Lybrate Logo
Get the App
For Doctors
Login/Sign-up
Book Appointment
Treatment
Ask a Question
Plan my Surgery
Health Feed
tab_logos
About
tab_logos
Health Feed
tab_logos
Find Doctors
tab_logos
Health Packages
AllQ&AsTipsQuizzes
Facebook Icon
Twitter Icon
Telegram Icon
Linkedin Icon

Yoga For Sciatica Tips

Last Updated: 5 years ago• Featured Tip
Share
Bookmark
Report
Profile Image

Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surge...read more

Ayurvedic Doctor•Amritsar
banner-image
Gridhrasi is what Sciatica is known as in Ayurveda. It is the disorder that causes mild to agonizing pain in the sciatic nerve or neuralgia. These nerves, emerging from the pelvis, run along the hamstring and may cause intense pain in one or both the legs when a person suffers from Sciatica. Sciatic pains fill your life with misery as the simplest of daily activities cause sudden and excruciating pain. There are two types of sciatica i.e. true sciatica and pseudo-sciatica. Sciatica may be caused...more
Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
Share
Bookmark
Report
Profile Image

MD, FIPP

Pain Management Specialist•Kolkata
banner-image
The sciatic nerve spreads down the spine till the legs. The pain in this nerve can feel like sparks running down your back of leg from buttock area. Anything that puts weight on or aggravates this nerve can cause pain that shoots down the back of one butt cheek or thigh. The amount of pain can increase gradually. Sciatica may feel like a gentle ache, a sharp sensation or extreme uneasiness. Sciatica can bring feelings of shivering, numbness and weakness.

Sitting, standing up, coughing,...more
Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
Share
Bookmark
Report
Profile Image

MCh - Neurosurgery , MS - Orthopaedics

Neurosurgeon•Bangalore
banner-image
Sciatica refers to the pain one experiences due to the irritation or compression of nerve roots contributing to formation of Sciatic nerve. The sciatic nerve is the longest and widest nerve in the body, running from the lower back, down to the back of each leg. The pain can occur in the lower back and spread to the hips, buttocks and leg. Sciatica generally affects one side of the body. There are numerous causes of irritation of the sciatic nerve and sciatica.

Some of them are:

more
Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
Share
Bookmark
Report
Profile Image

DHMS (Diploma In Homeopathic Medicine an...read more

Homeopathy Doctor•Chandigarh
banner-image
The longest nerve in the body is the sciatic nerve. The sciatic nerve starts from the lower part of the spine, through your hip to the back of the leg. So when it is said sciatica, we refer to pain in this nerve. Since the nerve covers the spine, hip and leg, sciatic pain is felt in the areas through which it passes. The lower leg muscles and sensation in the legs, thighs and feet are controlled by this nerve.

Symptoms usually include:

Pain that radiates from the lower back to ...more
Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
Share
Bookmark
Report
Profile Image

BPT, MPT- Ortho

Physiotherapist•Gurgaon
banner-image
The sciatic nerve is one of the largest nerves in the body. It goes from the lower back all the way down to the base of the leg. When there is a disorder associated with the sciatic nerve, it is known as Sciatica.

Sciatica, however, does not necessarily need a surgery or a very elaborate procedure to fix the problem. Most commonly, it is treated simply by practicing a number of simple exercises. Here are some of the most common exercises prescribed to treat Sciatica:

Reclining...more
Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
Share
Bookmark
Report
Profile Image

MBBS Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor o...read more

Pain Management Specialist•Delhi
banner-image
The term Sciatica is used to describe leg pain, tingling, numbness or weakness that travels down the low back via the sciatic nerve to the back of leg. Sciatic nerve arises from each side of lower spine and passes deep in the buttock along the back of thigh and legs. The pain of Sciatica may be irregular/ infrequent or persistent causing severe agony to the patients. The pain of Sciatica may be confined to low back or hips or may extend up to toes. The pain of Sciatica can be excruciating and "n...more
Last Updated: 8 years ago• Featured Tip
Share
Bookmark
Report
Profile Image

BPTh/BPT, MPT - Orthopedic Physiotherapy...read more

Physiotherapist•Gurgaon
banner-image
Sciatica is a very common neuropathic pain that is caused by damage to the sciatic nerve, a large nerve that runs from the lower back region down the end of each leg. It is the largest single nerve in the body.
This condition affects around 4 out of 10 people at some point of their lives. The nature of the pain varies from a mild ache to a sharp stinging sensation and may cause feelings of numbness and extreme weakness.

The causes for the onset of sciatica are numerous. Some of them...more
Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
Share
Bookmark
Report
Profile Image

MD, FIPP

Pain Management Specialist•Kolkata
banner-image
Sciatica pain arises from the sciatic nerve which is the single largest nerve in our body. It consists of individual nerve roots, which branching out from the lower back of the spine to the back of each leg and combining together forms the sciatic nerve. The origination of the sciatic pain lies in the lower back of the body and radiates down the buttock to the sciatic nerve.

Causes of the sciatica pain

Arthritis: If an individual is diagnosed with arthritis, then he or she can ...more
Last Updated: 8 years ago• Featured Tip
Share
Bookmark
Report
Profile Image

B.A.M.S.

Ayurvedic Doctor•Dehradun
banner-image
Gridhrasi is what Sciatica is known as in Ayurveda. It is the disorder that causes mild to agonizing pain in the sciatic nerve or neuralgia. These nerves, emerging from the pelvis, run along the hamstring and may cause intense pain in one or both the legs when a person suffers from Sciatica. Sciatic pains fill your life with misery as the simplest of daily activities cause sudden and excruciating pain. There are two types of sciatica i.e. true sciatica and pseudo sciatica. Sciatica may be caused...more
Last Updated: 8 years ago• Featured Tip
Share
Bookmark
Report
Profile Image

MBBS, DNB, Fellowship In Neurosurgery

Neurosurgeon•Kolkata
banner-image
Sciatica refers to the pain one experiences due to the irritation or compression of nerve roots contributing to formation of Sciatic nerve. The sciatic nerve is the longest and widest nerve in the body, running from the lower back, down to the back of each leg. The pain can occur in the lower back and spread to the hips, buttocks and leg. Sciatica generally affects one side of the body. There are numerous causes of irritation of the sciatic nerve and sciatica.

Some of them are:
more
chat_icon

Ask a free question

Get FREE multiple opinions from Doctors

posted anonymously
Pristyn Care Banner