Sciatica: causes and symptoms
Sciatica is pain going down the leg or foot from the lower back or buttock.
Sciatica is pain going down the back, outside, or front of the leg from lower back. It can be caused by general compression and/or irritation of one of five nerve roots that are branches of the sciatic nerve. The pain area is in the lower back, buttock, and/or various parts of the leg and even go down to foot. The pain is sometimes severe, which the symptoms include numbness, muscular weakness, and difficulty in moving or controlling the leg.
The sciatic nerve, also called the ischiadic nerve, is the longest and widest single nerve in human body, which is the largest branch of the sacral plexus and runs alongside the hip joint and down the lower limb. It derives from spinal nerves L4 to S3 and goes from the top of the leg to the foot on the posterior aspect It is the longest and widest single nerve in the human body, going from the top of the leg to the foot on the posterior aspect. It contains fibers from both the anterior and posterior divisions of the lumbosacral plexus.
Symptoms of sciatica
- shooting pain anywhere along the sciatic nerve;
- Pain from the lower back, to the buttock, and down the leg or foot.
- numbness in the leg
- “Pins and needles” (tingling sensation) feeling in the feet and toes
- Pain that worsens with movement
Possible causes
- Spinal disc herniation
- Piriformis syndrome
- Osteoarthritis.
- Injuries
- Sprains
- Skeletal irregularities
- Spina bifida
- Degenerative problems
- Nerve and spinal cord problems
- Sciatica
- Spinal stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Herniated or ruptured discs
- Infections involving the vertebrae
- Cauda equina syndrome
- Osteoporosis
- Kidney stones
- Endometriosis
- Fibromyalgia
- Tumors
- Pregnancy
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