Medically reviewed by Amy Kwan, PT Key Takeaways Buttock pain can come from arthritis, nerve compression, or overuse. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sciatica pain can occur anywhere along the sciatic nerve, including the hip, buttocks, and leg. It typically affects one side. Hip pain due to other causes may only affect the hip and require ...

Sciatic neuropathy refers to nerve damage to the sciatic nerve. It can cause pain, weakness, and numbness. Damage to the sciatic nerve may occur from injury or trauma, compression of the sciatic nerve ...

It’s that time of year - when people set goals and take action to improve their health, get back in shape, and ramp up exercise routines. But what happens when your body isn’t ready for what your mind ...

If you’re a runner (and we’re guessing you are), it is likely you have been confronted with the term ‘sciatica’ at some point – either through a quick Google search to try and identify that nagging ...

Medically reviewed by Theresa Marko, PT, DPT, MS Key Takeaways Targeted exercises can help ease sciatica by strengthening hip and spine muscles and improving flexibility.Physical activity boosts blood ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...