As far as I can tell from other people, sciatica really, really sucks.
I may have also had it myself at one stage but I know how to work kinks out when I can be bothered paying attention to them which is usually well past the stage I'm usually telling off other people for allowing themselves to get to
Do they not give you a lot of time because the amount of snow time is short or do they constantly grossly underestimate how long these things take?