It's 2025, and it's a safe bet Day would say his back has never really felt great in the last decade. Use that as a ...

The pain started in waves in my lower back and travelled down my left thigh as I worked bent over my laptop on my couch—the ...

Cervical cancer can spread to the spine, causing bone pain, nerve issues, and leg weakness. Understanding the link between ...

Dulak says it's a compression or irritation of a sciatic nerve. They run from your lower back down through your butt and into each leg (see the graphic, below). Your pain could be felt on either ...

Cluneal nerve entrapment is increasingly recognized as a significant yet often overlooked cause of low back pain (LBP). The cluneal nerves, which are responsible for sensation in the skin over the ...

Lower left back pain is muscle, organ, or nerve-related. This article helps you get closer to what’s causing continued pain on this side of your body.

the Piriformis muscle in the buttock compresses the sciatic nerve on its way down to the leg causing pain that radiates from the buttock down the back of the leg and calf, occasionally all the way ...

The sciatic nerve becomes irritated and inflamed when the piriformis muscle spasms, which can lead to piriformis syndrome. Piriformis syndrome involves pain, tingling, and numbness in the gluteal area ...

And speaking of nerve irritation… If your leg soreness “goes away” - but you’re left with a lingering back ache - your leg pain was almost certainly a sciatic episode that has temporarily ...

The first comprehensive guidelines dedicated to minimizing infections in patients undergoing surgeries and procedures ...