Hello- I am a 21 year old female and for
the past few months I have been
experiencing some lower back pain- but it
seems to be radiating down my right leg as
well. When I sit I feel the pain in my
butt and it is umcomfortable for me to sit
down on hard surfaces for a long time
(which is hard because I am taking a 4
hour class- 5 days a week) I have gone to
my chiropractor and he says if my
condidtion does not improve I will have to
go for an mri to see if something is
interferring with my sciatic nerve. I
have a couple questions and hopefully
someone who may have experienced this type
of pain can clear things up for me:
1. I have done some research on sciatica
information and it seems that most people
feel pain down the back of their legs- but
a lot of my pain seems to go into my knee-
when driving or sitting in a car the pain
in my knee is almost unbearable- I was
wondering if knee pain can be associated
with this diagnosis.
2. Along with the back and leg pain I
have also had pain in my right lower
abdomen and I was wondering if sciatica
can cause this pain as well. It's so low
almost to where my hip bone is- and I
have gone to the doctors a couple of times
worried that it may be appendicitis or
something along those lines and cat scans
and ultrasounds have ruled out anything
like that. So would just like to know if
this could be related or I should be
further investigating this abdomen pain as
something totally unrelated!
***so any help as to what could be causing
my problem would be greatly appreciated-
thanks for your time
