What Is Sciatica?
Sciatica is more than just low back pain. It happens when the sciatic nerve—the largest nerve in your body—gets irritated or compressed. That pressure sends pain, burning, tingling, or weakness down the back of the leg and sometimes into the foot.
You may feel:
Sciatica isn’t a condition by itself—it’s a sign that something deeper is happening (like a disc issue or misalignment) that is irritating the nerve.