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Sorry to hear that. All injuries get you down. Is it definitely sciatica? I managed to induce something similar a couple of years ago. When you describe it everyone says sounds like sciatica but after a full assessment by a physio it turned out to be piriformis syndrome caused by a switched off glute and a friend of mine has been diagnosed with the same recently caused by a dropped hip and shortened muscle in his lower back on the opposite side and he was initially diagnosed with sciatica as well apparently they get confused often and and treatment depends on the cause. Once you've found the cause self treatment is ok on your own as it's mainly stretching and strength/activation work so no need for physio apart from the initial diagnosis. In the meantime strengthening and stretching exercises won't hurt and if your running maybe do loops so if it flares up you can stop straight away and avoid the long limp home.
Good luck with it 💪
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Is it definitely sciatica?
Isn't Sciatica just a symptom? As in the root cause could be anything that causes back / leg pain.
Having a physio identify the cause & provide self-treatment is a sound approach though.
I'm can't see trying to diagnose it over the internet having much potential for success though, unfortunately.
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Thanks. I haven't come across piriformis so I'll check it out. It's a strange thing because I have a manual job, lots of bending and lifting every day but it doesn't seem to aggravate it in the same way running does.
I do think I'm quite heavy footed when I run. I had some knee issues that got cleared up by working on my cadence. I was down near 140 which I got up to around 155 on my steady runs. It's still pretty terrible I know but I'm 196cm if that's any defence.
I think I will have to squeak in a physio trip (if/when that's allowed?). When I was rehabbing I did a lot of stretching and flexibility work, massage gun, even 3d printed a psoas stretcher but I don't think it was really solving the issue, just holding it at bay.
Rambling post, thanks for everyone elses input too
NotThamesWater
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Has anyone come back strong from sciatica?
This time last year I was training for an ultra and the plan I was following called for 5x5 minute intervals at 90-95% effort. I was near a track so I thought this would be ideal, it was my first time on one. Toward the end of the session I felt something go in my left leg (my inside leg on the track). After about two hours I could barely walk without tears, it was awful.
I didn't run for 6 weeks then managed to ease back into it and ran a decent marathon (for me) during 1st lockdown. I was so fed up of nursing it that I threw in the towel after that.
I miss it though so I did 5k a few weeks back but even with all this rest I could still feel it. Paying for physio will be a struggle at the minute (covid/furlough etc). Has anyone got any advice?