When sciatica first strikes, cold packs are a self-care strategy that can help numb the area and get you through the worst of ...

If you’ve ever experienced sciatica, you know that the nagging, burning feeling along the back of your legs affects everything you do-the way you walk, how well you sleep, whether you can pick up your ...

A reader of this column recently wrote to me with the following question: “I’m getting physical therapy for lower back pain and sciatica that is said to be from ‘piriformis syndrome.' My treatment has ...

The largest nerve in the human body is the sciatic nerve, which originates in the lower back and travels through the back of each leg. Injury or pressure on this nerve can lead to a type of pain known ...

Any woman who suffers from sciatica knows just how unbearable living with that discomfort is. Sciatica refers to the pain that radiates along the path of the sciatic nerve, which branches from your ...

About 40% of people in the U.S. experience sciatica—leg pain caused by a pinched nerve in the lower back—at some point in time during their life. Because the condition can be quite painful, and affect ...

If you’ve ever felt a sharp, pinching pain that runs from your lower buttocks down to the back of your leg, chances are you’ve experienced sciatica. That discomfort can throw off everything from your ...

Sciatica, also known as lumbosacral radicular syndrome, is caused by irritation of your sciatic nerve which starts in the lumbar or lower spine and ends in the thigh. With sciatica you may have pain ...