Stiffness at the waist

Waist stiffness refers to the stiffness of the waist caused by diseases such as sciatica. Is one of the clinical symptoms of sciatica. Sciatica refers to a group of painful symptoms that occur along the sciatic nerve path, that is, waist, hip, posterior thigh, posterolateral calf, and lateral foot. The sciatic nerve is the main neural trunk that innervates the lower limbs. Sciatica refers to pain in the sciatic nerve pathway and its distribution areas (hip, back of thigh, back of calf, and outside of foot).

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