I noticed my new orthopedic physician for the primary time as we speak (my earlier one had retired). I acquired shocking information: I’ve sciatica from my again (not the hip, similar to piriformis muscle). An mri of my again exhibits bulging lumber disk and spinal stenosis, proper the place the sciatic nerve comes out on the left aspect. The situation is reasonable so underneath regular circumstances the nerve isn’t compressed. However something the inflames the disk can compress the disk and trigger sciatica. This explains why I acquired my first signs of sciatica after exercising too strenuously a few month in the past. Then it calmed down after a few weeks, and I flared it up once more with extra train. It additionally explains why the PT workouts I’ve been doing, that are each for the piriformis muscle and the SI joint, didn’t work in addition to they did up to now as a result of they don’t seem to be immediately focusing on the lumbar backbone. For now he’s going to start out me on a course of prednisone, which he thinks will do the trick as a result of the sciatica has already calmed down so much. I’m allowed to train, together with driving my bike and PT workouts, so long as there isn’t any signal of sciatica. I’ll begin to add extra depth and again off as wanted. I may also look into PT workouts particularly for the lumbar space there’s a good reference right here). I’d prefer to construct up the muscle tissue on this space so it’s much less fragile sooner or later.