Start with an exam: When that sensation occurs, do you also have numbness in the overlying skin? If so, then you may have a lumbar peripheral nerve problem. Tests like MRI & EMG confirm, but you have to start with a thorough physical exam. Hope that helps.
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Change positions: You may be pressing on a nerve. So keep changing your position
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