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 at the back of the knee.  When I get pain in the low back and leg pain it happens after I sit

Dr. Lumbago, Here’s my story. I hope you can tell me what I should do. Last year, almost 14 months ago, I had an accident at work on a fork lift truck when another employee hit me with his fork lift truck that was going at a high rate of speed, and hit me from the side and I was throw

Location of the sciatic nerve in relation to sciatica Where is the sciatic nerve? The sciatic nerve is largest, longest in widest nerve in humans and other animals that starts in the lower back, runs through the buttocks and down the leg into the foot, ending at the great toe. At its

Piriformis syndrome relief for hip pain and sciatica  What is the best treatment for a piriformis syndrome? To understand the piriformis syndrome it is necessary to understand the piriformis muscle.  The piriformis muscle is a long, flat and narrow muscle found deep in buttock region

How can I get relief from sciatica? Sciatic nerve pain or sciatic neuritis The largest nerve in the body is the sciatic nerve, both in terms of length and thickness (it is about as big around as your thumb).  It starts in the low back from five different levels, or nerve roots, of the