When sciatica flares up—you know, the searing pain, tingling, or numbness that shoots from your low back to one of your legs—you'll do just about anything to find relief. That's why these simple ...

When sciatica pain strikes, it can be downright debilitating. From numbness to tingling to jolts of discomfort that radiate through your lower back, buttocks and legs, sciatica has a way of leaving ...

Physical therapy (PT) can help relieve sciatica pain by reducing nerve compression, improving flexibility, and strengthening muscles. Physical therapists use various techniques to treat sciatica pain, ...

Patients with sciatica who were treated with physical therapy experienced less disability in the year following diagnosis than those who followed the usual wait-and-see approach. Photo credit: ...

Starting physical therapy immediately after a diagnosis of acute back pain with sciatica results in reduced disability when compared to usual care, a new study has found. Julie Fritz, PT, Ph.D.

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 ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A few simple stretches might be the secret to beating at least one kind of back pain. According to physical therapists, sciatica pain is one of the most common complaints people ...

Deerfield Management is betting Sollis Therapeutics will give sciatica patients lasting relief. Sciatica is pain that shoots from the lower back down to the legs along the sciatic nerve. It is ...

Q: I developed back pain that radiated down my leg. My doctor said it was sciatica and prescribed ibuprofen. How common is this? A: The left and right sciatic nerves, the largest nerves in the body, ...

If you've experienced shooting pain that begins in your lower back and travels down your leg, it may be sciatica. Dr. Daveed Frazier, medical director of New York City Spine Surgery PLLC, with offices ...