Does Depression Cause Sciatica?
- Back Pain and Sciatica - Risk Factors
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Symptoms and Causes
- Diagnosis
- Self-Care
- Medications
Risk Factors
In most known cases, pain begins with an injury, after lifting a heavy object, or after making a sudden movement. Not all people have back pain after such injuries, however. In the majority of back pain cases, the causes are unknown.
Aging
Intervertebral disks begin deteriorating and growing thinner by age 30. One-third of adults over 20 show signs of herniated disks (although only 3% of these disks cause symptoms). As people continue to age and the disks lose moisture and shrink, the...
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Back Pain and Sciatica: Causes
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Sciatica
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