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Cool, cheers both for the advice.
If it is something a bit more serious like that should I be laying off the bike or is cycling unlikely to do it any harm?
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It really depends on the cause. Often doing no activity can be bad for a bad back, but doing too much or incorrect things can also be detrimental. In short MRI and then diagnosis and ignore advice from the inter webs.
If activity is not making things worse then it may be ok, but gentle and moderate.
dancing james
Exactly what @ObiWomKenobi said. Get MRI and then a proper diagnosis.
Any Physio, chiropractor , osteopath who tries to diagnose without an MRI is just guessing.
Two people with similar symptoms may require very different treatment so please get your own treatment and not assume what worked for someone else will be correct for you.
When I got sciatica it felt like tightness in my hamstrings so I stretched more and this antagonised it badly. One Physio also gave me stretches for the nerve which made things worse. I was studying anatomy and physiology as part of becoming a yoga instructor at the time the lecturer was an osteopath and I asked him for advice. He said outright he wouldn't offer any advice without an MRI and that anyone who gave advice without was just guessing. So I saw my GP got an MRI referral and was told I'd have to wait for 6 weeks for the NHS. I was in such agony I paid for a private MRI and private Physio until NHS Physio started.