Around December last year, I have a pretty intense weightlifting session. Did about 80 squats between goblet squats and the smith machine.

Since then I’ve had lower back pain in the lumbar area, likely due to poor posture. The pain isn’t constant, but the discomfort is. Walking up hill, is very uncomfortable and 5 minutes on the stair master, my lower back hurts.

To the point: since then, I’ve had random shots of pain from the back of my thigh down to my knee; occasionally on top of my knees and legs. Buzzing, tingling/prickling, “chills” skin crawling waves that run up both my legs/feet simultaneously. I get the occasional shot of pain my from bum… but not often. If I lay on my stomach, I get tingling, prickling from the thigh down to my feet

I ask this because every time I search sciatica, it’s always described as absolutely debilitating pain, unable to walk, pure agony. The only time I’ve had that level of pain since my symptoms began was due to me carrying a backpack (12-15pounds) or so and it freaking hurt walking…