Patients with sciatica who were treated with physical therapy experienced less disability in the year following diagnosis than those who followed the usual wait-and-see approach. Photo credit: ...

Sciatica is more than a simple backache. It is a biological warning signal that indicates a problem with the largest nerve in ...

Starting physical therapy immediately after a diagnosis of acute back pain with sciatica results in reduced disability when compared to usual care, a new study has found. Julie Fritz, PT, Ph.D.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When sciatica pain strikes, it can be downright debilitating. From numbness to tingling to jolts of discomfort that radiate ...

The good news is sciatica is usually completely treatable.

You know the feeling: sharp, shooting pain radiating down the back of your leg. It hurts to sit, it hurts to walk and you’ve just about given up on finding a way to ease the sensation. Sciatica, a ...

About 40% of Americans have experienced sciatica – pain that radiates from the sciatic nerve, which starts in the lower back and extends through the hips, buttocks and legs. Though the pain can be ...

A reader of this column recently wrote to me with the following question: “I’m getting physical therapy for lower back pain and sciatica that is said to be from ‘piriformis syndrome.' My treatment has ...

People with back pain and sciatica who got physical therapy had less disability and decreased back pain intensity compared with controls. By Nicholas Bakalar People with back pain are often referred ...