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Have had GCA with some symptoms of PMR for 3 and a half years. Recovering steadily down to 6mgs pred, daily and not a lot of aches and pains Last few weeks have had severe pain down back of my left leg particularly back of knee and calf. Use pain killers OK but it keeps coming back during the day. Is it sciatica or pulled muscle or trapped nerve or just another trick of PMR, Any ideas

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I'd take that to the GP - and insist on an early appointment, not one in a month's time!

It could be sciatica - it could be due to tight back muscles pinching it, but there are other reasons and without an examination it is impossible to say.

Does anything in particular bring it on?

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It could be sciatica as it is down the back if one leg. I have had it a couple of times with PMR and it is agony. In my case the only thing that helped was physio. A friend did show me some stretching exercises in cafe we were in at the time!

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Visit your GP as soon as possible. Following the most excruciating pain in the back of my left leg (buttock to ankle) three months ago, I was diagnosed with sciatica, and your symptoms sound similar. I was waking several times during the night in agony but have been prescribed morphine which is helping, although I still wake early in severe pain. To be honest, my PMR has paled into insignificance since sciatica came along. Of course, you may be suffering from something else entirely, but only by visiting your GP will you know for sure. Sessions with a chiropractor (with acupuncture) were not that helpful for me, so I'm now a couple of weeks into Bowen therapy. Good luck and take care.

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