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Most sciatica cases settle within six weeks of conservative care, but recovery happens in three distinct stages. Around 75% of acute cases resolve within four weeks. Subacute cases that linger past six weeks often need active physiotherapy. Chronic cases lasting over 12 weeks need specialist input. Recovery is rarely linear, and knowing the markers of improvement helps you tr...

Sciatica is pain caused by irritation or compression of the sciatic nerve. The pain typically radiates from your lower back through one buttock and down the back of your leg. Most cases settle within six weeks with conservative treatment. 

This article explains the four sources of sciatic nerve compression, the symptom patterns that map to specific nerve roots, an...

Sciatica and lower back pain often appear together, but the two are distinct conditions. Lower back pain stays in the lumbar region. Sciatica radiates from the lower back down one leg, often with numbness or tingling. Five clear markers help you tell which one you have. Both respond to physiotherapy as first-line treatment, and the right plan depends on which condition is dri...

Most lower back pain has a mechanical cause, meaning the muscles, ligaments, discs, or joints in the lumbar spine are loaded in a way they cannot handle. The symptoms tell a physio almost everything they need to know about what is going on. Sharp pain when bending forward suggests one pattern, dull stiffness after sitting suggests another, and radiating pain down the leg sugg...

Lower back pain that flares when you bend forward or lift something is one of the most common reasons people end up in our One Body LDN clinics. The trigger gives us the diagnosis nine times out of ten, because the lumbar spine reacts in specific, predictable ways depending on which structure is irritated.

Pain that hits the moment you bend forward usually means on...