Back Pain

What is Sciatica? Sciatica is the name given to pain caused by irritation of the sciatic nerve. The pain can range from mild to severe. The sciatic nerve begins in the buttock region, and is the coming together of 5 separate nerves exiting from the lumbar spine and sacrum; so, the sciatic nerve, technically speaking, can’t exit from the spine because it hasn’t been formed at that point. Sciatica arises mostly from 2 causes: An intervertebral disc pressing on one of the nerves which make up the sciatic nerve – depending on the extent of the injury, the