Yep I had the same type of pain, but it radiated all the way down to my ankle. I was told it was a nerve root impengment, the bulge puts pressure on the nerve root etc...the steroids brought down the swelling, nerve root block reset the nerve...

I had that exact pain 7 years ago when I had l4-l5 disc herniation. It was excrutiating at times. Now 7 years later I just had l4-l5 spinal fusion and 7 weeks out of surgery still feeling pain and tingling in my calf and 3 toes on my left foot. Hoping that once I get into PT the transient pain in my leg and foot goes away like my prior surgery.

i had the surgery and it was and still is very painfull lower back left side L5. I have to go to the US to have them finish the sugery..anyways I get the pain from the partial surgery down the left leg (whih was broke 9 months ago and still healing) also what caused the hernias ( i have 3 )

I had an L4/L5 herniation followed by a failed micro-D. I've had both left and right legs symptoms for a while, but in the past couple weeks I've started getting pain around the knees too. Going to see the doc next week, I'll post if I hear any good theories.

I had an L4/L5 herniation followed by a failed micro-D. I've had both left and right legs symptoms for a while, but in the past couple weeks I've started getting pain around the knees too. Going to see the doc next week, I'll post if I hear any good theories.