Sciatica is a medical condition where lower back pain is combined with a pain radiating through the buttocks and down to the leg. It may be left or right leg. The pain associated with lower back that goes pas the knee and may go to the foot. Weakness in the leg muscles, discomfort and limping can be a sign of sciatica. The responsible for this aching pain is the sciatic nerves. The sciatic nerves are the largest nerves in the body and are the size of our little finger. They stretches out of the spinal column low in the back and then behind the hip joint, down to the buttocks, and down the back of the leg to the foot. The sciatic nerves are pinched inside the spinal column cap and formed pressure that blocked its way and causes irritating pain. You will know it is sciatica condition when the your lower back hurts and travels to one lower extremity like the leg. You may feel discomfort, numbness, feel like electricity, feel burn like a fire or tingling feeling. The pain is really a...
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