How I fixed my pain completely.
Im a 22 year old male, highly active and month ago I got into bouldering. The runs I was doing required excessive dynamic movements, I had a blast doing them so I kept doing it, like I mean rapidly, often climbing 5x a week no stretching, nothing.
My body finally caught up to me and I started getting extreme sciatic pain, radiating around the top left glute and pinching all the way down to the left side of my foot causing numbness. - I was completely freaked out, screaming in pain when I’d wake up from sudden quick movements. Tried PT but I was only getting electric padding and a heat pad, which honestly didn’t help at all. I was frustrated, started having dark thoughts- literally just a week ago.
My solution came to me when I realized that I was waking up in agonizing pain, which would make me sore and ache for the whole day. I thought to myself, maybe it’s my mattress..? I currently slept close to the floor on a very firm thin mattress, this was literally compressing and pinching my nerve in my sleep, leading to insane pain in the morning and lack of sleep. I ended up switching to a mattress with a frame and a lot more cushioned for my hips and lower back to sink into, and boom, pain free the next few days afterward. I’m on day 3 of this new mattress and all my symptoms are fading away. Honestly so relieved. Hope this helps anyone. By the way I have no disc issues or anything, just pinched nerve from exertion.