Apologies as the text is just cut and pasted from my blog, but I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with this sort of thing?
Any insight or advice appreciated!
Cheers, Andy.
www.jyonnobitime.com/time
I woke up in the middle of the night to a sharp pain in the inside of my left groin, making it difficult to sleep. Through the day at work the pain spread down the inside of my thigh. Across the front of the thigh. And down to the knee.
No pain when still but simple acts like stairs or getting into the car become painful. I couldn't raise my left knee at all.
I thought that it was maybe some strained muscle from playing football yesterday. But the muscle wasn't tender to touch. So I decided to see the local chiropractor.
After I told him the symptoms, he seemed sure of what it was straight away. A trapped nerve in the lower back. Sure enough, when he examined me, the left side of my lower back was sore to touch.
The sciata nerve has its root in the spine. This is the longest nerve in the body. Stretching right down to the foot. The pain comes from the spinal chord but is felt along the course of the nerve. The pain in the leg or foot is often worse than in the back.
The chiropractor thinks the root of the nerve has been trapped due to stretching or bending down on the bike for long periods, causing the bones in the spine to squash together, irritating the nerve root.
Today I had some electronic impulse therapy. Followed by a light massage. Followed by a back stretching machine. (All for 600 yen!)
The painful symptoms still remain though. I'll go back to the chiropractor again tomorrow. And also try some light stretching and of course rest. If there are no problems, hopefully the pain will go away in a few days.
Looks like a weekend of beer and onsen!
Any insight or advice appreciated!
Cheers, Andy.
www.jyonnobitime.com/time
I woke up in the middle of the night to a sharp pain in the inside of my left groin, making it difficult to sleep. Through the day at work the pain spread down the inside of my thigh. Across the front of the thigh. And down to the knee.
No pain when still but simple acts like stairs or getting into the car become painful. I couldn't raise my left knee at all.
I thought that it was maybe some strained muscle from playing football yesterday. But the muscle wasn't tender to touch. So I decided to see the local chiropractor.
After I told him the symptoms, he seemed sure of what it was straight away. A trapped nerve in the lower back. Sure enough, when he examined me, the left side of my lower back was sore to touch.
The sciata nerve has its root in the spine. This is the longest nerve in the body. Stretching right down to the foot. The pain comes from the spinal chord but is felt along the course of the nerve. The pain in the leg or foot is often worse than in the back.
The chiropractor thinks the root of the nerve has been trapped due to stretching or bending down on the bike for long periods, causing the bones in the spine to squash together, irritating the nerve root.
Today I had some electronic impulse therapy. Followed by a light massage. Followed by a back stretching machine. (All for 600 yen!)
The painful symptoms still remain though. I'll go back to the chiropractor again tomorrow. And also try some light stretching and of course rest. If there are no problems, hopefully the pain will go away in a few days.
Looks like a weekend of beer and onsen!