sciatica

     

Sciatica is a set of symptoms incluing pain that may be caused by general compression and/or irritation of one of five nerve roots that give rise to the sciatic nerve, or by compression or irritation of the sciatic nerve itself. The pain is felt in the lower back, buttock, and/or various parts of the leg and foot. In addition to pain, which is sometimes severe, there may be numbness, muscular weakness, and difficulty in moving or controlling the leg. Typically, the symptoms are only felt on one side of the body.

Trivia about sciatica

  • Does pain radiate down the back of your leg? It could be this condition, named for the largest nerve in the body
  • Sometimes confused with rheumatism, this pain is named for the longest nerve in the body
  • Lower back pain, often shooting down the leg, radiating along the largest nerve in the body