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December 17, 2019 | Sciatica & Leg Pain
While sciatica is one of the most common forms of back pain, people often assume they have it when they don't, says U of A physical therapy researcher Greg Kawchuk.
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December 4, 2019 | Sciatica & Leg Pain
When treating sciatica, it's important to find an appropriate balance of strength training and mobility exercises to help protect the spine and reduce further nerve root inflammation.
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November 11, 2019 | Sciatica & Leg Pain
For a long time, physiotherapists have used a variety of mechanical and manual traction techniques to address back pain. IDD Therapy spinal decompression enables clinicians to provide non-invasive and...
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October 28, 2019 | Sciatica & Leg Pain
The condition, which accounts for about five per cent of all cases of back pain, occurs when the nerve that runs from the lower spine, through the back of the pelvis and branches into the legs becomes...
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October 22, 2019 | Sciatica & Leg Pain
The sciatic nerve, which originates in the lumbar spine and runs through the buttocks down both legs, is the longest and widest nerve in the body. Intermountain Medical Center exercise specialist, Jef...
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August 5, 2019 | Sciatica & Leg Pain
Testing and improving your sciatic nerve mobility could be the end of back pain. Issues with the sciatic nerve can cause weakness and lack of activation in the glutes, hamstrings, calf and foot. It&rs...
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July 31, 2019 | Sciatica & Leg Pain
If you have a bone spur or maybe a slipped disk, either of those can press on the sciatic nerve. This means you have sciatica. Sciatica’s symptoms include burning sensation, numbness, weakness o...
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July 22, 2019 | Sciatica & Leg Pain
Some people feel sciatica as a deep ache in the buttocks. Others experience a sleeve of discomfort around the thigh. And still others feel a sharp shooting pain down the back of the leg. Regardless of...
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July 15, 2019 | Sciatica & Leg Pain
Sciatica is the type of pain that originates in your lower back and typically radiates down one or both of your legs. It results from the inflammation of the sciatic nerve in your lower back. The medi...
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July 2, 2019 | Sciatica & Leg Pain
A study published July 2017 in the International Journal of Science and Research concludes that sedentary individuals are more likely to develop tightness in the piriformis muscle, and this tightness...
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June 28, 2019 | Sciatica & Leg Pain
There are many components of cannabis are able to alleviate pain caused by sciatica. The only official study that was performed on sciatica sufferers was with isolated THC and there are also man...
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June 20, 2019 | Sciatica & Leg Pain
If you're experiencing sciatica nerve pain, you're not alone. Millions of people deal with symptoms that range from tingling to agonizing 24-hour pain. Sciatica is common and it can be hard to...