i am having physical therapy treatments for my siatic nerve in my lower back and left leg. can the pain run up your back also?
i am having physical therapy treatments for my siatic nerve in my lower back and left leg. can the pain run up your back also?
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#1 by Paula on January 15, 2010 - 12:12 pm
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It is unusual. Where up does the pain goes? usually it only affects the lumbar area lower back. I haven’t heard of a sciatic nerve pain that goes to the thoracic vertebrae level of the back.
#2 by mistify on January 15, 2010 - 5:49 pm
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Technically, no, but the term sciatica and sciatic nerve pain are too loosely thrown around anyway. It’s very rare to actually have compression on the sciatic nerve, rather, the pain actually eminates from the vertebral disc which can either press on the nerve root (rarely) or can simply refer pain around the spine and into the leg. As the position of the vertebral disc changes, the pain may be felt in different locations…it might refer “up” the back on rare occasions, but most likely that pain starts to “centralize” towards the middle of the spine as the disc displacement resolves. TRUE sciatic nerve compression is associated with loss of sensation in a predicatable pattern and weakenss of particular muscle groups. Yet, we all refer to it as “sciatica” which basically can refer to any number of back and leg pain related conditions. So in short, yes, the pain up your back could possibly be related to the condition for which you are being treated
Good luck for a speedy recovery
#3 by Anonymous on January 15, 2010 - 6:54 pm
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No! The sciatic nerve (also known as the ischiatic nerve) is a large nerve that starts in the lower back and runs through the buttock and down the lower limb. It is the longest and largest single nerve in the body.
The sciatic supplies nearly the whole of the skin of the leg, the muscles of the back of the thigh, and those of the leg and foot.
However, it you have pain radiating up your back, it could be due to muscles, tendons as you are having PT. Good Luck
#4 by sciatica cure on July 24, 2010 - 2:27 pm
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Sciatica is typically a diagnosis used for the S1 nerve. this pain runs down the butt to the back of the legs and even to the calf and feet. If you are having pain to your butt and front of thigh then this is not sciatica. if you are having both symptions at the same time then something else is going on. good luck