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Sciatic Nerve Lesion

Definition:
A wound or injury of the sciatic nerve. A pathological change in the tissues. One of the individual points or patches of a multifocal disease.
Symptoms:
  • Foot drop
  • Loss of power below the knee and loss of knee flexion
  • Loss of ankle jerk and plantar response; not knee jerk
  • Loss of sensation below knee on the lateral side
  • Pain, a burning sensation, numbness, or tingling radiating from the lower back and upper buttock down the back of the thigh to the back of the leg
Causes:
  • Improperly performed injections into the buttock
  • Lumbar disc herniation
  • Pregnancy
  • Spinal stenosis
  • Arthritis
  • Tumor
Treatment:
  • Soft tissue massage
  • Lower extremity stretching
  • Core stability exercises
  • Lower extremity strengthening
  • Posture program