My history.
7 yrs ago diagnosed with a herniated L5/S1
Surgery partial discotomy
Last yr. Low back pain, legs giving out as I walk or bend over.
Then, no more back pain, but started having lower leg pain from knee down. Hurts when walking after a very short periof of time. Feel aching in my shin and in the back of leg behind the knee.
Today I have the same pain, but cannot bend my knee all the way, there is numbness in the bottom of my heel (the whole heel) and tingling. Now it has gotten to the point where my lower leg aches even at night when I am "trying" to sleep.
My GP doesn't think this has to do with my previous back problems because he did a physical exam on me and my leg moved without pain. But he did not move my knee. Just the leg up and down, side-ways. So he ordered an MRI on ONLY my knee.
I know what sciatic pain it like. It goes from the buttocks down to the foot. But mine does not start in the buttocks, but in the knee. At the same time I get the impression that it could be my back. When I lift something a little heavier than "I should" I can feel the tingling in my foot.
Can you please let me know what you think this could be? Could it be my old back problem haunting me again? Even if my pain does not start at the buttocks?
Thanks!