Category Archives: Sciatica

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3 Signs You May Have A Slipped Or Bulging Disc

You may feel pain in your lower back or leg if a disc in your lower spine bulges or tears. These 3 signs will help you determine if you have a protruding or herniated disc in your lower back: Sitting Pain Your lower spinal discs are put under tremendous pressure when you sit. The increased […]


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Treatment Options to Relieve Your Sciatica Pain

If you are having trouble performing basic physical functions because of a sharp pain radiating from your lower back, through the buttock, and down your lower leg, you may be suffering from sciatica. Many people confuse sciatica with back pain. Sciatica is differentiated from back pain because it is the term given to the discomfort […]


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Sciatica Isn’t a Prison Riot

If you’ve ever seen Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon, the scene where he chants “Attica” over and over in reference to the famous 1971 prison riot is unforgettable. But when it comes to unforgettable back and leg pain, you could want to chant, “Sci-Attica.” Sciatica involves inflammation of the sciatic nerve, and it is a […]


More About Sciatica

From August’s first blog, you now know that burning or tingling down your leg isn’t because your leg fell asleep watching every episode of Breaking Bad on Netflix. And you know that shooting pain when you stand isn’t because your chair is old. It’s sciatica, the compression of the sciatic nerve running down into your […]


About that Pain Shooting Down Your Leg

OK, so you’re stuck in traffic on the Chisholm Trail Parkway and suddenly your leg on the accelerator starts burning and is painful. Even worse, your butt could start to burn. The pain could be shooting down one or both legs. Not the best recipe for a happy rush hour. Sounds like you may be […]


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Epidural Injections for Sciatica

Sciatica refers to pain that radiates out along the path of the sciatic nerve. This nerve branches from your lumbar spine (lower back) and runs downward through your hips and buttocks and then down into each leg. Sciatica usually affects just one side. At DFW Center for Spinal Disorders, we often use epidural injections to […]


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Treating Sciatica

You’ve probably known someone (if you haven’t had it yourself) who has suffered from sciatica. Sciatica is inflammation of the sciatic nerve, the longest nerve in the body. When the sciatic nerve is compressed, it sends pain down the entire nerve pathway, meaning from the lumbar region of the spine into the buttock and down […]


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Tingling in Your Legs? It’s Not Anticipation

Tingling when we were adolescents was a good thing. You meet a new girl or guy, and you get that tingling sensation. Puppy love. But as we get older, tingling isn’t usually a good thing. Tingling in your fingers means you probably have a compressed nerve running through your elbow or your carpal tunnel. Tingling […]


The Pain in the Butt that is Sciatica

OK, so you’re stuck in traffic on the 30 and suddenly your leg on the accelerator starts burning and is painful. Or your butt has the same. You may even have shooting pain down one or both legs. Not the best solution for rush hour irritation. Sounds like you may be having a bout of […]



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