Before I fork out for a PT (GP is completely useless), has anyone else had any experience with the following symptoms:
After a tough HM, felt tired but nothing out of the ordinary for the rest of the day, or the next day. The third day after the race, started to notice a sharp, nerve-y stabbing pain in the back of my hamstring on my left leg, which alternated between being dead centre at the back, and more towards the back of the knee. Sitting down and doing nothing, there is no pain. The pain comes when walking, at the point where the affected leg plants on the ground, and is most severe at the point where the foot pushes off the ground as part of the walking stride. Walking with a limp is manageable (but painful), but walking up sets of stairs is awful. Sometimes there is some accompanying achey pain deep in the glute. I can only describe the hamstring pain as “stabbing†– it is a severe, sharp, nerve pain. NSAIDs help a great deal.
The following is almost certainly related:
After a hard session, I have often found I get a similar pain sitting at my desk. Again, it feels ‘nervy’, and comes on with the slightest movement of my leg in the wrong direction while seated. The pain starts around the kneecap, and feels like a crackling electric shock going down the front of my shin. It is very uncomfortable but only lasts a second. It is most likely to come on when I have been sitting down for a while (I have a desk job, and sit for at least 8-9 hours a day).
From what I can gather, if it was anything disc-related I would probably know about it (and I don’t have any accompanying back pain). I have read about piriformis syndrome but the description of it doesn’t sound quite right – for one thing the pain in my glute region isn’t that bad at all, and piriformis stretches don’t relieve the hamstring pain at all. I am fairly sure my sciatic nerve is being impinged in some way but none of my initial consultations with Dr Google seem to fit the bill.
Very grateful for your collective wisdom.