Treatment Options for Sciatica Pain

Treatment Options for Sciatica Pain

Sciatica is pain felt in the buttock, thigh and/or calf as a result of compression or irritation to the sciatic nerve. The pain can vary from an intense irritating ache to crippling lancing or shooting pain that zips down the leg. In addition there may symptoms...

Sciatica – the condition

In this section: What is sciatica? What causes sciatica? Treatment for sciatica Conditions that mimic sciatica Piriformis Syndrome What is sciatica? Sciatica refers to pain felt in the buttock or down the back of the leg as result of irritation or compression of the...

Piriformis Syndrome – Lower spine

Piriformis Syndrome is the name given to a neuromuscular disorder that results in chronic pain in the legs, buttocks, and / or in the feet. In around 20% of people the sciatic nerve passes through the middle of the piriformis muscle and in the other 80% the nerve...