Who Do You Get Sciatica?

Sciatica occurs when the sciatic nerve becomes pinched, usually by a herniated disk in your spine or by an overgrowth of bone (bone spur) on your vertebrae. More rarely, the nerve can be compressed by a tumor or damaged by a disease such as diabetes.

Why do you get sciatica?

Sciatica happens when something presses or rubs on the sciatic nerve. Causes include: a slipped disc (the most common cause) – when a soft cushion of tissue between the bones in your spine pushes out. spinal stenosis – narrowing of the part of your spine where nerves pass through.

How do you trigger a sciatic nerve?

Sitting too much, being overweight, wearing ill-fitting clothing or shoes and other factors may trigger sciatica, that is, nerve pain that radiates from the lower back into the legs resulting from sciatic nerve compression.