Ever been lying in bed at night, trying to doze off, when you suddenly feel a jolt of pain running down your back and into your buttock or leg? Sciatica-related lower back pain is a common problem, ...

Among patients with acute radiculopathy (sciatica) due to a herniated lumbar disk, a short course of oral steroids, compared with placebo, resulted in modest improvement in function and no ...

We assessed 461 patients with suspected lumbar radiculopathy for inclusion (Figure 1). 376 (81.6%) ... had to be comparable to or worse than the back pain.

Tours, France - Both mechanical and chemical factors contribute to development of radiculopathy associated with disk herniation, and while TNF-α is part of the story, it isn't the whole story. Dr ...

First of all, a clarification is in order: "Sciatica" is an older term that was commonly used for pain or an abnormal sensation that travels down the sciatic nerve, from the lower spine toward the ...

A 57-year-old man was referred by his family physician to our spine clinic for assessment of left-sided leg pain of six months’ duration. His history was significant only for a spontaneous onset of ...

Herniated L5-S1 Disk: T2-weighted MRI of the lumbosacral spine; (Left) sagittal image; (Right) axial image.Note the large disk herniation between the L5 and S1 vertebral bodies. On the axial scan, the ...