The sciatic nerve is a large nerve that runs from the lower back, through the buttocks area and extends down the back of the leg. When the nerve is compressed or damaged the pain, known as sciatica, ...

We often hear the term “pinched nerve” in reference to someone suffering from leg pain or back pain. A more appropriate term is “sciatica,” since this term refers to the symptoms of a lumbar nerve ...

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Sciatica or radiculopathy is a term used to describe a “pinched nerve” of the spine. Radiculopathy can occur when a nerve is irritated by something pressing or rubbing on the nerve. In some situations ...

Leg pain, especially in the thigh or calf, is often caused by a pinched nerve in your back. Many people call any pain in the leg “sciatica,” but actually sciatica is only one specific type of leg pain ...

A pinched nerve can cause the radiating pain that you have described. It can also result in a dull ache in the pelvis and buttocks, numbness or sharp tingling that extends down the hip, muscle ...

Dr. Rob Riley joins us each week from the South Bend Clinic. Here are his responses from August 20th. Lena: I would like to know with all the medical advances, why can’t they fix the sciatic nerve? I ...

Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Institute for Nerve Medicine in Los Angeles, have found that new nerve imaging technology called Magnetic ...

This week we are going to discuss the difference between sciatica and pseudo sciatica and the way to tell what you have. Pseudo sciatica is a false sciatica that is derived from compression of the ...

You know the feeling all too well. After sitting for a period of time, you go to get up and you feel a deep, boring, aching sensation in the front of your thigh that extends to your knee. Sometimes ...