I ruptured my l4 l5 disk last year. Killed my m1 nerve. kind of like the SI nerve. If I was in the middle of the street and a bus was comming I could not help but to sit down and hope the pain would go away before the bus came.. I felt like my freaking leg was going to blowup. The ruptured disc cut the nerve off. What helped was predisone. It a
steroid but cataboilic for inflamation. Give it a try and rest for 11 days. When you start to feel better, start lifting slow and exercise with high reps the area you injured. I mean like 50 reps real light weight. It kept my ass out of surgery.