If your sciatic nerve was hit would you know it?

[Psychrn6685]

Hi everyone,

quick question-- I have a lot of Psych patients who refuse the VEntrogluteal site. I have no choice but to give them these 2ml injections in the dorso which I hate hate hate doing! My question is if it was hit would they feel it? And would the pain be constant? Or go and come? I'm just trying to understand this patients pain. He's never complained that my injections hurt. I'm reading descriptions of people getting hit in the sciatic and they describe it as an electric shock. I've never had that any complain of that-- most I hear is " ouch that's stinging" and heck I expect ability to sting a little. I'm just trying to figure out if I would have known from their reaction had I hit their nerve ( which frankly I have no idea how it would happen! I basically give it up in the top top almost hip area!) any guidance? Thank you

[VickiSB17]

In 1980 I had a baby. After going through all the labor, my doctor gave me a saddleblock. He hit my sciatic nerve and I almost came off of the table!! The pain was terrible!! He said "oops, did that hurt?" My leg was purple for a very long time and a neurologist told me if the pain didn't go away within a year, it would never go away. 42 years later I am still in constant pain. I have learned to deal with it as much as I can, but sometimes the pain is almost unbearable. So, most definitely you will know if you hit the sciatic nerve.