Abstract

A REVIEW ON SCIATICA NERVE PAIN AND ITS MANAGEMENT

Ch. V. Hemanth*, K. Priyanka B. Anusha and K. Divya

ABSTRACT

Sciatica refers to pain that radiates along the path of the sciatic nerve, which branch from lower back through hips and buttocks and down each leg. Generally sciatica affects only one side of the body. Patients with sciatica generally complain about associated back pain. Back pain has also been reported to be associated with worse prognosis in patients with sciatica. At present, many medical and surgical interventions are available for the treatment of sciatica, but they are not as much successful for cure of sciatica and procedures associated with it are expensive and time consuming. Surgery is preferred in sciatica patients ineffective of conservative therapy or criteria according to the American association of Surgeons for spinal surgery. Combination of pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches are good management for sciatica nerve pain.

Keywords: Sciatica nerve pain, surgical interventions, low back pain, conservative therapy.