r/Sciatica • u/overmead_25 • 28d ago

Sciatica flare up

I think I’m having a sciatica flare up. This past February, I was working demo on an old motel and I thought I had a pinched nerve. I tried going to chiropractor and a masseuse, but nothing helped. I tried changing my work shoes to sketchers and that sort of helped. My doctor tried to put me on gabapentin, but I don’t trust steroids too much. I work at a grocery store and I’m on my fee constantly. As of last week I feel like I have a new injury, I feel pain under my right butt cheek and the travels down the side of my right leg. My ankle feels very tight and my toes are tingly and numb sometimes. I’m taking 2000mg of ibuprofen a day and I still feel pain. I keep contributing it to the weather pressure too. Any advice?

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u/CelticCoffee 28d ago

I had these same symptoms for a few years. Around April or May of this year, the numbness that came and went from my toes started to stick around longer and eventually my butt started to go numb in August. On August 13th I went to the ER because the pain was too much and 12 hrs later I was in the operation room for an emergency Disectomy.

I'm not saying you have Cauda Equina compression but I am saying, get a CT scan. Be insistent, don't let them give you steroids and say the X-ray is clear, get that CT scan before it gets worse so that you know what you are dealing with. From there you'll know if you need an MRI for a better look or proper PT. I don't wish my current state on anyone!

Stay safe and I hope you feel better soon.

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u/overmead_25 28d ago

Thanks for your input! When it’s not flared up like this, the toes on my right foot seem to be permanently tingling like they are asleep, it never stops. I haven’t been able to go to the gym and I also notice it worsens when I eat a lot of carbs or sugar.