menu…
The village lift bridge replaced the old swingbridge.
These metal bridges were constructed by Pilkingtons Glassworks. The hill on the right (covered in trees now) was a giant hill of sand imported from the Sahara Desert back in the fifties. It was the perfect sand for producing flat glass. The bridges carried water over the canal and River Don and it was sprayed over the sand, as the water was collected in the dykes it was pumped back to the factory and the sand extracted from the water. It saved the job of trying to transport the sand over the canal and river by manual labour…
I spotted this Heron just fishing…
Perhaps somebody can recognise this little fellow…
I don’t think this Robin needs any introduction…
It’s been a good walk for wildlife spotting today…
You certainly turned lemonade into lemons with that outing. I know well that disappointment of curtailing the run, and certainly hopeful that this was a strain.
I always appreciate an explanation with a photo. The backstory is really interesting. I never really considered the quality of sand in glass manufacturing.
What a gorgeous day and a handsome looking great blue heron! Though they are loners, they are everywhere in my part of the world.
lovely pics Foxy…I’m glad you are improving 
Gorgeous photos, Foxy! I think exercising is actually good for pirifomis - moderate, of course. Hope it gets better sooner than later! That bird might be a Great Tit - not 100% sure, but its a pretty little bird. Thanks for sharing 
Thanks Surfer, Summer and Pixie, the wildlife pictures were quite unexpected. Thanks for the heads up on the Great Tit, being a country boy at heart, I feel bad that I didn’t know what it was…
And you are right about the exercise too Pixie, it does seem to be a lot better this morning…
36000 paces today, and not a murmur anywhere.
This is the Event I was sitting watching over at the Reef a few days ago, never thought it would end up on the News, but here it is. It was a wonderful event and I really enjoyed watching. If I’d moved up north when the kids were young I’d never have got the Beggers off the boards, might even have had a go myself. lol.
I had no idea you were a world class Surfer Roxy…:shock:
No dear, I was sitting on a wall watching. I’ve never been on a surf board in my life. But I may have if I’d moved there 40 years ago. Was still young and gung ho back then. 