The excitement of becoming a mother can be overshadowed by back pain and sciatica. Three out of 4 women experience back pain during pregnancy—some long before they lose their waist! Find out what causes sciatica during pregnancy and tips that can help relieve it.
Lumbar radiculopathy means that you have leg pain as a result of a nerve problem in your lower back. Your specific pain pattern depends on which nerve is affected in your lumbar spine. Radicular pain is generally described as sharp or burning pain.
The main symptom of sciatica is easy to recognize: pain that shoots down the leg. But sciatica actually starts in your lumbar spine. What causes this pain along the sciatic nerve? And how does your doctor figure out what exactly is causing your s
Sciatica is pain that usually starts in the low back and then travels down the leg. It's caused by something, perhaps a herniated disc, pressing on your sciatic nerve in your lumbar spine. Treatments vary by what specifically is causing your pain. Read about medications, injections, and surgery as sciatica treatment options.
For the millions of Americans who suffer from low back pain every year, the symptoms come in different forms. However, the underlying problem is often the same: a nerve root near the spine is irritated. What can you do to alleviate the pain?
Can you prevent sciatica? Anyone who has ever experienced sciatica wants to know the answer. Understanding what can cause sciatica-related low back pain and leg pain is a good place to start.
