Word: sciatica
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...Sorry for all the theatrics," she told the audience grimly. "It's called sciatica, but what it really is, is decay...
...things for which women have an inexplicable affection--Matthew McConaughey springs to mind--high-heeled shoes are among the most puzzling. Scientists have linked wearing them to serious health conditions, such as osteoarthritis and sciatica, as well as milder ones with hideous names like hammertoe and--my favorite--Haglund's deformity (a lump on the Achilles tendon, also known as pump bump). A Swedish study even associates heels with schizophrenia. Yet this season, women are heading off to work in footgear more vertiginous than ever, topping out at about 6 in. (15 cm). Just last month tree-high shoes felled...
...Then there were the MRIs of his lumbar spine: Here the docs-in-the-box might have been simply playing the odds. Patients who complain of leg pains often turn out to have what we call radiculopathy, which affects the spinal nerve roots. Sciatica is a well-known term for one type of this. Although caused by pressure on a nerve in the back, there might be very little or no back pain. Patients sometimes just cannot believe there is nothing wrong in their leg. Tim could have been vague about his story, or he might have been so wound...
...careful not to go on too much about the arthritis. After a couple of weeks, he's back to normal. I've seen him for over a decade with those same knees. He's still as active as ever - plays tennis twice a week, with muscle pains and sciatica once in a while...
Fitzpatrick—who earned the starting nod last week after Rose struggled in his first game back from sciatica against Northeastern—was held in check by Princeton (4-2, 2-1) Saturday. Despite presiding over the Crimson’s first touchdown—a 6-yard scamper by senior Nick Palazzo—the sophomore rushed for just seven yards and completed only four passes...