Does this sound like sciatica? Plz
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i started power walking and after a few days my calf muscles were really badly stretched and I could hardly walk up the stairs, this went away and a few days later I started getting this lower back dull painful ache which made bending down painful, then the pain moved into my buttocks and hips and down my legs, it's terrible sitting down and feels like a tingling throbbing ache in my buttocks and legs, I'm fine walking about and don't feel it as much but when I sit down or stand for too long it's painful. I sometimes also get a electric style shock down my leg and then sometimes down the other leg, saw my doctor who said its not sciatica just classic back pain. Any thoughts? Thanks had it for just under 2 weeks now! Getting fed up 😔
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marlene21102 donna10297
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  I have an electric heating pad to help ease it ,I find sitting in a car for long agony .with sciatica you get it go down back of legs ,and into your toes ,,I've got it in one foot ,like numbness and tingly ,mainly big toe and next one ,the Levator is same symptoms ,it's been called Cyclist syndrome for obvious reasons ,as they get this a lot .Its all pressure and trapped nerves ,don't get fobbed off by your dr(s) ,try and get a good Physio to manipulate area .Not saying it will work ,but best thing for you to try first .Its a painful condition  one lady I know can only lay down with it ,I know I tend to sit more on my hips to ease the pain of it .
donna10297 marlene21102
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Like it. Iv had a hot water bottle on my
Buttocks and lower back the last
Few nights, feels like its actually in my butt itself sometimes!
marlene21102 donna10297
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  I've used gels ,hot and cold in the past ,not helped any .i know what your saying about it being inside .In the beginning it felt my lower back ,having to roll out of bed ,where it hurt ,then it went into backside ,then backs of legs
,thighs .Ive sat on bed pillows no help still pressure there .
  One exercise I do do on regular base is do leg stretches what athletes do to warm up ,I put my leg (s) on a chair and stretch back of thigh muscle out .Give that a try .That heating pad is £30 ,Im sat on it as Im typing .
 Mine I've had now 9 yrs nearly .Miserable condition couldn't agree more ,mine began after a weight loss through an illness .
Lotsofpain donna10297
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Dont be fobbed off if just back ache it should have star6ed to resolve itself
Lotsofpain
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donna10297 Lotsofpain
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Said "what do you think sciatica is?
And I said well its nerve pain. He said
Everyone gets back pain in there lives especially if we don't take care of it,
He lifted my legs up to check for
Any numbness which hurt like hell
Stretching! Iv never known sciatica to
Be so painful especially whilst sitting
And hardly no pain walking about!
donna10297
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Buttocks area and legs especially
When massaged. Prior to this I had
Pulled hamstrings in my calf muscles
A few days before this started.
dode donna10297
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