Health Tip: Signs That You Have Sciatica

(HealthDay News) -- Sciatica pain occurs when a protruding (herniated) spinal disk pushes against the sciatic nerve.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons offers this list of sciatica's most common symptoms:

• Feeling that you have a bad, persistent cramp in the leg.
• Feeling pain when you sit, sneeze or cough.
• Feeling of general weakness in the leg.
• Feeling numbness or having a "pins and needles" sensation in the leg.
• Feeling a burning or tingling sensation that runs down the leg.

-- Diana Kohnle

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