Severe back pain with burning sensation down right leg

The good news is that the epidural showed your pain can be relieved. Also your nerve conductive test shows there is no nerve impingement. But if you do not take positive action, this could become a problem.

At what level is the disc herniation?

If your symptoms are being caused by the disc, then it is bulging to the right and hitting the sciatic nerve. Sciatica can also be muscular and not disc. Here is one test to find out:

1) Lie on your back on the floor.
2) Lift your head and shoulders off the ground and look at your toes.
3) Without bending your knee, slowly lift your right leg about 3 feet / 30 degrees off the ground.

If this increases your symptoms, it is disc related.
If this does NOT increase your symptoms, it is probably muscular.

Each treatment is different so if you will please try this (or at least let me know you are here and still checking back in) I can suggest different types of therapy.

Thank you so much responding and sorry it took me so long to repy! I'm truly at my wits end! I ended up having a microdecompression and it relieved my back pain, but I'm still having severe nerve pain and it's getting worse!

My disc herniation was at L5, S1.

I just tried the exercise and it did not increase the pain, so I guess it's muscular!

Any suggestions you have would be GREATLY appreciated!!!

As you still have a severe injury, proceed with caution. Actually this is a good time to figure out the problem. When you hit the right spot you will get more pain or some relief. I am not allowed to post direct link.

Your hip flexor is tight. This will compress your lower back as well as give you hip issues. Even healthy people need to do this once a week for ONE HALF HOUR per LEG! Could be also one side is tighter than the other so check for that.
1) "Progressive groin stretch" (Do a Google search)

Your piriformis muscle is tight:
2) "[PDF] Seated Hip Stretch" (Do a Google search for the one by "motionwise"

Also check on your own to see if one leg turns OUTWARDS easier than the other. If so, you will find the other leg does not turn INWARDS as well as the other.

Your hamstring is tight. Again, check to see if one leg is tighter than the other.
3) "lie on back hamstring stretch with strap" (Do a Google search)

Depending on how these work, if you are motivated, I can give you 3 more. There IS some trial and error. Also what works today may not work tomorrow and you will need / respond to another exercise.

Thank you so much! I'm going to google all these stretches and try them in the morning! I'll keep you posted on how they work and go from there!

The Seated Hip Stretch seems to bring the most relief! Are there any other exercises/stretches you can recommend to loosen up my piriformis muscle? Let me know. Thanks so much!

Good News!
Here are 5 more. See what works for you.

1) "Assisted hip lift" (Do a Google search)
2) "Bird dip exercise" (Do a Google search)
- The leg in the air stays in a straight line with your torso.
- Standing leg is ~ straight.
- Hold onto something for balance if needed.
3) "Internal and External Rotation of the Hips with the E Cise of the Week" (On Youtube)
4) "Counter Stretch E-cise. (Do a Google search)
- You may have better results by strongly pointing your toes in ( Pigeon Toed) while bending forwards.
5) "Inner Outer thighs e-cise". (Do a Google search)

really this information is very good . Thank you so much for this info . sorry for big mail

when i tried below method then my symptom not increase .
1) Lie on your back on the floor.
2) Lift your head and shoulders off the ground and look at your toes.
3) Without bending your knee, slowly lift your right leg about 3 feet / 30 degrees off the ground


but when i do below i feel pain in my left back and it goes up to left foot below knee .please suggest what is the problem ..my MRI report shows that "there are an Annular Fissure with Posterocentral protrusion of the partially desiccated L5-S1 Disc indenting the Bilateral traversing SI nerve roots."

[1] stand straight .
[2] pull my left leg (like i am wearing trouser)
[3] then move it clock or anti clock wise

No from right leg i dont have same symptoms , only thing when i walk so much then my pain sifted to right waist sometimes . i am showing to ortho spine surgon .
he suggested to take Gabantin for weeks . i took it for 2 weeks so my back nerve pain reduced but there is buring sensation on my both left and right thigh .he told me to for blood test (for Arthritis )

please suggest any exercise or tretment if some one facing same problem