Sciatica in left leg now in left arm !!
 

Over the last 2 Months I have just recovered from bad sciatica down left leg ( left leg atrophy but I can walk ok with no pain now but some weakness ).

A few weeks after this, I developed a sciatica down the left arm. Pain in shoulder, arm. Neck feels achy. Muscles tender to touch like a nerve pain. No numbness or pins and needles. The pain is bad at night and difficult to get comfortable. Also I have developed phlegm in the throat over the last Month but I do not have cold so I cough to get a little mucus up.

The doctor has put me back on the medicines he gave me for the leg ( declofenic, co-codamal, amitrytpline. I am awaiting the results of the MRI for the leg, now the pain is gone here.

I am in despair now thinking I have a tumor that has spread or a neurological disease. I cant have another MRI just having gone though one for the lumbar area only.

The only thing I can attribute this too is that during the Month I had off work, I was sitting at home on my computer. I was slouched forward to take weight off spine base but my head was raised upwards ( or backwards ) to view screen for up to 5 hours a day for a Month.

Can anyone comment please?

Many thanks

tony
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You probably did irritate the neck & surrounding muscles by slouching and possibly tilting to relieve pressures?
Did you use a cane or crutch on the one side at all?
That could affect the body too.

The muscles may be spasming and compressing on the nerves a bit.

As long as you don't have any serious cervical spine issues, some heat or ice if that feels best for you , gentle stretches and range or motion movements are good to do.

If it is really painful ask for some phys therapy to get things back on the healing track.

posture is a very important thing

thanks for your input i am hoping for some therapy for the neck, this is worse than leg sciatica