This informational guide, part of PS's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this health concern: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to help.

Groundbreaking research has transformed our understanding of acupuncture‘s role in treating sciatica, a debilitating condition affecting millions worldwide. Recent scientific investigations have ...

Many may feel compelled to worry about sciatica symptoms without actually understanding what it is. If you feel a sudden and severe pain or numbness and weakness radiating from the buttocks down the ...

About 40% of people in the U.S. experience sciatica—leg pain caused by a pinched nerve in the lower back—at some point in time during their life. Because the condition can be quite painful, and affect ...

If you’ve experienced sciatica before, you know the stubborn pain can ruin your whole week. Sciatica is a type of back pain that occurs when there’s pressure on the sciatic nerve, which extends from ...

You've likely heard of sciatica before. The shooting pain that runs down your lower back, buttocks and leg can disrupt your daily routine and linger for months. But if you've tried traditional ...

About 40% of Americans have experienced sciatica – pain that radiates from the sciatic nerve, which starts in the lower back and extends through the hips, buttocks and legs. Though the pain can be ...

Sciatic nerve inflammation, or what is known as sciatica, is an inflammation of the sciatic nerve, which is one of the largest nerves in the body, and this inflammation results in painful symptoms. In ...

Four out of five people will experience a debilitating back pain episode at one point during their lives. Sometimes this looks like severe back pain that lasts a few days and eventually goes away on ...

Often associated with low back pain, sciatica tends to be more of a pain in the butt – and sometimes also the leg. That’s because the pain travels along the sciatic nerves, the longest nerves in your ...

Living with unexplained pain in your lower body can be both frustrating and debilitating. When discomfort strikes in the general hip region, many people struggle to identify whether they’re ...