Sciatica

Pain affecting the back, hip, and outer side of the leg, caused by compression of a spinal nerve root in the lower back, often owing to degeneration of an intervertebral disc.

Causes

Lumbar herniated, Disc Degenerative disc diseasesthmic, spondylolisthesis Lumbar, spinal stenosis, Piriformis syndrome, Sacroiliac joint dysfunction

Treatments

• Rest
• Physiotherapy
• Taping of involved muscles
• Surgery if it is required
• Interventional pain procedures like: SI joint block, piriformis injection, spinal nerve root block, percutaneous disc decompression, Ozone nucleolysis.