They'll teach you exercises, stretches, and other treatments to increase core strength, which may help control lower back pain. 3. Sciatica Sciatica is nerve pain, aka radiculopathy, caused by the ...

Pinching of the nerve roots can cause pain and numbness in areas controlled by that nerve. Symptoms of nerve compression can occur at the site of the compression or further away from the spine.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals shares sank Thursday after the company reported mixed results in a Phase 2 drug trial to treat lumbosacral radiculopathy (LSR), which causes leg and back pain. The company ...

"Chronic back pain is common and can negatively impact ... in patients suffering pain caused either by a pinched nerve (radiculopathy) or a compressed spinal cord or nerves (spinal stenosis).