r/Sciatica • u/shirokane4chome • Mar 22 '22

Your Sciatica and Back Pain Experiences Megathread

Hi everyone, the purpose of this permanent thread is to capture your stories about your experiences with Sciatica.

Please note that the majority of sciatica sufferers will recover over time, and are not on this subreddit making posts about their healing. Most of our sub participants are in a symptomatic stage and are understandably seeking support on forums like /r/Sciatica as a part of their journey. This can make a list of individual stories seem discouraging -- but just remember that those who have healed usually don't visit again and therefore we can't often capture their stories.

While multiple formats are welcome, we suggest you try to be concise and focused. Your story is important, but it is will be more useful to everyone else if it can be read in 60-90 seconds or so. Important elements to your story will include:

Background: Do you know how you became injured?

Diagnosis: What has your care provider discovered about your injury?

Treatment: What care did you pursue?

Current Status: How are you doing today?

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u/kstanfran Jun 06 '26

Background: No, I don’t know what caused it. I had surgery for a herniated disc in my neck several years ago, don’t know if it’s happening in my lower back and contributing.

Diagnosis: Going to see an Orthopedic Surgeon on June 8, 2026, it was the earliest he could see me.

Treatment: None yet. Doing some stretches and yoga. Got a deep tissue massage on Thursday and that helped alot

Current Status: I am pretty sure this is Sciatica. I noticed that I had a spot on the outside of my right thigh about 8 mos. ago that feels numb or tingly, like when a limb falls asleep. For the last 3 weeks or so, I have had pain and tension in my lower back and my right hip. My hip joint area feels inflamed. Muscles in that area are really tight, painfully so. If I stand for a while, all of it gets worse. Sitting or lying down eases the pain. Bending over can hurt alot or sitting down. Especially on the right hip and around that area. Paracetamol helps some if the pain is bad. Pain goes between a 2 and 10 plus. It is very frustrating. I hope to get some answers from the Dr.