About 40% of Americans have experienced sciatica – pain that radiates from the sciatic nerve, which starts in the lower back and extends through the hips, buttocks and legs. Though the pain can be ...

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 ...

When you’re in the middle of a sciatica flare-up, your top priority is getting relief ASAP. Sciatica is a type of pain that travels along the sciatic nerve, which runs from the lower back through the ...

When sciatica pain is severe, it can be difficult to walk properly and without pain. Even so, walking is low impact and ...

In the past few years there has been a sharp rise in cases of slipped disc and sciatica among young adults An orthopaedic ...

About 40% of people in the U.S. experience sciatica—leg pain caused by a pinched nerve in the lower back—at some point in time during their life. Because the condition can be quite painful, and affect ...

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 ...

Surgery is superior to conservative treatment for chronic sciatica caused by lumbar disc herniation, new research shows. Results of a prospective, randomized trial show patients with sciatica pain ...

About 90% of people have lower back pain at some point. The pain can feel different from person to person depending on the cause. Pain in the lower right side of the back can be due to many conditions ...

Back pain affects millions, but much of what people believe about it is outdated or oversimplified. Back pain is one of the ...