I just had discectomy/laminectomy surgery about a month ago on my L5/S1 disc due to herniated disc with nerve impingement. I was doing great up until about 1/2 a week ago. During that time I had been back to work for a few days and just started physical therapy as well as began to wane of the meds. Just Friday I started having flare ups in the nerves, almost to the point where I was back to the point prior to the surgery (not walking, sitting, sleeping and in excruciating pain). I noticed that my hip on the side of the surgery started getting stiff and pain spikes occurred. I've felt good about the surgery to this point but this recent set back has got me fretting a lot. Has any body experienced this before? Should I go back to my doctor?