Dr. Corenman now that you said it, I do remember feeling like an electric shock going down my both legs while I was doing calfs rises at the gym a week before my wife rushed me to the ER. It did not feel too hard but I do remember that was something different than I never felt before. Then the pain kicked in progressively increasing for a week. I also remember when I was 21 having some sciatica issues on my right side, but at that time in my country there was not MRI so it was difficult to know for sure was going on on that same disc. I was told by the Doctor at that moment that it was probably a bulging disc in my lumbar. I did some PT with some NSAIDS and after few weeks the pain and the symptoms went away. Now I am 41, so 20 years is a more than enough for that hernia to calcified.
So, being this as you said “that or you had a physical motion that stretched your root (or roots) and created an injury to the S1 nerve” what most likely happened should I still avoid surgery? Or is it better to take that calcified annular tear out? That tear is not going to shrink right? I am afraid not being able to run and play with my 4 year old son again.
Thanks again and God bless you
