Hi, I'm going to reply to you even though you didn't direct the question to me. An MRI revealed my sciatic nerve going through my piriformis muscle. This, they thought caused my leg numbness and throbbing pain. I went to several surgeons and finally found one who operate. She did and the pain remained after the piriformis release. Now, I did my research and think it's the SI joint. My pain meds doctor injected lidocaine to numb up the area prior to injecting a steroid. The lidocaine worked for most of the day. In 2 weeks, I will probably get a steroid shot. I'm running out of ideas. Dougs72, if you want to talk about this PM me a phone number. I also have neuropathy in my feet. No fun living in pain. The biggest problem is finding out what's causing the pain, then treating it. I hope you feel better. It's not fun living in pain.