tell me about sciatica...

kimmyt09

I think maybe I have it. I know I have a slipped disc in my back, I got a massage on Tuesday night and ever since then the pain is getting worse. Its now in my glutes, and it hurts to sit sometimes. I googled it and sciatica seems to match my symptoms. I hate to self-diagnose though. Does anyone else have it, and what does it feel like to you?

mrs.mulrine

I do! It happens when I lay on my back, if I try to move it feels like a rod from the little of my back goes down about mid thigh and it feels like its gonna snap. My yoga teacher is prenatal cert. in massages and she showed me a move to stretch it out so it doesn't get so tight.

kasb

I have it too. I feel it in the back of my upper thigh up to my back. It mainly hurts when I walk. There are excercises you can do to help relieve the pain. It works for me. You can go online and find both floor and standing/sitting excercises. Good luck.

MNgirl326

I had it too.  It has decreased over the last few weeks, but I still get it flare ups every once in awhile.

Basically, it starts with a pain in my hip/ back and then my thigh goes numb. It was the worse when I had to stand or walk around.  I used a lot of ice packs on rotated between putting it on my hip and putting it on my thigh.