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Okey I know I have a slip disc on my l5 spine but lately when I try and stretch bringing my spine in my right but cheek hurts .
Only when I stretch/ what could it be ?
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hope4cure leahbabycake
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Piriformis syndrome. This lovely pain comes along from hip replacement surgery or before surgery . The piriformis is a muscle that runs down your lower back to the top of your thigh. ... Injuries or overuse can inflame the piriformis muscle to the point where it presses on the sciatic nerve. This pressure can cause a type of pain called sciatica that runs from your buttocks down the back of your leg
Physio therapy and rest along with ice and Tylenol helps. It cane take a few
weeks for improvement.
Shoes and and arch support matter very helpful to wear arch supports in shoes as well as any back injuries to discs can also cause glute pain.
Seafarer123 leahbabycake
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A number of minor things can cause aches and pains in your butt, such exercising too much or poor form in running. Pulling back from your exercise routine, using ice, good posture and good arch support can go a long way to helping with that.
However, it can also be something more than just muscular. You mentioned that you know you have a slipped disc at L5 (I assume that's been medically confirmed and is not just a presumption?). Once you develop any kind of disc deformation, such as a bulge, herniation or misalignment you run the very high risk of nerve compression, which leads to a condition known as "denervation" - basically a fancy term for causing a nerve to die. This can get steadily worse in several ways - the pain can get more severe, it can manifest further and further down your right leg (all the way down into your toes), and it can also cause numbness, tingling and most importantly something called "foot drop" (lack of motor control of your right foot or leg).
It's difficult for the doctor to tell if you have nerve compression beyond just how you describe your complaints. Even an MRI done with contrast can only tell how big your disc bulge or herniation is, it can't confirm the bulge is pressing on a nerve (and some people have compressed nerves and for some reason get no symptoms). But it's important to deal with because if you let it go too long it can become unfixable.
Physical therapy can help a lot, by strengthening your core muscles and causing your spine to be better aligned at all times. There are also a set of exercises called the McKenzie exercises you can do that help, modestly, with nerve compression.
A muscle pull can take a while to go away, so give it time. You may not actually suffer from nerve compression, it may be completely muscular and resolve on its own. But if the problem persists - like say if the pain is there even when you aren't exercising, or if the pain moves further down your butt - it's time to go see a pain specialist. Good luck!
ctrix1 leahbabycake
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I'm thinking it might be sciatica.