I've been getting a prickly feeling my toes some days on my left foot as well as coldness even though my foot is not cold. I've also noticed a very very slight pain in my backside every now and again. I hurt my back last Christmas and got sciatica back then as well.
Can you get sciatica with the signs just in the foot and in the buttock and no where else down the leg?
> I've been getting a prickly feeling my toes some days on my left foot as > well as coldness even though my foot is not cold. I've also noticed a very > very slight pain in my backside every now and again. I hurt my back last > Christmas and got sciatica back then as well.
> Can you get sciatica with the signs just in the foot and in the buttock and > no where else down the leg?
Yes you can. The sciatic nerve contains motor and sensory nerves, thus you can get odd sensations without much pain,..but in the classic definition, "sciatica" means pain, caused by compression of part of the nerve at a particular lumbar level. There are 3 or 4 (not sure) lumbar nerve exits which form the sciatic nerve. A word of caution tho,.some odd sensations in the feet, in older folks, can be due to reduced blood circulation. Best to ask the Doc about it to be sure.
On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:38:01 +0000, Byron Hinson wrote: > I've been getting a prickly feeling my toes some days on my left foot as > well as coldness even though my foot is not cold. I've also noticed a very > very slight pain in my backside every now and again. I hurt my back last > Christmas and got sciatica back then as well.
> Can you get sciatica with the signs just in the foot and in the buttock > and no where else down the leg?
The pain I have is down the backside of my right leg, down the heel and around the right side of the right foot. Sometimes even in the middle 3 toes. The pain starts in the lower lumbar and works it way down. Sometimes the meds work well and other times i wish I could rip the nerve centers out.
> On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:38:01 +0000, Byron Hinson wrote: > > I've been getting a prickly feeling my toes some days on my left foot as > > well as coldness even though my foot is not cold. I've also noticed a very > > very slight pain in my backside every now and again. I hurt my back last > > Christmas and got sciatica back then as well.
> > Can you get sciatica with the signs just in the foot and in the buttock > > and no where else down the leg?
> The pain I have is down the backside of my right leg, down the heel and > around the right side of the right foot. Sometimes even in the middle 3 > toes. The pain starts in the lower lumbar and works it way down. Sometimes > the meds work well and other times i wish I could rip the nerve centers > out.
> Top
Aloha Byron and All!
The short answer to your question Byron is, YES.
I've had Sciatica pain in my left buttock, leg and foot for about 9 years out of the 10 1/2 (or so) that I've had severe back pain. Odd thing is that I didn't have ANY sciatica pain until I let the surgeons "start in on me" and after the 2nd of the three surgeries (fusion). Neither I nor the surgeon knows what he could have done to have caused that (those) nerves to start generating pain, however, given the concentration of nerves branching out from our Lumbar region of the spine, I can imagine it wouldn't take much "messing around" in there to cause that.
Funny thing about your description about how your foot feels Byron; that's EXACTLY how mine feels at times Too! Unfortunately, I DO have pain running down from my lower, lower back-buttock-left leg. Like Top, I too want (and wanted) to rip that particular nerve out and went so far as to ask my doctor if it was possible to kill it or remove it. This was when I still had my non-pain management doc and she said, "Oh sure, we could kill the nerve, but then you'll lose the use of that leg." My knee jerk reaction to her was, "OH, well then, forget it." However, there have been a few times over the past decade that I think I would have preferred having it done because it can (and does) drive a person crazy at times. The heck of it is is I was told that there isn't much else the medical professionals can do for sciatica pain as even the strongest opiod medications do not and cannot even "touch" that type of pain. (Heavy sigh...)
I think you got your answer now. May I ask YOU one? Since you've been dealing with this for so long, have you ever gone to your doctor about it or had an MRI or even an X-ray to see if you have bulging or herniated discs?
Also, Jason's comment about what age you are could be a factor too. If you haven't gone to the doctors to find out the extent of whatever damage you did to your back by now, I wouldn't wait for it to get any worse. The worse your back is and the older you are make the odds of a successful surgery go quickly down as the years go by.
Just some advice from some people here that are in 'the know'.
> On Oct 27, 5:05 pm, Top <t...@neo.rr.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:38:01 +0000, Byron Hinson wrote: > > > I've been getting a prickly feeling my toes some days on my left foot as > > > well as coldness even though my foot is not cold. I've also noticed a very > > > very slight pain in my backside every now and again. I hurt my back last > > > Christmas and got sciatica back then as well.
> > > Can you get sciatica with the signs just in the foot and in the buttock > > > and no where else down the leg?
> > The pain I have is down the backside of my right leg, down the heel and > > around the right side of the right foot. Sometimes even in the middle 3 > > toes. The pain starts in the lower lumbar and works it way down. Sometimes > > the meds work well and other times i wish I could rip the nerve centers > > out.
> > Top
> Aloha Byron and All!
> The short answer to your question Byron is, YES.
> I've had Sciatica pain in my left buttock, leg and foot for about 9 > years out of the 10 1/2 (or so) that I've had severe back pain. Odd > thing is that I didn't have ANY sciatica pain until I let the surgeons > "start in on me" and after the 2nd of the three surgeries (fusion). > Neither I nor the surgeon knows what he could have done to have caused > that (those) nerves to start generating pain, however, given the > concentration of nerves branching out from our Lumbar region of the > spine, I can imagine it wouldn't take much "messing around" in there > to cause that.
> Funny thing about your description about how your foot feels Byron; > that's EXACTLY how mine feels at times Too! Unfortunately, I DO have > pain running down from my lower, lower back-buttock-left leg. Like > Top, I too want (and wanted) to rip that particular nerve out and went > so far as to ask my doctor if it was possible to kill it or remove it. > This was when I still had my non-pain management doc and she said, "Oh > sure, we could kill the nerve, but then you'll lose the use of that > leg." My knee jerk reaction to her was, "OH, well then, forget it." > However, there have been a few times over the past decade that I think > I would have preferred having it done because it can (and does) drive > a person crazy at times. The heck of it is is I was told that there > isn't much else the medical professionals can do for sciatica pain as > even the strongest opiod medications do not and cannot even "touch" > that type of pain. (Heavy sigh...)
> I think you got your answer now. May I ask YOU one? Since you've been > dealing with this for so long, have you ever gone to your doctor about > it or had an MRI or even an X-ray to see if you have bulging or > herniated discs?
> Also, Jason's comment about what age you are could be a factor too. If > you haven't gone to the doctors to find out the extent of whatever > damage you did to your back by now, I wouldn't wait for it to get any > worse. The worse your back is and the older you are make the odds of a > successful surgery go quickly down as the years go by.
> Just some advice from some people here that are in 'the know'.
> On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:20:40 +1100, "Jason James" <a...@peace.com> wrote > something wonderfully witty:
> >"Byron Hinson" <by...@activewin.com> wrote in message > >news:ZHKUi.112386$j16.96928@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net... > >> I've been getting a prickly feeling my toes some days on my left foot as > >> well as coldness even though my foot is not cold. I've also noticed a very > >> very slight pain in my backside every now and again. I hurt my back last > >> Christmas and got sciatica back then as well.
> >> Can you get sciatica with the signs just in the foot and in the buttock > >and > >> no where else down the leg?
> >Yes you can. The sciatic nerve contains motor and sensory nerves, thus you > >can get odd sensations without much pain,..but in the classic definition, > >"sciatica" means pain, caused by compression of part of the nerve at a > >particular lumbar level. There are 3 or 4 (not sure) lumbar nerve exits > >which form the sciatic nerve. A word of caution tho,.some odd sensations > >in the feet, in older folks, can be due to reduced blood circulation. Best > >to ask the Doc about it to be sure.
> >Jason
> Although sciatica is a relatively common form of low back pain and leg > pain, the true meaning of the term often is misunderstood. Sciatica is > a set of symptoms rather than a diagnosis for what is irritating the > root of the nerve, causing the pain. This point is important, because > treatment for sciatica or sciatic symptoms often will be different, > depending upon the underlying cause of the symptoms.
> Sciatica is pain caused by general compression and/or irritation of > one of five nerve roots that are branches of the sciatic nerve. The > pain is felt in the lower back, buttock, and/or various parts of the > leg and foot. In addition to pain, which is sometimes severe, there > may be numbness, muscular weakness, and difficulty in moving or > controlling the leg. Typically, the symptoms are only felt on one side > of the body.
Yes,..severe sciatica over a number of years also causes the nerve to grow scar tissue at the point of collusion or pinching. Unfortunately, this causes the incidence of pinching to increase due reduced clearance thru the bone structures. One favourite "treatment" for sciatica performed by Chiros, is to apply great pressure with his/her's elbow, at the point where the inflammed nerve passes into the buttock. This $60 numbing treatment only lasts 1-2 hours. Nerve stretching which you can do yourself can give partial relief of pain. I lie on my back and pull the leg on the effected up by the knee at such an angle that the knee more or less moves towards the opposite shoulder. Works for a few minutes.
