Thanks for your comments Mary....
And its good to hear from someone who has undergone such pain....
My pains / spams/ cramps are not everyday.. but it is infrequent.... so doctor is not able to make any judgement....
However, yoga poses and physio stretches are helping me a lot .....
Secondly, my doctor thinks that I am on recovery mode and spams/ pain/ cramps are not because of bulge disc, as I can do forward and backward bends without any stretch or pain in my legs
He doubts whether I might be affected with high level of uric acid or deficiency of vitamin D3 or b12
Me right now only waiting for results
Hoe you too get a soon recovery and diagnose it as early as possible
Hello,reading your post is like looking at my medical records when my journey with back pain began,mine was a bit more complicated but we are talking same place of pain L4 L5 ,L5 S1 With Sciatica. I used to discribe the siatic pain as if someone took a rubberband and was pulling it as tight as possible then connecting it to an electrical current. I know what you are talking with the leg cramps..awful. I am glad to hear the stretching and strengthening excercises are working for you. If the leg cramps keep up,discuss it with your dr,he can give you something for muscle spasms which helps...my dr gave me flexeril. I only took it at night before bed because that is when it seemed its worse. Keep up with the excercises,and if you see no change,or a relapse,be sure to tall your dr. In the beginning it was the sciatica that let me know something was wrong,I really had no back pain...that came about 6 months later. My therapist said the thing to think about is the discs are compressed,the goal is to take the pressure off those discs,so stretching is important. For back pain have you tried heat or ice? I prefered the ice,my therapist thought I was nuts but the heat caused the pain to get worse. I am trying to think back to everything I did in the beginning to really pain meds,and therapy(excercises),and keeping open communication with your dr. And it is important to tell your dr of anything you think is diffeent in pain,muscle spasms,numbness...just any changes in how you feel. Good Luck. :) I think your headed in the right direction.