Sciatica

(sciatic neuritis) is a set of symptoms including pain that may be caused by general compression or irritation of one of five spinal nerve roots that give rise to each sciatic nerve, or by compression or irritation of the left or right or both sciatic nerves. The pain is felt in the lower back, buttock, or various parts of the leg and foot. In addition to pain, which is sometimes severe, there may be numbness, muscular weakness, pins and needles or tingling and difficulty in moving or controlling the leg. Typically, the symptoms are only felt on one side of the body. Pain can be severe in prolonged exposure to cold weather.

Sciatica is a set of symptoms rather than a diagnosis for what is irritating the root of the nerve, causing the pain. This point is important, because treatment for sciatica or sciatic symptoms often differs, depending upon the underlying cause of the symptoms and pain levels

Treatment

When the cause of sciatica is due to a prolapsed or herniation of lumbar disc -- 90% of disc prolapses resolve with MINIMAL intervention. Like percutaneous disc decompression , ozone necleolysis.

Treatment of the underlying cause of the compression is needed in cases of epidural abscess, epidural tumors, and caudaequina syndrome.