Hi Ontario

I have experienced both a trapped sciatic nerve at 28 and Peripheral Neuropathy (PN) in my 50s so have experienced both sets of symptoms.

The sharp shooting pains in the groin are not sciatica. I experienced those symptoms in the gentleman area at the height of my PN. The pain was intense and pulsating. But worse was the mental anguish. What if things just continue to get worse, what terrors lay ahead? But things did not get worse. They got better. After two weeks or so those symptoms disappeared.

I have nothing more than a theory but I believe that PN makes all other pain worse. So that if you are vulnerable to sciatica, PN will exacerbate those symptoms.

My approach to dealing with PN is to create the optimum conditions that allow the body to heal itself. Optimum diet and nutrition, supplements, exercise, stretching, massage and rest have all helped me.
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