Helpful Advice For Pregnant Women To Manage Sciatica
Saturday, February 13th, 2010Pregnancy comes with an assortment of aches and pains, but a number of women are plagued by an even more excruciating condition during pregnancy: sciatica. When the baby’s head presses against the sciatic nerve, which is a nerve that travels down the spine, into the pelvis, and down the upper leg, this extremely painful condition is produced. The expectant mother who is experiencing this condition may struggle with shooting pains in the lower back (some women experience this as numbness), that may spread out over the buttocks, and then travel down the thigh.