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What are the simtoms of sciatica and can it hurt under your foot or heal?

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Dr. Ihab Ibrahim answered

Specializes in Pain Management

Pain from : Your back down your leg. And yes, it can affect your foot and heel.

Answered 9/29/2016

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sharp pain : Sciatica typically presents and how back pain and radiating pain into the legs and feet. You should consult with a pain management doctor to determine the exact cause of your pain.

Answered 3/14/2016

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Dr. Qamar Khan answered

Specializes in Pain Management

Back & Leg/Foot Pain: Sciatica is pain in the distribution of the leg/foot 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.

Answered 6/28/2014

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