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- Sciatica - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Complications Most people recover fully from sciatica caused by herniated disks, often without treatment But sciatica can damage nerves Seek immediate medical attention for: Loss of feeling in the affected leg Weakness in the affected leg Loss of bowel or bladder control Prevention
- Sciatica - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
Pressure on the sciatic nerve can cause pain and often numbness down a leg Self-care measures might help
- What Is Sciatic Pain and How Is It Usually Treated?
Usually, sciatica is intensely painful for about a week or two, and then starts to get progressively better About 90 percent of patients are successfully treated without needing surgery Often, physical therapy is recommended and has proven to be very effective
- Acute persistent sciatica 16 weeks after successful laminectomy
A sciatica clinic had opened up and (at a very high cost) was treating people by stretching the body on a specially designed table It felt great on the spot, but did not last
- Spinal stenosis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
The most common cause of spinal stenosis is wear-and-tear damage in the spine related to arthritis People who have serious spinal stenosis may need surgery Surgery can create more space inside the spine This can ease the symptoms caused by pressure on the spinal cord or nerves But surgery can't cure arthritis, so arthritis pain in the spine may continue
- Sciatica, its crippling me: Who to turn to? - Mayo Clinic Connect
I found literature that sometimes sciatica is the symptom that leads to the discovery of spinal cord compression I will share some literature here and you may want to discuss this with your surgeon in case you want to change course and address the issues in the cervical spine
- Postherpetic neuralgia - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Postherpetic neuralgia (post-hur-PET-ik noo-RAL-juh) is the most common complication of shingles It causes a burning pain in nerves and skin The pain lasts long after the rash and blisters of shingles go away The risk of postherpetic neuralgia rises with age It mainly affects people older than 60 There's no cure, but treatments can ease
- Mayo Clinic Study Finds Nerve Damage After Hip Surgery May Be Due to . . .
Neuropathy described in this study is isolated to the limb where the hip surgery occurred — often affecting the sciatic nerve that runs down the leg and controls strength and sensation
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