Sciatic nerve or ischiatic nerve is one of the largest nerves in our body that starts from the lower back which goes through the buttock till lower limb of the human body. The sciatic supplies almost the whole of the skin of the leg, the muscles of the thigh and back, and those of the foot and leg. Interestingly, this nerve is one and only longest and broad nerve in our body system. If this nerve gets inflamed then it becomes reason of pain the starting point of which is lumbar area till the buttocks. It also affects posterior side of the limbs. The nerve pain of sciatic is also commonly known as sciatica.

The disorder of spine affects the lumbar area which puts pressure on sciatic nerve as a result it becomes the reason of sciatica. The person feels serious pain particularly while walking and so it is difficult for the person to walk. There are certain conditions when sciatic symptoms get worst such as bending at the waist or while walking. The only way to get rid of pain is lying down. Expecting mother also feels pain because of overweight which strains the spine as a result it puts pressure on sciatica nerve. After the birth of baby pain disappears with time. Even car accident injury also becomes the reason of pain which presses the nerve of low back.

There are certain ways to sciatic nerve pain management such as physical therapy especially for those who don’t want to take medicines. The one and only best sciatic nerve pain treatment is the bed rest which you must give to your bones and joints particularly when it is aching. If you consult the physicians they will advice you for the physical therapy with the help of special exercises. Sometime physicians just believe in advising light walk so that muscles get loosen and get relieve from the pain with time. It is also possible that the person does not feel good after physical therapy in that case painkillers can be used. It means sciatica nerve pain can also be treated with the prescribed painkillers such as epidural injections, chiropractic or osteopathy and anti-inflammatory medications. If any above mentioned treatment doesn’t work to solve the problem in that case surgery is the best option that the person can consider.

The medicines which are usually used for sciatic nerve pain treatment is ibuprofen. It is a drug that is considered non-steroidal anti-inflammatory. In some cases injections of cortisone are used which produces steroids by the adrenal gland and it is injected in the epidural space near the spinal column. The cortisone injections are synthetically created and it works as an anti-inflammatory. If there is a situation of bulging disc or herniated disc in that case surgery such as laminectomy needs to be performed.

The best way of preventing pain is by avoiding sitting for longer period in bad posture. Even with the help of mild exercise the sciatic pain can be prevented.