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A member asked:

Is it possible to have pain from buttocks to front thigh to tibia from a sciatica nerve pain?

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Dr. Audie Rolnick answered

Yes: depends on which nerve root is compressed.

Dr Brown agreed

Answered 9/21/2016

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