When your sciatica is flaring, it's hard to think about anything else. The pain might be so severe, burning, tingling or nagging that it derails your whole day. But a few simple sciatica stretches can ...

It’s important to not only identify this painful condition correctly, but find exercises you can comfortably do. By Amanda Loudin Ryan Smith was 23 when he felt a pop in his back while performing a ...

Some people may find that walking helps relieve sciatica pain. However, it is important to have a good walking technique to reduce the risk of worsening pain. Sciatica is a type of nerve pain caused ...

Living with unexplained pain in your lower body can be both frustrating and debilitating. When discomfort strikes in the general hip region, many people struggle to identify whether they’re ...

Sciatica is one of the more common ailments affecting human beings. Present in up to 40% of individuals at some point in their lifetime and in as many as 5% at any given time, the societal ...

Patients with sciatica who were treated with physical therapy experienced less disability in the year following diagnosis than those who followed the usual wait-and-see approach. Photo credit: ...

Sciatica pain can most often be treated at home. But in some situations going to the emergency room can be the best way to get pain relief. Sciatica affects anywhere from 1% to 5% of people each year, ...

Sciatica is no joke. Though it's not one medical condition, but rather a series symptoms that include pain around the sciatic nerve, which starts from the lower back down through your legs and feet.

Sciatica surgeries help reduce pressure on the nerve roots in your spine. There are different types of sciatica surgery available, including disk replacement surgery and spinal fusion. Sciatica ...

A reader of this column recently wrote to me with the following question: “I’m getting physical therapy for lower back pain and sciatica that is said to be from ‘piriformis syndrome.' My treatment has ...

Real Chinese acupuncture was more effective than a sham version for treating sciatica stemming from herniated spinal disks in a randomized trial conducted in China. Patients' leg pain scores decreased ...