Symptoms of Sciatica

Symptoms of sciatica
-Pain that travels from the low back, through the buttocks, downward into the leg, and sometimes into the foot.
- Burning and tingling sensations( pins-and-needles feeling) in your leg.
- Partial leg numbness or weakness. In some cases, you may have pain in one part of your leg and numbness in another.
- Worsening of symptoms when squatting, coughing, trying to stand up.... coz these maneuvers can increase pressure around the nerve and magnify the symptoms of sciatica.

Seek medical attention if your pain persists — and seek immediate attention if you have any of the following emergency signs:

* Pain is getting worse.
* Pain affects your every day activities.
* Leg weakness or numbness.
* Loss of bowel or bladder control.- Cauda equina syndrome
- rare, but an emergency
- caused by a prolapsed disc.
- cause low back pain plus: problems with
bowel and bladder function (usually unable
to pass urine), numbness in the 'saddle'
area (around the anus), and weakness in one
or both legs.
- preserve the nerves to the bladder
and bowel from becoming permanently damaged

When you're describing your symptoms to your doctor, it's helpful to be as exact as possible.
So when you feel pain, is it
-especially intense above your knee?
-below your knee and into your foot?
-on the side of your foot?
-in your big toe and maybe in your ankle, too?