Causes of Sciatica include degenerative and acquired spinal diseases that result in pressure and inflammation of the Sciatic nerve.
• Spinal Disc Herniation (“slipped or bulging disc”). Sciatica pain is worse sitting and bending forward and relieved by standing
• Spinal Stenosis, a narrowing of the central spinal canal. Sciatica pain is worse by standing upright, walking and relieved by leaning forward and is largely felt in the buttocks.
• Spondylolisthesis, the slippage of one vertebra over another, that narrows the space through which the nerves exit
• Spinal Osteoarthritis, affecting the space where nerves exit from between each vertebra
• Tumours (less common among causes of Sciatica)
There are various Risk Factors for Sciatic Nerve Pain that can be taken into account.
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