My buddy just struck his sciotic nerve!!

[ripped1979]

he pulled it when doing heavy deadlifts. doctor put him on otc motrin, anything else he can u to numb the pain? has this ever happened to anyone when lifting

 

[DROCK]

He probably pulled the muscle in the glutes called the periformis, the sciotic nerve runs through it and it 's a common injury. As long as the muscle is in spasm or inflamed it will squeeze the nerve and cause some pretty bad pain down th eleg and into the back. Anti inflamatories would help alot as well as ice to the glute area. Above all rest and lots of water.
good luck!
DROCK

 

[atmaniv]

just happened to me

Just happened to me on my left side. I noticed it while doing leg lifts.
Painful. My GF's bringing over som flexeral

 

[2Thick]

I couldn't have said it better than DROCK.

And just in case your buddy didn't do this before, 15 minutes of warming up the tendons and ligaments around the hip area helps immensely (before doing legs).

 

[ybsmall]

Happened to me - very bad - a week or so and some good juice later and I was back. Best of luck

 

[luv2lift!]

I would go to a good massage therapist and get it so it is not in spasm and it shold cause almost instant relief.

L2L

 

[marky]

Havent had it doing squats but have by shooting to near or on the psciatic nerve, got impacted-yeowwww almost 2 days of near coma pain

 

[DROCK]

update...hows the injury?

 

[BigGuns2]

Hope your friend makes a quick recovery. It can't be stated enough as to the importance of stretching and warming up prior to heavy lifting.

 

[SUST-MAN]

you should massage your friends ass....

 

[Terd]

OK heres my experience. About 6 months I was carrying a transmission and I leaned over to put it down(bad form). As I did I heard a pop and felt a bad sting. An hour later I could barely move. I went to the doctor(quack) and he diagnosed it as a pulled muscle. Prescribed Flexeril and Ibuprofen they didn't do shit for me. A week later I was able to walk but the pain just recently returned last week. I sure it's a herniated or ruptured disc.

 

[solidj55]

I hurt my lower back/right glute doing squats about 4 months ago. The same nerve your friend has bothering I did too. I could not walk unassisted for almost 10 days. I was on Motrin,
Lortab 10's, and Flexaril. It only numbed the pain. I took four weeks off of lifting and just ate a shit load of protein and took the pills. It should eventually heal up.

 

[ripped1979]

NO I WILL NOT RUB HIS ASS! SECOND, HE VISITED THE CHIROPRACTOR, AND HE TOLD HIM TO PUT A HEATING PAD ON HIS ASS EVERY 2 TO 3 HOURS. ALONG WITH ICE ON HIS SPINE.

 

[DROCK]

ripped- very important info with the heating pad make sure your buddy keeps a thin wet rag between the heating pad and the injury...why you ask..this is because the heat WILL dehydrate the muscle tissue and while it's on feels fine but in essence making it 10 times worse, using a wet rag will prevent this and allow your buddy to get the full benifits of heat...moist heat is the term and it is the only kind that should be prescribed, however most doc's just F'n follow their protocals that they learned in school. The key word hear is protocal...BS if you ask me..treat the symptom not the cause..wtf
good luck
DROCK