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Thanks for the commiseration. I suspect my case is Piriformis too, which causes the same symptoms as Sciatica, but less likely people would have heard of it. D

Thanks for the commiseration. I suspect my case is Piriformis too, which causes the same symptoms as Sciatica, but less likely people would have heard of it. Doubtless self-inflicted too as I'm the kind of "no pain, no gain" person who grits his teeth and carries on exercising through injuries. In this case, I carried on cycling a few times after feeling a pain in my buttock while out on the bike one day. With these unfortunate consequences. Last time I had a bad attack like this was about 5 years ago, in similar circumstances. Hopefully this time I'll have learned my lesson and will stop working out next time I feel the tell-tale twinge. Twice in one lifetime to go through this hell is enough for anyone!

epc 5y ago
I had chronic lower back pain and sciatic numbness for years and completely separately (or so I thought) problems with my knee (going down stairs was excruciating). The knee pain was dx'd as IT band / piriformis syndrome. P/T for the knee coincidentally helped alleviate the lower back pain and sciatica. I eventually got into Pilates which seemed to help stave off all three problems (until Covid). I have a degree in English lit and zero medical qualifications but it sounds like you compressed the sciatic nerve on the ride. Can you get your doctor to recommend some P/T to try to release that?