sciatica

The Reddit user said he “experienced sciatica for the first time” while on the water, according to Business Insider, though it’s not clear whether the painful condition caused his accident or resulted from it.

That turned out to be a bulging disc which caused sciatica and in the period since she has "questioned whether I wanted to be in this sport any more".

“I have sciatica, and if I’m able to stand for five minutes, that’s a big deal for me,” Elizabeth Shayne said over the phone.

Since then the Scot has had to recover from sciatica caused by a bulging disc in her back, resulting in months of missed competition.

But, having suffered through the year with bouts of sciatica, he had to scale back his efforts in each of the first two concerts to a lone major work.