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Common symptoms of sciatica include:
• Lower back pain
•Pain in the rear or leg that is worse when sitting
• Hip pain
•Burning or tingling down the leg
• Weakness, numbness, or difficulty moving the leg or foot
•A constant pain on one side of the rear
•A shooting pain that makes it difficult to stand up
I have found that ice helps when I have a muscle injury. Sometimes I'll alternate heat and ice. Are you taking Advil or Aleve? It will help with the inflammation besides helping the pain. You can take up to 800 mg of ibuprofen 3 times a day.
Sitting is one of the most dangerous things for your back long term. Your disks will degenerate and die. Do what I do. Set a timer. Every 15 minutes I require myself to get up and take a short walk and stretch. Keep the circulation going and keeps the spinal fluid moving and lubricating.
This problem gets worse, not better as you age. You really have to manage it aggressively and attentively.
Get this book and buy the lumbar pillows they sell. Cheap fixes that are really helpful and get you motivated and mentally involved in your back health.
^^^^ All good advice from my experience, I had a compression fraction in lower back (LS) age 9 from fall off a horse. I was actually numb both legs for over a week. but could navigate slightly with crutches.
As I grew up my lower back was always my achilles heel so had to learn to strengthen all the supporting muscles groups that stabilize and assist with use of back muscles. If one sleeps on back or rests on back during an acute muscle spasm.. best elevate both knees bent (feet flat on bed or couch) with pillows .. I occasionally would use such OTC things like Robax which is a combo of anti-inflammatory and muscle relaxant. IF you sleep on your side.. place pillows between your knees to maintain back alignment. IF standing .. always rotate with having one foot elevated on a rung or just put some telephone books on the floor to rest foot on. Also , occasionally use a "Magic bag" heated that helps provide moist warmth to area affected.
All this above are utilized during an acute phase and because the Lower back and pelvic girdle is a complicated mass of muscle and tendon groups one needs to figure out which of the above provides the best relief. There's nothings that instant cure, but takes time. In between attacks.. It's best to do some everyday strengthening maneuvers that will keep these acute situations at bay. Being female, and went through 2 full term pregnancies ... I sure appreciated my quarter century efforts that strengthened my abs!
I did have some issues as my career forced my to be on my feet, walking, running, lifting, pushing stretchers, etc etc daily. when I was nearing end of 3rd trimester have some right leg numbness, so when strutting down hallways always stayed close to wall to prevent trips and falls.
Anyway, OP good luck getting this under control. Do you recall just what you were doing when you pulled your back out of whack? Best, try to recall so you can avoid it as best you can! Good posture and using body mechanics when lifting will also protect your back.
Lifting: “You really want to lift with your legs, not with your back,” Boden says. “You want to squat down and pick it up and stand up, as opposed to bending at the waist.”
“Another thing that can be particularly dangerous is lifting and twisting at the same time,” he says.
For example, you might be lifting a box from the floor to a table behind you. “If you’re lifting and turning at the same time to put the box up on the table, there’s something about the combined lifting and twisting that is probably somewhat risky mechanics,” Boden says, “as opposed to bending at the knees, lifting up the box and literally turning your whole body with your feet, rather than twisting your back.”
Common symptoms of sciatica include:
• Lower back pain
•Pain in the rear or leg that is worse when sitting
• Hip pain
•Burning or tingling down the leg
• Weakness, numbness, or difficulty moving the leg or foot
•A constant pain on one side of the rear
•A shooting pain that makes it difficult to stand up
I have the lower back pain and shooting pain that makes it tough to stand. And I do feel a little bit of radiating pain down my right leg, but its not constant or bad. The rest of the symptoms I don't have.
When I had a lower back strain I found that Doan's Pills worked really well for the pain.
I do still have lower back pain from time to time due to my work, lots of bending and lifting, and being a large chested woman. I find that regular hot soaks with Epsom salts help as well as using an acupressure mat like the Spoonk. About $30 on Amazon. I also see a massage therapist and a chiropractor regularly to take care of any problems. Good alignment and core muscle strength are also very important.
And if you, or anyone reading, are a large chested female. The right bra is a major key to avoiding back pain.
I think I'll know when I'm 100% out of the woods, that's when it doesn't hurt to laugh, cough or sneeze anymore! A major sneeze can send a jolt of pain from that injured muscle that travels like a lightening bolt through my body!
Never knew how much you use your lower back muscles in laughing, coughing and sneezing. So no Netflix comedies for now!
A strain like that in your lower back, upper glutes can be pretty painful. The worst one I've had was about 5-7 days of pretty intense spasms each of which is like a jolt that knocks the wind out of you. It took a couple weeks before I could work out again, and 2-3 months of being very careful when performing certain movements.
I think you want to go with alternating heat and cold, icy hot, and Aleve (if you take NSAIDS), if not try taking some turmeric and black pepper, as well as following an anti-inflammatory diet.
Weight training is safer than a lot of other activities, but you should never do more weight than you can with correct form, especially heavy lifts like the deadlift.
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