Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction. That's just a really fancy name for a pinched nerve with a ton of pain down the back of my right leg whenever I sit or stand. I have been dancing around with this pain for at least a year but on Wednesday, it got really bad so I couldn't sit or stand. I saw a physical therapist. Turns out, running gives one tight hamstrings. My tight right hamstring has started pulling on the joint that hooks the base of my spine to my pelvis, which in turn pinches my sciatic nerve that runs down the back on my leg. The solution? Stretches, and lots of them.
The good news is that laying flat is pain free! However it's hard to lie around all day. These stretches take forever and I go back to the physical therapist twice next week. Hopefully I can get feeling a little better because right now I'm barely breathing through the pain!
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