I'm 41 and have been battling a haywire sciatic nerve about 6 months. Alternately my lower back, pelvis, hip joint, femur, hamstring, calf and foot all have either mild gnawing pain/ numbness like a funny bone, sharp searing pain in hamstring or lower back/spine and pelvis connect, or tingling pins and needles 'numbness" -but not really numb.. in my thigh calf and foot.. Like it's "asleep."
Any sitting or laying hurts, only standing relieves in... been standing about 6 months now... Reckon I'll take this to another thread and see if anyone has some nice home remedies........back surgery down at the old corpse-factory not an option! TIA!
I have similar issues with something going on with disc or sciatic nerve issues. I am not much older than you. First started having issues back in my mid-20s. The main back injury came around thirty when I did an improper pull-up. Should've went to a gym and just paid an actual trainer, but I got my own pull-up bar and bent/twisted my body struggling to do a third pull-up. I hit the ground and couldn't move. Within an hour I was able to hobble around, and within a few days, was "fine" until the next injury. Now improper lifts, bending in certain ways, can cause an issue. Usually last a week or so.
It isn't bad enough to warrant an MRI, which I believe is the only sure way to know what the issue is. I get tingles in my leg. In the evening when I'm usually laying down or sitting, I sometimes get this urge to shake my leg, or flex the leg. I believe it all has to do with the nerves, muscles, and disc in my lower back. For many years the handful of times I'd get some serious, short lasting back pain it was centered in my lower back. However, it seems over the last five years, these pain instances are felt more toward the back of my hips.
For me it comes and goes. I have felt great for weeks now. However, last week while brushing my teeth and again, for reasons unknown, I was bending my torso and leaning against the sink in an unnatural position, I felt that shocking pain for a millisecond. Thankfully it didn't appear to cause a lasting injury for a day or so.
Staying moving and staying up helps me. I used to get sore in the bed after sleeping, but getting moving would make it all go away. I don't get so sore anymore which is nice.
One time when I injured myself doing simple ski squats with either 15 or 20 pound (not all that heavy) dumbbells, I pulled a muscle. My doctor prescribed me diclofenac sodium and cyclobenaprine. I usually only need to take them for two to three days, and don't even always need the cyclobenaprine for spasmes three times a day. I recently threw my back out again (about four years later) and my new doc prescribed the same combo. After about four days this time I was OK. I don't have to use all the meds so I can save them for the next time.
A member on this forum with similar back issues recommended a back-stretcher similar to this:
https://www.amazon.com/Stretcher-Adjustable-Cracking-Scoliosis-Decompression/dp/B0B63DMGFK
The one they linked to has never come back in stock at Amazon. I might go ahead and get the one in the above link. The member said that at first they couldn't even go all the way back, but after constant use, they could finally bend all the way back. I believe the device helps put the spine back into a more natural position. The member said that a lot of their back issues got better after using the device.
This one appears to come with a foam pad:
https://www.amazon.com/Back-Stretcher-Cracker-Spine-Device/dp/B09C7JP4F4/
Some of the exercises on this core workout video also have helped. They are similar to exercises that my old doctor recommended to me years ago. The great thing about this core routine is that she doesn't just focus on the front abs of the torso, she incorporates back exercises, which many are likely stretching. For this exercise routine, I avoid the Russian Twists and anything with jumping around exercises. It is too hard for me to keep a straight back doing the Russian Twists and the shock of the jumping up and down aren't good for me either. The back bend type exercises I've never had an issue with.