How does cervical spondylosis relate to radiculopathy? First, let’s look at what radiculopathy is. Radiculopathy is a medical term describing pain and other symptoms associated with a compressed nerve ...

VertexPharma wants to transform the treatment of pain. An upcoming sciatica clinical trial readout will be pivotal.

More than 200,000 Medicare patients with back pain underwent $2 billion worth of unnecessary surgeries, including spinal ...

The Boston biotech plans to announce results by the end of the year from a mid-stage trial of an experimental treatment for patients with lumbosacral radiculopathy, or LSR, more commonly known as ...

Shooting pain in your leg is often caused by problems in the lumbar spine that put pressure on nerves, such as lumbar ...

Sciatica can be an early warning sign of herpes zoster (shingles) infection of a lower extremity. Pregnancy can also cause sciatic pain as the fetus presses against the nerve. Shooting pain in the ...

It fits perfectly on my chair and when I’m traveling, I can just pick it up and take it wherever I go. In fact, I love it so much that I bought my mom one for her birthday last year — she ...

Share on Pinterest New evidence supports the notion that acupuncture can help relieve the pain caused by sciatica. Image credit: Nabi Tang/Stocksy. Acupuncture successfully reduced pain and ...

Acupuncture results in less pain and better function for patients with chronic sciatica from a herniated disk, according to a study published online Oct. 14 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Jian-Feng Tu ...

A chart-review study found low-dose dexamethasone mixed with local anesthetic was the optimal injectate for use in ILESIs for lumbar radiculopathy.

This is the reality of sciatica, which is a condition that affects millions of people and can turn even the simplest daily tasks into a painful struggle. But sciatica doesn’t have to be a life ...