Sciatic Nerve Pain

Yes, it can be due to Lyme. However, you might want to see a chiropractor to see if there is a structural cause. It might be a matter of a simple adjustment.

Yes, I'm having a miserable bout with the sciatica right now as well. Also had it on and off for years.

I used to associate it with running too much and not stretching--maybe.

Now I'm blaming it on sitting too much and not getting enough exercise. Who knows?... But definitely time for me to see a chirpractor. It's killing me in bed at night, the pain & endless need to stretch my legs. Read a few other posts here about people suffering from it, so I do believe it's the lyme or sitting/lying in bed with lyme causing it.

I have had is off and on for a year. I believe it can be related to Lyme because I am very active and have a strong core and still have the pain pop up every once in a while. The only thing I have found to work naturally(because I don't like chiropractors) is laying on my back with my legs up the wall for 10-15min each night for a few nights and slowly it disappears. My dad is a physical therapist and gave me that tip. Worked for me.

mauihawaii, I am on my feet constantly for 8 to 10 hours a day in a very active retail environment, so I would say it isn't associated with too much sitting for me, anyway. :-} It seemed to start after nodules or lumps showed up inside muscle close to the bone. My leg "sinks" when I stand up; just waiting to get fired!

I also get a lot of neck pain/ache (and I can hear/feel all my cervical bones pop/crack when bending my head to the side or just turning it) and terrible aching in the middle of my back. I, too, try to find relief in stretching my legs while in bed; some times it works, sometimes I just have to get up. It has affected my hip and knee joint now to the point that leg and those two joints ache while at work, even in my lower leg.

This has been going on for over almost two years, but prior to it's manifestation I found large lumps on the sides of my thighs, close to the bone (also knots below my clavical bones, in the soft tissue next to my breasts. not clavical lymph nodes or breast cancer). It is horrible pain to the point I cry, and sometimes shows up in right leg, although nowhere as severe. This has never happened to me, and I have been extremely active (was a gym rat for years), and the only association can think of is the Lyme.

A neurologist I went to last week (does not believe in Lyme) is having me MRI'd next week. We'll see. *shrug*
Agent9er, I will try the legs up the wall thing--anything for relief!

My first Lyme symptom was leg pain that mimics sciatica but which does not respond to any chiropractic treatment for sciatica.

Homeopathic Causticum, regular exercise (stretching/strengthening type exercises), and treating Lyme help. Nothing else does, for me.