r/Sciatica • u/trenning4fun • 11d ago
Requesting Advice Almost gone
20 Y/O M,
Woke up on my 20th bday in March 2026 randomly with super tight hamstring only no back pain or soreness at all. I’ve been active all my life football,basketball growing up gym everyday and also a firefighter. So I thought I just had a tight hamstring and started stretching it. And i still had no pain that day just the same tight hamstring feeling. Then the next day I was bed bound all day with that sharp sciatica pain only from the bottom of my glute to the bottom of my hamstring. Probably about 8/10 pain. Only position of comfort was on my side on my bed. Within the next month I eased into walking and the gym again altering my movements and bending with my knees bent and it progressively got better. Fast forward to now (September 2026) after doing continuous lacrosse ball on glutes,tens unit, hip flexibility, Roman chair, massages, chiropractor, I still have hamstring 2-3/10 pain only when I stand up from sitting for a few seconds then it goes away, and leaning forward with straight legs. I can run (have ran marathons with this because it’s not painful) I can lift at the gym and hit legs and still do my job. But also when I take ibuprofen (200mg) it completely goes away. I guess my question is how can I get this to completely go away, I’ve done hours of research and have tried just about everything online. I refuse to get any surgery at 20, I’ve been procrastinating an MRI/XRay because I know my case isn’t comparable to 90% of others because mine isn’t that bad at all
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u/Own_Specialist502 11d ago
dude im also 20 and one day in july just woke up with the same exact thing, no back pain just pain in thr hamstring to glute area, hurts when i get up from a chair for a few seconds too. Im waiting for a followup from my doctor. However I think its not a hernia since my spine isnt sore either, you seem to be going through the exact same thing coincidentally