Can heavy lifting that causes sciatica pain be mind body pain? MRI doesn’t show any reason for the sciatica pain. Mildly bulging discs but they don’t touch the sciatic nerve. But every time I do any lifting over 30 lbs I develop pain down my leg into my foot. I had a microdiscectomy about 10 years ago to relieve the pain. The surgeon was reluctant but I really wanted it. It helped but didn’t completely get rid of the pain. Now I am wondering if my brain “memorized” the pain? The only thing that helps is Dexamethasone.
If the pain is not explained by an MRI, it is most likely mindbody pain. Sciatica with an identified cause, e.g a disc that is pressing on the sciatic nerve, and the pain can be explained as a result is structural.
Can heavy lifting that causes sciatica pain be mind body pain? MRI doesn’t show any reason for the sciatica pain. Mildly bulging discs but they don’t touch the sciatic nerve. But every time I do any lifting over 30 lbs I develop pain down my leg into my foot. I had a microdiscectomy about 10 years ago to relieve the pain. The surgeon was reluctant but I really wanted it. It helped but didn’t completely get rid of the pain. Now I am wondering if my brain “memorized” the pain? The only thing that helps is Dexamethasone.
If the pain is not explained by an MRI, it is most likely mindbody pain. Sciatica with an identified cause, e.g a disc that is pressing on the sciatic nerve, and the pain can be explained as a result is structural.