Signs That You Have Sciatica

Including pain that radiates from your back to lower leg 

If you've had it, then you know what sciatica CAN feel like. 

Sciatica is the phenomenon of pain, tingling, burning, pulling or other sensation down the leg, which is caused by inflammation or encroachment on the sciatic nerve. 

However, sciatica can present in different ways to people and often gets mistaken for other problems, such as a pulled muscle, a weak muscle, a tight muscle, a hip problem, etc.

Tension on the sciatic nerve (which is really one large nerve--made up of five root nerves in the low back-- running from the buttock down the leg) can be mild, unnoticable, or severely debiliatating.

Most commonly, sciatica pain occurs when a protruding (herniated) spinal disk pushes against the sciatic nerve.

Here are some other signs that you may have sciatica.

• Feeling that you have a bad, persistent cramp in the leg.
• Feeling pain when you sit, sneeze or cough.
• Feeling of general weakness in the leg.
• Feeling numbness or having a "pins and needles" sensation in the leg.
• Feeling a burning or tingling sensation that runs down the leg.