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Beyond any doubt, it’s always hard when you hear that you have sciatica, especially chronic one. This means that you will experience the constant sometimes unbearable pain in your back and leg. It is very important to take into account that the true sciatica is mainly caused by spinal abnormality. But the more common case is pseudo-sciatica which is mainly caused by circulatory, muscular or psychosomatic reasons. It would be useful for you to know that even having the chronic sciatica, different people have different symptoms. Some people have the same pain from day to day.

The other may experience sharp pain for an hour and then it reduces. For another group the worst symptoms may be experienced in certain positions or while doing some activities. But, according to statistics, the main reason which causes the sciatica is herniated lumbar disc. If we are making a closer investigation of this problem, you should also be aware that there are some levels that suffer more from sciatica. It is mainly L5/S1 and L4/L5. It’s not a secret that the spinal discs do not have nerve endings or blood supply, that’s why they do not feel pain. So, as far as this issue is concerned, when the disc is herniated it affects neurological tissues that are round it.

It is obvious that when you take a closer look at this issue that if you have herniated discs this may mean that you have foraminal stenosis. The ‘pinched nerves’ form the sciatic nerves, so when on of them is compressed it may lead to pain. According to some researches, first you feel weakness, first you wouldn’t even experience the tingling and long lasting pain. At first, you wouldn’t even suspect the sciatica. In addition, it should be also mentioned that the more complicated case here is spinal stenosis. The pain here varies and the symptoms in legs here are typical. The spinal stenosis may seriously affect your back and cause may problems, especially pain in legs and in buttocks.

To sum up, as far as my personal experience may be taken into account, the most typical sciatica symptoms are a tingling and burning sensation in the area of the buttocks and extends down the back of the leg up to the calf and foot. You may as well feel something like weakness in your leg. Beyond any doubt, you have to pay serious attention to the fact that some people feel a sharp pain in the back of the calf or thigh. Long sitting may lead to the fact that you may feel discomfort and the symptoms may worsen. And finally, in severe cases, it may be even difficult for people to walk.

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