Hey Beni,

I got that too and it’s on the sciatic and the piriformis muscle in the butt might do the same.

yeah, piriformis can press on the sciatic nerve too. But since you feel it while lifting something heavy, I guess it has to be a disc bulge, right? Did you get a scan to have it confirmed?

I don’t really have pain it’s more like my right leg, right back feels different by times mostly when emotional or when I lift too heavy. I don’t know how reliable it is.

Do you also feel it while snowboarding/skateboarding? You mentioned that you sometimes fall and experience pain, and then you start fearing a little… is it your sciatic pain that you feel when you fall?

I can imagine and worry how it is to find new strategies for self regulation when those things don’t work at all. It broke me last spring when I was in pain a lot and that is one thing.

I am glad you are now better, not experiencing so much pain. You said it was caused by a lot of physical activity. Was it caused by heavy lifting by any chance? Sometimes people get a disc bulge while weight lifting, or even by working their leg muscles in the gym.

Have you done some exercises for pain relief after it happened? Or it just went away on its own?

I feel relieved to read that you find way’s to live with it and function cause it show’s that it’s possible.

Yeah, I went to physical therapy (after it was determined it was a disc bulge), but it didn’t respond that well at first. But then I did a lot of swimming in the summer (swimming on my back), and that finally helped. Now I am maintaining it with regular exercise at home, light walks and cautious lifestyle, as I said. And a more positive mindset as well. But I feel I wouldn’t be able to ski or do any sports with my injury, so it’s very limiting 🙁

Maybe there is a way to make progress with it, maybe to exercise more, push myself more. But I am a bit apprehensive to push myself too much, because it starts hurting. So far I am happy that I can maintain this relatively low level of pain, even if it limits me quite a bit.

Cool, thanks for sharing.

You are welcome!

Hiooo to you too 🙂