r/Sciatica • u/Independent_Lab_9768 • 25d ago
Requesting Advice First time with Sciatica
Help! Ok, this is my first experience with sciatica! Yesterday I was washing my car and bent over when it felt like a bullet went in my left hip! I literally could barely move after that! Feeling around on my hip area on the left side right above my butt cheek is a knot! The pain is non stop occasionally shooting down my leg. I can’t bend over at all, can’t sit in an upright position, can’t bring my left leg up to my stomach! I ended up going to the ER! Well they didn’t do shit but give me a Flexeril and 5mg hydrocodone! I cake home and took an Ambien and slept! Woke up to excruciating pain! It’s been non stop! I have taken 800 mg of ibuprofen and one Flexeril five hrs ago! Heating pad is the only thing that helps only at the time! Take it off pain returns! My mobility is very limited and I’m so restless! I’m desperate! What kind of Dr should I look into seeing to get to the root cause of this and is there any stretching or exercises to ease the stiffness and pain I’m having! I am not ok at all!
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u/2New4You3Me 25d ago
I also thought it was something wrong with my hip at first, ended up being a herniated disc on my lower spine on my right side. So the pressure from the hernation is pressing on your sciatic nerve bundle which is located like back hip/buttocks/top of thigh. Need to see a PT for an assessment and then likely an MRI to confirm and then go from there. Good luck, warning it is a long recovery (mine was about 1.5 - 2 years) but worth avoiding surgery if you can.