Category: Hamstring Recovery

I’m 8.5 mo PO and on day 8 of lower back & sciatic pain that probably resulted from overdoing it at my job as a trainer, and sitting for too many hours on a day trip. Was with my kids all day today, and as soon as I put them to bed, I sat and faced this overwhelming fear of, “What if I don’t get better? What if this pain doesn’t go away?” which looks like a lot of crying and breathing and nose blowing while trying not to wake the rest of the family. And gin. There was some gin involved. And an ice pack. And I’m still good looking, though not so much during the crying parts.

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*.