8.5 mo PO. I’ve never had sciatic pain before, but I think I’ve been having it since Monday. I spent the day sitting – 1.5 hours in the car + 2 hours up on the bow of a sailboat + 2 hours at a restaurant. Praying like heck that it’s an inflamed piriformis pressing on the nerve, and not scar tissue starting to entrap it.
I see my PT tomorrow. In the meantime I brought all my anxiety to my PT twin sister’s texting doorstep and she told me to release my piriformis with a tennis ball, stretch the piriformis, and do my nerve glides. She said I could have just irritated the nerve itself by sitting on it all day. I also could have thrown out my SI joint with all the sitting and climbing – that would put my piriformis into spasm. I’m not having symptoms down my thigh or calf, just lower back & bum.
Between my pre-surgery knee pain, shoulder problems from crutch use, and now piriformis pain, I’ve experienced the three most common pains/issues my personal training clients are plagued & limited by. So now I know how they feel. And I’m learning how to navigate & manage those injuries. So thanks for that, Universe. I guess. *Sigh*.
Den of Positivity 