A doctor explains how a pinched nerve in the back causes sciatica pain in the leg

Hi Dr. Lumbago, I hope you have some answers for me. Sometimes I have pain in my lower back, and sometimes it goes down my butt and into the back part of my upper leg or thigh and ends about Continue reading A doctor explains how a pinched nerve in the back causes sciatica pain in the leg

What do spinal stenosis and “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” have in common?

Hello Doctor, I have been bothered a lot by pain in the center of my low back near the waistline with  leg pain sometimes in both legs for the last few years. This problem acts up at strange times regardless Continue reading What do spinal stenosis and “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” have in common?