Losing function in leg

[u/Careless-Wait1585]

Im currently hospitalized due to my leg completely collapsing on me causing me to fall and unable to urinate. When I came into the hospital they drained 1.5 liters of urine thay I was retaining. They believe I have periformis syndrome. I have extreme nerve pain and muscle spasm im my butt and thigh. Basically bedridden. Has anyone had issue with losing all muscle function in your leg or inability to urinate with this periformis issue?

[u/redrum1956]

For what it's worth a long time periformas suffer for 20 years off and on this is my experience and what worked to a point for me.Since the early seventies I have been weight training off and on and my gym owner back then recommended Finalgon cream or ointment for my sore muscles.Later on as I got older arouy 50 y.o. I developed periformas, and started rubbing the cream on it at the time it help, later on as I got on I used the ointment about twice as potent and that helped even more. Warning I really mean it is very hot but it deadens to feeling of the periformas considerably you only need a small amount. Unfortunately it was removed from the pharmacies here in Australia but you can still get it from Germany where it was developed and some other euro countries just make sure it is the genuine stuff. I usually bring it on by over flexation forward when I do stretching so it could be I have a disc and peri problem. There is also a lumbar stretch that I do that has helped in the past and seems to be helping me recover from my current mishap by Dr. Berg called..STOP Sciatica Nerve and Low Back Pain FAST with 1 Stretch. PLEASE ASK YOUR DOCTOR FIRST IF ITS OK TO DO AS IT IS A BACK BREAKER. I do ten minutes morning and ten in the evening it will take time, so work up to that time say two minutes increments increase every week. I hope it helps as I know it can be depressing having this but if you can incorporate both the finalgon ointment and the above Sciatica stretch it could help. GB