I'm sure someone on here has been diagnosed with sciatica at some point. It is basically inflammation and irritation of the sciatic nerve, which just so happens to be the largest nerve in the human body. This past Thursday, I had to go to Triage because of excruciating pain in my right hip/buttock area. They wound up diagnosing me with sciatica. I was prescribed Flexeril and I now have to do physical therapy twice a week for 4-6 weeks because I'm pregnant and it can get worse with the weight gain.
My mom had sciatica and it let to an intense surgery on her vertebrae after several years of heavy lifting, four pregnancies, and just being active. I'm worried that this will happen to me, and that dancing will only irritate the problem. Do you think I should talk to my physical therapist about my concerns? Has anyone else had this problem while dancing?



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