OW! sciatica?

i did a lot of bending a lifting yesterday and now my azz hurts mostly when i walk but sometimes when i sit. it feels like it's right at the bottom/back of my butt. is this my sciatic nerve? will the pain go away? i didn't have this with DS at all.

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yeap that's what it is!! Welcome to the party LB!! no Advice..nothing works for me except being on my back with a pillow under my knees for a while.

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OHHHH YEAAA! Umm, pretty much nothing I do makes it better! Sorry! It's PAINFUL.

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Posted by headoverheels

i did a lot of bending a lifting yesterday and now my azz hurts mostly when i walk but sometimes when i sit. it feels like it's right at the bottom/back of my butt. is this my sciatic nerve? will the pain go away? i didn't have this with DS at all.

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Yep that is sciatica.

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Fun times, isn't it? What ever you do, do NOT just sit and rest. It needs to be stretched out. This was my biggest mistake because I just rested, and the muscle around the nerve just got tighter and tighter. I became immobile.

Do your best to keep walking, but take it slow. It should loosen up a bit in a couple of days (but will probably continue to hurt).

If you can stretch out the area, that will help. Lay on the couch (with good side facing out), and bring the leg that hurts, across your body. This will stretch out your butt a little.

Message edited 9/28/2009 12:23:07 PM.

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LB, here is a post I made when I just got pregnant with DS, if you start some of these now, it shouldn't get bad.

I had gone for physical therapy when I was literally unable to walk from Sciatica. I also find now, that it will start up if I sit down too long/don't move. That is when the muscles tighten up and strangle that nerve running through your hip.

I have a herniated disk that basically pushes on one of my nerves. In turn, the muscles around that nerve constrict to control the nerve, but are doing a dis-service to the nerve because it just irritates it more.

These are simple excercises that I did, that were safe for pregnancy when I went to PT.

1. Sit in a chair/or standing, put your right arm up, and bed to your left side. Repeat this with the other arm and other side. This will stretch out the vertebrea in your back that may be pinching that nerve. (This is what I do most bc I have a herniated disk from being pg)

2. Stand facing a wall, and with one foot planted straight down, take the ball of your other foot, and put it up against the wall (with your heel still on the floor). This will stretch out your calf muscles and I think hamstrings. Repeat with other leg to even it up.

3. Put your hands on a wall, arms length away. Bend your left knee, and put your right leg all the way in back of you. You are trying to basically do a runner's stretch in this one, stretching out the right leg. Switch and do the other leg to even it out.

4. I was also told to stand and try to arch my back with my hands on my hips..but not too forcefully to hurt your stomach. Just a little strech, will create some room for my herniated disk to maybe pop back in.

5. Lay on the couch or the bed. Bend both knees. Take the right leg, and put it on top of the left leg, almost like you are trying to create the number 4. This will stretch out your butt. You can try pulling your leg towards you with your arms if you'd like. Do it with both legs.

Those are some things I do when it starts to hurt. I hope you feel better.