Assertion: sciatica | /r/CreatedBy | pressure
Facets:
value: on its roots
type: LOCATION
value: on the sciatic nerve
type: LOCATION
value: on the piriformis muscle
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Sciatica caused by pressure on the piriformis muscle, a thin muscle that runs diagonally across the gluteal muscles, is the most common form of sciatica, as stress and tension can quickly cause the piriformis muslce to compress the sciatic nerve.
text: Because sciatica is caused by pressure on the nerve roots that make up the sciatic nerve, and there are multiple nerve roots, different people feel sciatic pain in different places," says S. Christine Kovacs, MD, a rheumatologist at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts.
text: Sciatica is caused by pressure on the sciatic nerve or its roots.