Sciatica or sciatic nerve pain is a term often used to describe all sorts of back pain. In fact, less than 5% of people who suffer from lower back pain will have sciatica. Sciatica is caused by a sciatic nerve irritation. This is most commonly caused by a disc bulge in the lower back. What is the sciatic nerve? To understand this you need to have a bit of an idea about...

It is pain in the butt quite literally. It can also be a pain in the hip, the thigh, the lower leg, or even the foot. In fact, the condition known as sciatica can send pain shooting anywhere in your lower body. What is causing all the commotion is the sciatic nerve, which is not one but a group of nerves bound together in a single sheath. The sciatica nerve runs from your lower back down each leg...

In the past, a patient suffering from Disc problems may have been prescribed Pain killers / Medications, Instructed to refrain from physical activities, referred for Physiotherapy, received Steroidal Shots or Injections, and when they weren t progressing, they were sent for Spinal Surgery. Frankly speaking only 5% of Back pains require Surgeries; the other 95% can be dealt with Conservative &...

Sciatica pain is that horrible pain that so many suffer from. It affects your enjoyment of life as you get that gnawing pain down your leg. You find even the simplest task hard as you can not relax without the fear of your sciatica kicking in. You may have spent years searching for a cure, and still remain with sciatic pain. You may have even felt like giving up and having that surgery, in...

Is sciatica driving you crazy, are you tired of waking up in pain and not being able to do want you want to do? Does your sciatica cause so much pain that life is just not enjoyable anymore? Don t worry... It may feel like your life is getting worse, but in reality your sciatica is curable. Sciatica is commonly thought to be due to disc problems - you have a disc that...