What is sciatia?

Lower limb pain: Sciatica is a general term for a condition which has caused inflammation of or compression of a major spinal nerve or nerves which have a pain pattern producing severe burning type pain down the buttock, thigh and calf. It can come from a problem with any or all the spinal nerves which comprise the sciatic L4 through s3 but most commonly comprises L5 or s1 or it can be pure sciatic pain (out).

See below: Sciatica refers to pain, weakness, numbness, or tingling in the leg. It is caused by injury to or pressure on the sciatic nerve. Sciatica is a symptom of another medical problem, not a medical condition on its own.

Back & Leg Pain: Sciatica is pain in the distribution of the leg as a result of an irritated nerve or facet joints or other injury typically in the lumbar spine (low back) which are caused by herniated disks, spinal stenosis or degenerative disc disease, etc requiring further evaluation by a spine specialist and may be candidate for facet injections/radiofrequency ablation and epidural steroid injection.

You can do several: What can you do is modify activities to minimize symptoms, take medication like ibuprophen or Naproxen if no contraindications, give it time as most get better, guided exercise/physical therapy, consider epidural steroid injections & modify your lifestyle in terms of weight control, avoiding smoking & exercising regularly to minimize the chance of recurrent problems. If no better, surgery may be.

Pinched Nerve: Sounds like you have a pinched nerve in your back. I would suggest seeing a pain/spine specialist to evaluate you further to evaluate what level and what can be done to treat you. There are interventional treatments besides medications and surgeries that might reduce or eliminate the pain altogether.