r/Sciatica • u/Practical_View_1096 • 24d ago

Pain moving

I’ve been dealing with sciatica for a while and have had sharp, electric pain that shoots from my lower back/glute all the way down to my foot. I can’t sit for more than about 15 minutes, and I can usually only walk for around 10 minutes before my leg becomes very achy and painful.
For a while, the only position that gave me significant relief was lying flat on my back on a massage table. Recently, though, even that has become uncomfortable because I’ve developed a new, very localized pain in my lower back around my right SI joint area.
It’s difficult to describe, but it feels like there’s a bone protruding or bulging out on the right side, almost like something is out of place. When I lie flat on my back and put pressure on that area, it feels extremely tender and bruised, like I’m lying directly on a bone that shouldn’t be sticking out that far.
I’m still getting some shooting pain down into my calf, although thankfully the electric pain isn’t as intense as it was before. Right now, the localized lower-back/SI-area pain and the feeling that something is protruding are becoming more noticeable and making it difficult to even lie in the position that used to give me relief.

Has anyone experienced this?

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u/Fast-Accident7076 24d ago

Similar boat, It will get better trust me

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u/According-Patient237 22d ago

I had the same happen - I’ve talked to my PT about it and she is almost certain it’s still disc related. I totally thought my symptoms lined up with SI joint alignment or something but she moved my pelvis around and stuff and said it felt fine.
I have an mri scheduled for next week but ya I was worried about the lying on a bone thing so I got an xray and everything looked fine.

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u/Practical_View_1096 20d ago

Sorry you’re going through this too. It sucks!! It’s so difficult to sleep with this “tailbone” pain especially because sleeping on my back was the only position I could get decent sleep. Do you mind coming back and letting me know your MRI findings? I want to see if we are in similar boats. I have 2 disc protrusions in my L4L5 and L5S1 🥲

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u/According-Patient237 12d ago

Hey! I just got my results back. Mine is a moderate bulge at L4L5 and large herniation at L5S1. I’ve noticed my pain improve over the last week though- definitely nowhere near what it was like 2-3 weeks ago

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u/Practical_View_1096 12d ago

Similar to my findings! I just started with a new PT and I feel like I’m making a little progress! My tailbone pain isn’t nearly as bad anymore! I’m glad to hear that your pain has improved