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...

Back Pain

Acute Back Pain The most common cause of back or neck pain, which has only been present for a short time in an otherwise healthy person, is usually some sort of sprain or strain. A number of tissues can be the source of the pain, such as the muscles, ligaments, discs,...