Nerves extend from your brain and spinal cord throughout your body, sending vital messages. A pinched nerve can occur when a nerve is compressed or squeezed by a herniated disc in the spinal cord, a ligament, muscle or cartilage. This pressure causes damage or inflammation to the nerve that can result in pain, muscle weakness, numbness or a tingling sensation. Stretching and … [Read more...]
When a Patient Crawled Through the Door in Sciatica Pain Agony, THIS is what the Doctor Told Him
According to newest surveys, 4 out of 10 people in North America will experience sciatica pain at some point in their lives. The most usual manifestation is lower back pain with radiation into the leg. Sciatic pain is not always chronic, but it is usually produces certain level of pain and discomfort. In fact, there are recorded cases of patients crawling on hands and knees … [Read more...]
Soothe Sciatic Nerve Pain in 15 Minutes with Yoga
The Health Science Journal takes another look at sciatic nerve pain, this time through the lenses of yoga. Sciatica’s history is long and painful. Even as early as the 5th century BCE, doctors and sufferers alike have tried a host of imaginative remedies, from leeches and hot coals in Roman times to 20th-century use of creams and injections. The principle causes of sciatic … [Read more...]
7 Daily Activities That Are Aggravating Your Sciatica Pain
Sciatica is leg pain caused by a pinched nerve in the lower back. The name comes from the sciatic nerves, which are the two longest nerves in your body. They start at you lumbar spine and run right down to your anklebones. Sciatica pain can be caused by a myriad of things, from herniated disks to pregnancy and old sports injuries. Sciatic pain normally only shows up on one … [Read more...]
11 Easy Exercises to Relieve Sciatic Nerve Pain in 15 Minutes (with videos)
What is sciatica? Sciatica is leg pain caused by a pinched nerve in the lower back. While the pangs begin in nerve roots located on either side of the lower spine, they afterwards course through the sciatic nerve, which runs the length of each leg from the buttock down to the foot. The resulting “leg agony, called radiculopathy, is often worse than the back pain”, explains for … [Read more...]