Who knew Sciatica could be like this

Hope you're on the mend soon.
I've had a similar experience and could only crawl. The pain was excruciating. I was caring for my totally dependent husband at the time. Eventually he had to go into respite care in order for me to look after myself.
Since then I've suffered from inflammation of the tendon to the patella. Who knew knee pain could invade the whole body??
Thankfully, apart from a constant warning niggle that's alright now.
Wishing you well and pain free asap.

tanith so sorry it sounds really nasty, hope things improve rapidly

I feel your pain. I have had this many times. Worst time it lasted 5 months. Agony. Acupuncture sorted me out.

Wishing you a speedy recovery tanith

Along with being so painful you must be feeling frustrated that you cannot get your new home sorted 🌸

Get well soon Tanith so that you can enjoy your new home 🏡 🌺

Not going to ignore you tanith……..sorry you are suffering and I’ve never heard of sciatica affecting the groin and front of leg but I imagine it is horrendously painful. Well done to DD and GC for helping out and fingers crossed for a speedy recovery. Do let us know how you get on. 💐

DH always had bouts of sciatica but last year he was absolutely felled by it. A really awful and frightening episode. We managed it with painkillers from the GP and booked an appointment with a physio at our gym. It was difficult to get him there as he was in so much pain. However, he was given a very thorough going over and the source of the pain identified. He was then given a series of specific exercises to do daily and another appointment made. Well. What an amazing difference this made. He did the exercises and had another appointment and gradually the pain receded and he could actually stand up straight. One more appointment to be given exercises to continue doing in the gym and he's a new man.
Importantly there has never been a recurrence of his old episodes of sciatica. He can even say that this big awful episode was probably useful as it led to ongoing improvement.
Good luck tanith

I had sciatica a couple of years ago having previously suffering for about 25 years earlier. I had forgotten how excruciatingly painful it was. A 4 year old girl in my class asked me why I was crying one day. I know I took over the recommended painkillers in a day but at this stage I didn't care. Some exercises I googled helped a bit.

It is hell. I finished up with surgery - a microdiscectomy. Instant relief. Sending a hand hold.

It turns out that DHs problem was a disc that was wanting to herniate but the surrounding muscles had gone into complete spasm to try to prevent it bulging. The exercises seemed to encourage the disc back into place as the muscles surrounding it worked more effectively. All v odd. Not complaining though. Good result.

Thank you all for understanding Im just trying to find excercises for sciatic groin pain as I'm pretty sure my usual back sciatica excercises wont work for this. Back to bed I go for a nap xx

Oh so sorry tanith sciatica is the most horrible thing. I had the DGC coming to stay last year, I was getting their beds ready when i suddenly had the most horrible pain in my back and groin.
I hobbled about all weekend, it was awful. I took 5 months to feel a little better, hope it’s quicker for you.

Poor you, tanith. Sciatica is so painful. I hope you make a steady recovery and the pain is managed.

Did they check your X-ray thoroughly!?

Not wishing to upset you, tanith, but I had an excruciating pain in my groin and managed to see the GP (after getting past the receptionist!). The GP was concerned it could be an inguinal hernia which is in the groin, was satisfied it wasn't but sent me for an X-ray and the pubic bone was fractured but undisplaced. No idea how it happened so I was sent for a DEXA scan. Ask for a review of the X-ray.
Sciatica (which I have too) is usually, but not always, in the buttocks, going down the leg.

tanith

Thank you all for understanding Im just trying to find excercises for sciatic groin pain as I'm pretty sure my usual back sciatica excercises wont work for this. Back to bed I go for a nap xx

Be careful what you do.
I'm awaiting physiotherapy.

A first treatment is diazepam which relaxes the muscles around the disc and relieves the spasm and allows healing. It can bring enormous relief. Worth asking GP for this.

Luckygirl3

A first treatment is diazepam which relaxes the muscles around the disc and relieves the spasm and allows healing. It can bring enormous relief. Worth asking GP for this.

Who knew there was treatment other than paracetamol!!

Our GP surgery never suggests anything like that.

DH was helped by very specific exercises. We could never have found them online. A specialist physio is important. However, also well worth pursuing Allira's suggestion too.
I know its easy to say but you truly wont always feel like this. That always cheers me up when I'm in the depths of pain.

I know its easy to say but you truly wont always feel like this
That's reassuring!

If you've had an X-ray and it's been examined by an orthopaedic surgeon, as mine was, and it's not a fracture, then it could be a muscle or tendon tear and you do need to take it easy.
Why do these things happen at the most inopportune times?

Sciatica pain was the cause of the only time I’ve ever seen my mother cry. Excruciating.

I don’t have any miracle remedies but do sympathise as I’m just recovering from a bout of sacro-iliac pain. It began when I was expecting my dd, who is 38 now, and has recurred at intervals ever since.

I hope you feel better soon.

It is getting on for 30 years since I had a trapped sciatic nerve.
The pain was intense, I didn’t get downstairs for almost three weeks and even then the effects lasted for weeks after that.
What really annoyed me, was when people said oh I-had that I had real difficulty getting around or out and about.
Getting around!!
Getting out and about.!!
I was virtually crawling to the bathroom taking ten minutes to get there.
In fact I tried not drinking to save having to go, bad idea.
Real sciatica is a dreadful thing.
The good thing is that I have never had it since.

DH was just like that usedtobeblonde. I suspect it's easier for men. There's a big jug in our cupboard that we won't be using again!!

I cut the top off a plastic bottle when my OH was in that situation. Suffice to say he informed me that the edge was rather sharp - or words to that effect!!