Injury advice

The Endorser

I've been getting back pains the last few months. They're shooting pains down through my left buttock and into the rear of my left thigh. I also do Tae Kwon Do, so I asumed i'd just pulled something, backed off the exercise a touch and carried on.

The pain never went away, and actually got worse, with some days leaving me with a painful limp. A chance conversation with a fellow copper had me thinking 'sciatica', so i went to my GP and he echoed this, adding that a damaged or leaking disc in my lower back was aggravating a nerve.

Got to see the physio at work and he reckons otherwise. The pelvis, it seems, is a naturally flexible structue, but on my left side it's "locked" rigid and forward of the other. He's given me some quite violent beatings (sorry, treatment!) and some exercises, but i'm not noticing any improvement after 3 weeks.

It's not stopping me doing anything I really want to but it is affecting my enjoyment of cycling. Even the bike in the gym is painful and has me shying away after a quick 10k, leaving me with the stabbing/pulling pain down my buttock and thigh.

Anyone expererienced this who might have any advice?

Oh, i'm 38, 6'3", 99kg (I do a couple of hours weights every other day) and otherwise in good health.

Cheers,

Rich.

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chuckles

Coppers dishing out violent beatings? Surely not.

I think if you have access to a qualified physio then you should just talk to him or her rather than a load of nutters on the internet. They are the sports injury experts after all.


Chuckles

hevipedal

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Coppers dishing out violent beatings? Surely not.

I think if you have access to a qualified physio then you should just talk to him or her rather than a load of nutters on the internet. They are the sports injury experts after all.


Chuckles
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who are? the nutters?

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GeorgeShaw

Sounds like your sciatic nerve all right. Personally I'd go and see an osteopath rather than a physio, but it depends how good your physio is.

The Endorser

He seems to know his stuff (have to say that - he scares me!).

It's not crippling me, though it's a pain(ha) so i'll hang on a while longer and see if the fizzy can do owt.

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Phys

Ask the physio to consider piriformis syndrome. Unless you have suffered trauma to the pelvis, a nutation and 'locking' as you describe it is less likely.

The Endorser

Piriformis syndrome? What that mate?

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Wogan

I'm an internet nutter with a bad back and I advise you to keep visiting the physio and keep doing the exercises. It will take time to recover.

Took me a a couple of months to fully recover from a flare-up of my prolapsed disc - I'll be doing squats and lunges for life to help prevent it happening again. *lunges*

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Piriformis syndrome? What that mate?

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I THINK piriformis is a relatively small 'stabilising' muscle in the pelvic girdle - the syndrome is when it goes into something like a permanent cramp. Hope someone else actually knows the answer!

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The Endorser

You're right. i just found it on google an it's precisesly where i get the pain.

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