Symptoms include: Pregnancy also causes a form of spinal compression that can affect the sciatic nerve. When you're pregnant, the body releases a hormone called relaxin. It's designed to relax ...

a flat muscle that sits just above the sciatic nerve. If the piriformis is irritated, it can cause inflammation and compression that also triggers sciatica-like symptoms. Start by lying on your ...

In contrast, sciatic nerve palsy, presenting as equinovarus or equinus deformity, was diagnosed on average 3.8 months after the intragluteal injections (Napiontek & Ruszkowski, 1993). Cavovarus ...

A case is reported here in which a 22 year old club basketball player slipped on landing from a jump shot, forcing him into a side splits position from which he sustained a posterior dislocation of ...

Sciatic nerve ... damage to the sciatic nerve—the largest nerve in the body. While the origin varies, from herniated discs to age-related spinal degeneration, the symptoms remain distressingly ...