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Top 3 Three Reasons For Sciatica Pain

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The Sciatic nerve is the longest nerve in the body,  it’s kind of like a garden hose,  If you can imagine that.  Like a garden hose it can get squeezed at different locations.  If water flows out a garden hose then electricity flows in the sciatic nerve and down  into the leg muscles and  nerves. When the sciatic nerve tries to give power to the muscles in the leg, and it gets  squeezed the electricity that comes out of the nerve is reduced and you feel pain in the muscles because the muscles are not getting enough power to do their job.   This causes the feeling of tightness around the calf and in the buttock area.   It also makes the sciatic nerve  feel like its being pulled almost like a fishing line tensioned when a fisherman attempt to  pull up  on a heavy fish in the ocean. Reasons for sciatica pain Top 3 Three Reasons For Sciatica Pain: Piriformis : The muscle called the piriformis in your buttock ...