What causes sciatica?
UCSF Radiologist Dr. Hess describes what causes spinal disorders such as sciatica.
Radicular Pain
- Many Causes
- Discs
- Bony spurts (osteophytes)
- Scar (after surgery)
- Sometimes other things
- One or more nerve roots
- Locations
- Within the spinal canal
- Within the neural foramen
- Extra-spinal
Sciatica describes the clinical syndrome of back pain that radiates down the leg or neck pain that radiates into the arms.
