A patient has burning pain traveling from the buttock into the calf. An MRI shows a disc bulge. It seems obvious that the disc caused the sciatica. But did it? Not necessarily. One of the most important things to understand…
Back pain can be frustrating enough the first time it happens. It becomes even more frustrating when it keeps returning. Maybe it goes away for a few weeks, then comes back after sitting too long. Maybe it flares when you…
Someone says, “My sciatica is acting up,” but the pain never leaves the low back. Another person barely has any back pain, yet feels burning pain traveling from the buttock into the calf. Which sounds more like sciatica? Usually, the…
Your back suddenly hurts more than it did yesterday. Maybe you bent over to pick something up and felt a sharp pain. Maybe you woke up stiff after a long day of yard work. Maybe nothing obvious happened at all,…
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