In 2014 I hurt my back bad. I don't know what I did, but I think it was bad form on a bicycle with a +50 bag on my back. I somehow pinched my sciatica nerve.
I couldn't move for weeks, but I also didn't have insurance yet, I had just started a new job.
I started to really stretch, and practice yoga.
I eventually was able to stand straight again after a few more weeks, but my entire left leg was numb. Tingles, it sucked.
I started walking on the treadmill at the local gym, always on incline. Booty tight, back straight.
This actually helped relieved the piriformis muscle and I began getting the feeling back in my legs.
I think after about a year, my entire leg wasn't ever numb and I never got sharp back pains.
I deal with lower back compression problems now, but I've since been focusing on yoga and chiropractic help to adjust my hips back into place.
3 years later, it's not too bad anymore.
Throughout the 3 years, it hurt. It hurt bad, and it always hurt some more, but you learn to get used to it.
Exercise, yoga...these things cure everything.