I’ve been doing physical therapy for 2 months now 2 times a week. It has given me more confidence that my muscles aren’t dying as fast lol. It also just give me more confidence about my situation in general

There are multiple things I cannot do due to pain level. There are still days that I feel super weak like I could snap but it has gotten less frequent. My legs are incredibly shaky when I put them in the air or work them out. It sucks since it’s out of nowhere but I try to see it as a challenge. There’s points during workout that I just cannot tell my legs what to do anymore. They will tremor how they want. Although this sucks I love to do the workout where you lay on your back and with a medicine ball under your legs and move your legs back and fourth. This is one where my legs will get shaky and continually get worse during but I really like just purely focusing on it and doing my best.

Since we don’t know Exactly what’s going on although have evidence from emg we are taking it a bit easy. I enjoy it a lot because it gives me something to do since I can’t do much cause pain so I look forward to it.

I suffered through extreme sciatic pain for a bit over a year, was walking with a cane at the worst points. Finally got in to a good PT and within a few days I no longer needed a cane. A few weeks and I was running daily with basically no pain.

I think I did 8 weekly sessions (and at home stretches & exercise) and it has basically stayed gone for the last few years except for when I go too long between my regular runs.

The best part of the PT was the massage and the assisted stretches that put pressure on my low back "opening the hips" fuck those were amazing.

I've had good and bad experiences with PT, my latest one with a physician who didn't seem to understand that I knew my own limits.

Strengthing is a vital part to breaking the pain cycle since being sedentary often leads to worse pain, which makes you want to do less, which makes you have worse pain... Making any progress, including in your attitude and confidence, should be celebrated!

If you're still struggling for a diagnosis, try going to a pain doctor and getting multiple opinions.