4 weeks in and still can’t walk normally! sciatica/degenerative disc story
It started 4 weeks ago on a Tuesday. I was at class 15 of a 20 class yoga challenge when I had my right toe in my right hand stretched out for about 2 seconds and felt a weird pull in my right glute. I didn’t think much of it, I was able to finish the class and walk out normally.
I decided to keep walking 10k steps a day after the injury and went to 2 stretching classes that week thinking movement would help. Then Saturday morning I walked 2 miles thinking it was helping and couldn’t walk home. My sister had to pick me up and I haven’t walked normally since. Sunday was the worst day, I had to crawl to the toilet.
I started seeing a myofascial release practitioner who told me I’d be walking in 5 days. I genuinely felt better, was off ibuprofen for two days and had real hope.
Then I saw an energy healer I’d seen once before. What I didn’t expect was that she got on the massage table, loosened my legs with her feet which felt okay then said “trust me” and crawled onto my back like a Thai massage. I never consented to bodywork. This reinjured me badly!! The pain shot up to a 10 and I ended up in the ER. They gave me a ketorolac injection and oral steroids and sent me home with tramadol and lidocaine patches. X-rays showed degenerative disc disease and arthritis I didn’t know I had. But gave me no real answers. I’m still waiting for my pcp appt I finally got this Friday 🤞
It’s now been 4 weeks and I’ve had 3 acupuncture sessions waiting for another myo facia release (he’s always booked)which are the only thing that have actually helped. The nerve burning has significantly decreased, the toe numbness is almost gone and I can almost stand straight. But I still can’t walk normally and the deep piriformis muscle pain is making hard to sleep
My question for this community…how long did it take you to walk normally again? And has anyone had a similar experience where a well-meaning treatment set them back significantly? I feel like I’d be walking by now if that hadn’t happened and I’m trying to make peace with it.