Leg/buttock Pain

[hammerman]

Doing some plumbing at home on sunday afternoon. When i finished, i felt a small pain at the top of my hamstring, buttock area. I thought nothing more of it.

Monday morning, it was agony. It has remained agony to this day and if anything, it's getting worse.

I first thought i might of strained or torn a mussel but im a fairly quick healer with things like that and i'd usually start to see an improvement. But this is dreadful. Paracetomols relieve the pain a bit but not much and i can't take ibuprofen due to other medication im on.

the pain is all around the back of my thigh and into the hip area. I can walk ok but going upstairs or doing anything that involves lifting my leg any more than 6" off the ground is bad. Watching me put my socks on is a real scream !!!

Could i have trapped a nerve...maybe a touch of sciatica ? I don't want to go to the quacks just yet so would prefer advice on here.

many thanks

[murraymints]

could be sciatica but best see your doc..hope it's better sooooooon.

[sandyRoe]

It sounds like sciatica. See your doctor for something to help with the pain and try to find a chiropractor. They can help.

[janbee]

I had this and it was diagnosed as sciatica. It took a while to go and I still get twinges every now and then. I hope you get medical help soon and are soon feeling very much better. xx

[RATTER15]

^^^^^ as above.

[Sqad]

I agree....sciatica.

Ibuprofen is the drug of choice in my opinion.......even though certain medications that your taking may prohibit it's use.

Make sure that you take enough Paracetamol, at least 1000mgms on one dose.

[malagabob]

Trapped nerve sounds like.

[Mosaic]

The gluteus maximus (bum muscle) is a sod when it get's wrenched because it is a big deep muscle making it harder to effectively boost the healing circulation to reduce the swelling therefore reduce the pain. Plus, rubbing your bum is embarrassing if you are caught doing it.
So on top of the above advice, try the tennis ball trick.....place a nice hard tennis ball between the painful bum cheek and a hard wall. Lean into it, move it round slowly. Has the effect of massaging deeper into the tissue.
And give it time, it will eventually go away. Not the tennis ball. The pain.

[Sqad]

Mosaic

\\And give it time, it will eventually go away. Not the tennis ball. The pain.\\

LOL.....are you sure?.......LOL......funny times that we live in now......;-)

[sandyRoe]

May I add, if you're going to do that exercise with the tennis ball, don't be doing it in public :-)

[daffy654]

^^ or naked ;)