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According to the U.S.
The largest nerves in your body is the sciatic nerve.
Injury or pressure affecting the sciatic nerve is called sciatica.
As we age, we become more prone to backaches.
Do you ever feel discomfort or tingling in your leg? Do you get a numbness in your hip or sharp pain in the sole of your foot?
Sciatica is a painful condition that may be brought on by the irritation/compression of the path of the sciatic nerve and its branches.
Pain in the lower back that radiates down the leg may be diagnosed as sciatica.
Pain management in a case of sciatica can be tricky and requires patience and a high threshold for pain.
The general population may know the term sciatica, and even be able to associate it with the words "back" and "pain".
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