"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." There are few things worse than an achy, lower body. That discomfort is extra miserable when accompanied ...

Sciatica is not just ordinary back pain. It involves irritation or compression of the sciatic nerve, the largest nerve in the ...

When your sciatica is flaring, it's hard to think about anything else. The pain might be so severe, burning, tingling or nagging that it derails your whole day. But a few simple sciatica stretches can ...

The sciatic nerve is the longest and thickest nerve in your body. It's actually a bundle of five nerves that start in your lower back and run through your buttocks and down each leg. Inflammation of ...

Sciatica is pain that starts in your lower back and shoots down through your legs. It usually happens when something, such as a herniated disk or bone spur, presses on your sciatic nerve. You might ...

It’s important to not only identify this painful condition correctly, but find exercises you can comfortably do. By Amanda Loudin Ryan Smith was 23 when he felt a pop in his back while performing a ...

Sciatica is the pain or sensation that occurs along your sciatic nerve. The sciatic nerve is formed from the nerve roots in the lumbar and sacral spine and extends through your hips and buttocks and ...

The sciatic nerve is the longest nerve in the body that extends from the lower back all the way down the back of the leg, explains Rohan Desai, M.D., an orthopedic spine surgeon with the New York ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...