

Sciatica: Symptoms and Causes
Low back pain effects approximately 50% of people in the United States. Not all back pain is related to or considered sciatica. Sciatica is a common symptom where people experience shooting pain and numbness and tingling into the back of the leg due to irritation of the sciatic nerve. The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) states that the peak age for sciatica symptoms are 45-64 years old. Typically pain only occurs on one side of the body. According to May