Sciatica
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What is Sciatica?
Sciatica is a chronic and often severely painful condition. The sciatic nerve leaves the base of the spine to travel down each leg, when gets pinched it causes inflammation in the muscles around it (which pinched the nerve even more). It may get pinched between the vertebra, or by muscles surrounding the spine.
The pain is registered as a continuous ache typically through one side of the buttocks (sometimes both) and down the back of that leg (or both). Usually the pain stops at the knee, but it can continue to the foot. Pain may also register in the hip joint, or lower back.
When sciatica is coupled with other painful conditions acting in the same area, it often creates a 'feedback loop', the pain from the sciatica aggravating the pain in the abdomen, and vice versa. Adenomyosis and endometriosis are particularly affected.
Sciatica can be caused by an injury, poor posture, bad lifting techniques or weak abdominal muscles.
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