Welcome,
Has there been any Xrays or other imaging, or advanced PT evaluation, or possibly a chiropractor evaluation?

tightness
sciatic pain (it can shoot electrical spasms from buttock down leg )
bad fall onto my back
These make me think some soft tissue & alignment/body work might be something to look into..

Meds won't fix the issue.. They might be needed at times, if it is not easily fixable...
Body work, PT /DC may be a better option for a possible fix..

https://www.neurotalk.org/members/10...cture5102.html

You can explore You tube videos on sciatic pain, bodywork and such.

Hi Ontario Canada

Welcome to NeuroTalk .

As well as the good ideas from Jo*Mar the peripheral neuropathy forum is worth checking out.

You can also use the Search option here (https://www.neurotalk.org/search.php) to find topics and threads which could help you.

Best wishes.

Welcome Ontario Canada

Hope you find an answer.

Kitt

Welcome, Ontario Canada!

I've had several sciatica attacks over the years, and if they were bad enough, I had physical therapy for them, and that helped a lot.

Other times I just tried to rest whenever the pain was kicking up.

I understand that sciatica is often due to degenerative disc disease. As we get older, the discs degenerate and cause problems for us.

I've known some people who've had surgery for degenerative disc disease but nowadays more conservative treatment is preferred. I think we're supposed to wait it out, use common sense, rest when the pain is bad, etc.

Thank you very much for your responses. Tomorrow I have an appt with a podiatrist in hopes he can help with this until I can have MRI.
I have been to a chiro and have had physio in the past. I think the physio did help me as things seem to be accelerating since I have not been going.
I look forward to any further suggestions and I pray this is sciatica that can be fixed with physio or exercises or whatever I need to do.
So nice to have found a support group.