started as sort of a tingly, weird feeling in my ankle
it just felt like my leg was suddenly dead at the ankle joint but it wasn't quite a foot drop type thing because i could still hold it up if i focused on it, but it never felt natural
then it progressed to my entire leg feeling very cold and heavy all of the time, never absorbing my weight as i walked. so it was going through the motions of walking but not really "helping"
i assumed my leg was just weak at first and tried to strengthen it with calf raises, squats, etc which just resulted in burning pain and no improvements
it stayed this way until i was able to free the nerve from where it was entrapped through stretching. i did get a steroid shot in my piriformis which helped with the pain while sitting but did not do much else
what was interesting was i never got any piriformis pain, nor any pain at all while running, just the bizarre "dead" feeling