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Definitions of sciatica in various dictionaries:
noun - neuralgia along the sciatic nerve
Pain along the sciatic nerve usually caused by a herniated disk of the lumbar region of the spine and radiating to the buttocks and to the back of the thigh.
noun - a painful disorder of the hip and adj oining areas
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| Lower back pain, often shooting down the leg, radiating along the largest nerve in the body |
| Does pain radiate down the back of your leg? It could be this condition, named for the largest nerve in the body |
| 50-year-olds beware this painful condition named for a nerve running from the lumbar spine to above the knee |
| Sometimes confused with rheumatism, this pain is named for the longest nerve in the body |
| Sciatica description |
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| Sciatica is a medical condition characterized by pain going down the leg from the lower back. This pain may go down the back, outside, or front of the leg. Onset is often sudden following activities like heavy lifting, though gradual onset may also occur. Typically, symptoms are only on one side of the body. Certain causes, however, may result in pain on both sides. Lower back pain is sometimes but not always present. Weakness or numbness may occur in various parts of the affected leg and foot.About 90% of the time sciatica is due to a spinal disc herniation pressing on one of the lumbar or sacral nerve roots. Other problems that may result in sciatica include spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, piriformis syndrome, pelvic tumors, and compression by a baby's head during pregnancy. The straight-leg-raising test is often helpful in diagnosis. The test is positive if, when the leg is raised while a person is lying on their back, pain shoots below the knee. In most cases medical imaging i |