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Pinched Sciatic Nerve
Ross Hauser, M.D.

Almost everyone who has a pain radiating down the leg is diagnosed with sciatica.  Do you know that if a nerve is really pinched that you could barely have a conversation with me? You be wracked with pain. As it is now, your pain comes and goes. You may even have a tingling down your leg. No, it isn’t your sciatic nerve getting pinched. You simply have a ligament in your lower back, such as the sacroiliac ligament that is not stabilizing your pelvis. The pain or numb feeling down your leg is a referral pain. It isn’t a nerve getting pinched. If you can sit in a chair and raise your leg straight out in front of you without reproducing your pain, then most likely you have a ligament injury and not an injury to your sciatic nerve. (In other words, you don’t have lumbar Radiculopathy).

If you have more low back pain than leg pain, then most likely you have a ligament injury in your back and not a pinched nerve. If you are in pain but it isn’t to the point of causing you to sweat, you most likely have a ligament injury, not a sciatic nerve getting pinched. If you can feel equally in both legs, in other words the numbness you feel isn’t true numbness, because when someone touches your skin you feel it fine. It is thus numbiness. Numbiness is the sensation of numbness, but on physical examination your sensation (sense of touch) is fine. This is a referral sensation, generally from a ligament injury, not a nerve injury.

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Ross Hauser, M.D.
Dr. Hauser received his M.D. from the University of Illinois, Chicago; completed his residency at Loyola-Hines VA-Marianjoy Hospitals in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; and received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Hauser is the Medical Director and co-founder of the physician-run, comprehensive natural medicine clinic, Caring Medical & Rehabilitation Services in Oak Park, Illinois. Dr. Hauser is one of the leading experts in the treatment of chronic pain and sports injuries with Prolotherapy. He, along with his wife Marion, have written seven books on the topic of Prolotherapy, a comprehensive book on the natural medicine approach to cancer, as well as a myriad of articles and newsletters for the general public. Read more
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