Originally Posted by BCAC

Hope that does the trick!

In my case, the epidural offered limited and diminishing benefit as did other more conservative treatments (which one should always try first) and I ended up having minimally invasive surgery to fix a ruptured disc putting pressure on the sciatic nerve. I had waited quite a bit before having the surgery done and it took the nerve awhile to calm down after the surgery. It eventually did and I got into bicycling as therapy and 4 or 5 years later ride around 180 miles a week pain free.

Good luck!