Sometimes what we think is sciatica is really the piriformis muscle (google it) that is pinched in our sacral area. I too had what the OP described. Had an MRI, did the steroid shots to no avail. Then went to P.T. and they did stretches, heat therapy and it went away. That was 2 yrs ago. Then around this past Christmas something similar came back and I saw Dr. Michelle with Southern Trace Chiropractic. She doesn't do fancy machines etc. I had the heat treatments again, then she did her adjustment (which isn't the "bone crunching" kind)...plus attention to the piriformis muscle by both her and her massage therapist. The pain and muscle spasms are gone!
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