Sciatic Nerve Pain Down Both Legs
Causes of sciatica in both legs.
Sciatic nerve pain down both legs. Small nerves in the legs can become damaged causing burning pain tingling or numbness in the foot or lower leg. You might feel the discomfort almost anywhere along the nerve pathway but it s especially likely to follow a path from your low back to your buttock and the back of your thigh and calf. My sciatic nerve pain nightmare fit the bilateral profile. Bilateral sciatica in both legs can be caused by any number of conditions that affect the nerve roots which will eventually form the sciatic nerve l4 l5 s1 s2 and s3 as well as conditions that affect the fully formed sciatic nerve itself.
This type of nerve damage is often related to diabetes. This is explained above in our clarification of spinally motivated versus pseudo sciatica.