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The "sciatic nerve" are actually a pair of nerves, one to the left leg and one to the right. They exit the spine in the lumbar region. The nerves tend to get inflamed by the muscles or spinal compression with pain radiating down the affected leg. Miserable....
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∙ 14y agoThe sciatic nerve is the largest nerve in the body. It has the thickness of one of your fingers where it comes from the lower spine. from your lower back it travels through your hip and buttock and down both your legs where it divides into two branches at the knee. Each leg has its own sciatic nerve.
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∙ 11y agoI believe so as people normally have two legs, and the phrase Sciattica applies to stabbing pains up and down the lower extremeties. I don"t know where the word comes from, exactly, but it is not related to side ( like Left side, side arm, etc.)
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Does the sciatic nerve pass through the lesser sciatic foeamen?
If you look up the nervous system there are 3 places in your lower back that cause Sciatic or pinched nerve in three locations. Lower lumbar back at 3,4,5, cause pain in the left or right backside cheek, a shorter nerve. One causes pain that comes into the groin are from the backside around and up through groin. One causes the pain that runs down the outside seem of your pants and can end of in the second little toe. (next to the pinkie toe) It is called the Sciatic nerve.
What causes lower back pain which affects the left buttocks?
Varies. Could be a sprain along you sciatic nerve.
At what level do the majority of nerve fibers cross from the right to the left?
medulla
What Nerve carrying motor information causing left leg extension?
nerve carring motor informaton causing right leg flexion?
What is the function of the phrenic nerve?
The phrenic nerve starts in the brain and travels down alongside the main spinal cord. the nerve then branches away. The right branch passes underneath the muscles of the neck and bones of the shoulder to the base of the right lung where it goes to the hear and windpipe. The left branch of the nerve follows a similar path passing close to the heart before entering the diaphragm.
Can the sciatic nerve cause pain in neck left arm and left leg?
No the sciatic nerve only affects the legs.
Does the sciatic nerve pass through the lesser sciatic foeamen?
If you look up the nervous system there are 3 places in your lower back that cause Sciatic or pinched nerve in three locations. Lower lumbar back at 3,4,5, cause pain in the left or right backside cheek, a shorter nerve. One causes pain that comes into the groin are from the backside around and up through groin. One causes the pain that runs down the outside seem of your pants and can end of in the second little toe. (next to the pinkie toe) It is called the Sciatic nerve.
Where is the pacific place the sciatic nerve is located in your body?
The sciatic nerve is the largest and longest single nerve in the human body, about as big around as a thumb at its largest point. The nerve originates in the lower spine as nerve roots exit the spinal cord (through the bones in the spine), and extends all the way down the back of the leg to the toes. The sciatic nerve is actually a combination of nerves. It is formed on the right and left hand side of the lower spine by the combination of the fourth and fifth lumbar nerves and the first three nerves in the sacral spine. Each nerve exits the spine between two vertebral segments and is named for the segment above it.
What causes lower back pain which affects the left buttocks?
Varies. Could be a sprain along you sciatic nerve.
What does it mean when you have a cramp in your back and another cramp in your right rump cheek?
Could possibly be a sciatic nerve issue, if it only affects that side at the same time. I currently have a herniated L5 disc that is pressing upon that nerve and it gives a cramping burning sensation in my left back all the way down to my left big toe... yours doesnt sound as severe though
What causes low back pain with leg involvement?
If the pain is sharp, and traces down the left side of the spine to the lower back, across the waist and hip, across the top of the thigh and down the inner knee, the problem is the L3/L4 disk pressing on the spinal nerve at that point. It typically sharp at the mid and lower back, and burning as it travels further, though it will occasionally be sharp all the time too. You can literally trace the nerve pathway with your finger by following the pain if it's bad enough. ---- I have this pain at the moment, I had it several years ago and it lasted for months I had a gluten intollerance test and it told me that I was intollerant to gluten, I cut out gliuten and within 2 wekd it had gone, its now come back although I dont eat anything with gluten in it. I cannot understand why the pain goes into my left lower back and left leg...anyone else get this ?
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What are sciatic nerve symptoms?
There are unmistakable symptoms for the sciatic nerve acting up. In many cases, the lower bum and leg will "give out" and you will be left limping in pain for a few days. This can be relieved by ice packs and a heating pad in alternation thirty minute intervals. Small achy, stabbing pains are also felt in minor situations, which can be dealt with by Motrin.
You are 6 weeks pregnant and seem to have sciatic nerve pain but does not run down your leg just a bolting pain in your left buttock is this normal?
See a doctor. Pregancy can often cause pains and aches which are unexplainable and common, not harmful. But, still see your doctor.
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