A pain in the back of your thigh when running can either be related to the hamstring muscle or a combination of a lumbar disc injury and arthritic narrowing of the spinal canal, resulting in nerve ...

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If you’ve ever felt aches or pains that radiate down your legs, you may have been dealing with sciatic nerve pain. The sciatic nerve is the biggest in your body and starts in your back and goes down ...

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Objective: Hamstring strains are one of the most common muscle strains in athletes; however, complete rupture of the proximal hamstring origin is rare and results from significant trauma. The ...

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Darren Waller struggled with injuries the past two seasons. And now, here he is again, struggling with an injury — to his hamstring (again), no less. This was always going to be the concern with ...

Question: I was recently water skiing in Lake Powell when I took a bad fall and felt a tear in my buttock. I had immediate pain and then difficulty walking. What do you think I did? Dr. Rick ...

Most cases of sciatica last for up to 6 weeks, but it can last for longer. Sciatica is a condition that occurs when a person’s sciatic nerve becomes irritated, leading to pain along the back of one ...

Massage therapy may help release tense muscles, thereby reducing pressure on your sciatic nerve. You can choose from a variety of massages, like deep tissue massage or Swedish massage. Sciatica can ...

Sciatica is a type of nerve pain that radiates down the back into the hip and leg, usually because of a herniated disk. It often goes away in a few weeks, but can become chronic. Compression, ...