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Sciatica – Why You Have Been Treating It Wrong © SciaticaSOS.com WHAT IS SCIATICA? If you suffer from Sciatica, or you’re close to someone who does, you already know that it is one of those conditions that can be quite overwhelming and incapacitating while causing a lot of discomfort even when attempting simple daily chores. You must also know that the pain caused by sciatica can be excruciating around the hips and the legs. What many people do not know is, that when the right treatment is applied early enough, this condition can heal completely. Sciatica is caused by irritation of the sciatic nerve, which is the largest nerve in the body and controls the muscles that are in the lower back of the knee and leg. When a disorder in the lower back (lumbar spine) exists, it is likely to cause sciatica. This is because the sciatic nerve is a combination of five sets of paired nerve roots in the lumbar spine and when any of these nerves is compressed or pinched, it causes pressure on the nerve route that leads to the irritating pain, weakness and numbness. Apart from the compression of one of the nerves, there are other known causes of sciatica which include: A herniated disc: This refers to as a slipped disc and occurs when the inner soft tissues of the disc leak out to the outer core and affects the nerve root 2