Often associated with low back pain, sciatica tends to be more of a pain in the butt – and sometimes also the leg. That’s because the pain travels along the sciatic nerves, the longest nerves in your ...

The term sciatica describes the symptoms of leg pain — and possibly tingling, numbness, or weakness — that originate in the lower back and travel through the buttock and down the large sciatic nerve ...

That shooting, tingling pain running down your lower back and leg might seem like typical back pain, but it could be something much more specific and often more painful, a condition called sciatica.

Recently in my practice, I have seen an increase in the number of patients complaining of what they call “sciatica.” It seems like a good time to review the things that may result in the symptoms of ...

Many may feel compelled to worry about sciatica symptoms without actually understanding what it is. If you feel a sudden and severe pain or numbness and weakness radiating from the buttocks down the ...

The sciatic nerve is the thickest and longest nerve in the human body, so its inflammation is widely felt. Photo: Getty Images Suddenly, it shoots into the leg, sitting becomes torture, and every step ...

Surgery can cut pain intensity by more than half among patients struggling with long-term sciatica, researchers report. "Sciatica is the symptom of pain that radiates down the leg and is caused by ...