Sciatica: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
Sciatica is pain along the sciatic nerve, from the lower back through the buttock and down the leg, usually from a trapped nerve root.
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Dr. Abhilash Dhruv
Spine Surgeon
DNB - Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery, Diploma in Orthopaedics, MBBS
20+ Years Experience
Sciatica in India
Sciatica is diagnosed and treated by spine surgery specialists. At a first consultation, a specialist can examine you, confirm the cause and explain which treatment suits your case, such as Microdiscectomy and Endoscopic Discectomy.
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Specialists by City
| City | Doctors Listed in This Speciality | Hospitals |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi NCR | 215 | 750 |
| Hyderabad | 180 | 625 |
| Mumbai | 116 | 489 |
| Bangalore | 104 | 517 |
| Indore | 60 | 70 |
| Jaipur | 47 | 174 |
| Navi Mumbai | 44 | 132 |
| Thane | 41 | 252 |
| Nagpur | 38 | 118 |
| Nashik | 37 | 82 |
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| City | Doctors Listed in This Speciality | Hospitals |
|---|---|---|
| Pimpri-Chinchwad | 36 | 5 |
| Gwalior | 35 | 21 |
| Kolkata | 34 | 623 |
| Pune | 32 | 337 |
| Guwahati | 31 | 20 |
| Amritsar | 29 | 279 |
| Visakhapatnam | 29 | 73 |
| Mysore | 27 | 29 |
| Bhopal | 26 | 84 |
| Greater_Noida | 26 | 19 |
| Ranchi | 25 | 174 |
| Gorakhpur | 24 | 7 |
| Chandigarh | 23 | 34 |
| Kukatpalli | 22 | 0 |
| Bhubaneshwar | 19 | 0 |
| Rajkot | 18 | 45 |
| Bathinda | 16 | 14 |
| Dwarka | 15 | 0 |
| Chennai | 14 | 647 |
| Agra | 13 | 292 |
| Bhavnagar | 13 | 4 |
| Bareilly | 12 | 13 |
| Bikaner | 12 | 4 |
| Cuttack | 12 | 11 |
| Jalandhar | 12 | 24 |
| Kochi | 12 | 4 |
| Sagar | 12 | 2 |
| Berhampore | 11 | 0 |
| Prayagraj | 11 | 275 |
| Surat | 11 | 85 |
| Jammu | 10 | 3 |
| Kanpur | 10 | 33 |
| Muzaffarpur | 10 | 4 |
| Raipur | 10 | 37 |
| Ahmadnagar | 9 | 187 |
| Dhanbad | 9 | 51 |
| Mehsana | 9 | 0 |
| Nellore | 9 | 7 |
| Bihar Sharif | 8 | 11 |
| Hapur | 8 | 1 |
| Madurai | 8 | 34 |
| Moradabad | 8 | 4 |
| Raniganj | 8 | 1 |
| Shyamnagar | 8 | 0 |
| Aligarh | 7 | 182 |
| Begusarai | 7 | 36 |
| Meerut | 7 | 21 |
| Rohtak | 7 | 12 |
| Vijayawada | 7 | 70 |
| Bhandara | 6 | 1 |
| Bharatpur | 6 | 2 |
| Durgapur | 6 | 8 |
| Erode | 6 | 3 |
| Farrukhabad | 6 | 2 |
| Guntur | 6 | 16 |
| Jhansi | 6 | 6 |
| Jodhpur | 6 | 25 |
| Patna | 6 | 107 |
| Amravati | 5 | 262 |
| Chittorgarh | 5 | 0 |
| Coimbatore | 5 | 82 |
| Dhule | 5 | 0 |
| Jabalpur | 5 | 11 |
| Karnal | 5 | 7 |
| Morbi | 5 | 0 |
| Nainital | 5 | 0 |
| Ottappalam | 5 | 0 |
| Rajamahendravaram | 5 | 2 |
| Yavatmal | 5 | 3 |
| Alwar | 4 | 140 |
| Ankleshwar | 4 | 97 |
| Ballari | 4 | 1 |
| Bhagalpur | 4 | 25 |
| Bhiwandi | 4 | 0 |
| Gandhidham | 4 | 0 |
| Gondia | 4 | 2 |
| Howrah | 4 | 15 |
| Jalgaon | 4 | 9 |
| Kozhikode | 4 | 9 |
| Mathura | 4 | 8 |
| Nanded | 4 | 6 |
| Raurkela | 4 | 0 |
| Rewa | 4 | 3 |
| Salem | 4 | 22 |
| Shivaji_Nagar | 4 | 0 |
| Solapur | 4 | 18 |
| Ajmer | 3 | 123 |
| Akola | 3 | 216 |
| Alappuzha | 3 | 83 |
| Belgaum | 3 | 5 |
| Bharuch | 3 | 16 |
| Bokaro | 3 | 1 |
| Bundi | 3 | 0 |
| Churu | 3 | 0 |
| Davangere | 3 | 0 |
| Dombivli | 3 | 0 |
| Gaya | 3 | 7 |
| Habra | 3 | 0 |
| Hisar | 3 | 17 |
| Hosur | 3 | 4 |
| Hubli | 3 | 7 |
| Kakinada | 3 | 5 |
| Kannur | 3 | 3 |
| Palakkad | 3 | 7 |
| Vadodara | 3 | 79 |
| Vellore | 3 | 6 |
| Agra Cantt | 2 | 0 |
| Ahmedabad | 2 | 786 |
| Aizawl | 2 | 38 |
| Anand | 2 | 133 |
| Anantapur | 2 | 180 |
| Berhamapur | 2 | 0 |
| Bhatpara | 2 | 0 |
| Bommasandra | 2 | 0 |
| Chandannagar | 2 | 0 |
| Chapra | 2 | 1 |
| Cherthala | 2 | 3 |
| Chinsurah | 2 | 0 |
| Dindigul | 2 | 1 |
| Eluru | 2 | 0 |
| Gandhinagar | 2 | 6 |
| Haldwani | 2 | 0 |
| Jamnagar | 2 | 5 |
| Junagadh | 2 | 2 |
| Kalyan | 2 | 0 |
| Kamarhati | 2 | 0 |
| Kargil | 2 | 0 |
| Kollam | 2 | 8 |
| Kota | 2 | 5 |
| Lucknow | 2 | 86 |
| Mangalore | 2 | 13 |
| Nagercoil | 2 | 2 |
| New Town | 2 | 0 |
| Nizamabad | 2 | 9 |
| Pali | 2 | 2 |
| Panaji | 2 | 0 |
| Patiala | 2 | 7 |
| Pudukkottai | 2 | 1 |
| Rampur | 2 | 1 |
| Shimla | 2 | 1 |
| Thiruvananthapuram | 2 | 36 |
| Varanasi | 2 | 57 |
| Vidisha | 2 | 0 |
| Vizianagaram | 2 | 4 |
| Ambattur | 1 | 115 |
| Arepally | 1 | 0 |
| Bhubaneswar | 1 | 4 |
| Bhuj | 1 | 0 |
| Bidar | 1 | 0 |
| Bilimora | 1 | 0 |
| Borivli | 1 | 0 |
| Buxar | 1 | 1 |
| Chandrapur | 1 | 0 |
| Chitradurga | 1 | 1 |
| Darbhanga | 1 | 17 |
| Dausa | 1 | 0 |
| Deoghar | 1 | 23 |
| Dharamshala | 1 | 0 |
| Diphu | 1 | 0 |
| East Delhi | 1 | 0 |
| Gadaga | 1 | 0 |
| Gaziabad | 1 | 0 |
| Gora Bazar | 1 | 0 |
| Hanamkonda | 1 | 1 |
| Hanumangarh | 1 | 0 |
| Haridwar | 1 | 5 |
| Haveri | 1 | 0 |
| Hubbali | 1 | 0 |
| Jamshedpur | 1 | 23 |
| Kadapa | 1 | 0 |
| Karimnagar | 1 | 21 |
| Karwar | 1 | 1 |
| Kayippuram | 1 | 0 |
| Kolhapur | 1 | 14 |
| Korba | 1 | 0 |
| Kurnool | 1 | 6 |
| Latur | 1 | 5 |
| Madeenaguda | 1 | 0 |
| Manissery | 1 | 0 |
| Matunga East | 1 | 0 |
| Mau | 1 | 0 |
| Medak | 1 | 0 |
| Mohali | 1 | 0 |
| Mount_Abu | 1 | 0 |
| Mumbai City | 1 | 0 |
| Nadiad | 1 | 1 |
| Naihati | 1 | 0 |
| Nalgonda | 1 | 0 |
| Nandyal | 1 | 0 |
| Neyyattinkara | 1 | 0 |
| Ongole | 1 | 0 |
| Panchmahal | 1 | 0 |
| Panipat | 1 | 4 |
| Puducherry | 1 | 7 |
| Purnia | 1 | 1 |
| Rae Bareli | 1 | 0 |
| Rajasthan | 1 | 0 |
| Ratlam | 1 | 2 |
| Ratnagiri | 1 | 1 |
| Sangli | 1 | 1 |
| Shahjanpur | 1 | 0 |
| Shamli | 1 | 0 |
| Shimoga | 1 | 2 |
| Shravasti | 1 | 0 |
| Sikar | 1 | 5 |
| Silvassa | 1 | 0 |
| Sivakasi | 1 | 1 |
| Solan | 1 | 2 |
| Sonarpur | 1 | 0 |
| Sonipat | 1 | 0 |
| Srikakulam | 1 | 3 |
| Surendranagar | 1 | 0 |
| Tirunelveli | 1 | 3 |
| Tirupati | 1 | 4 |
| Vikas Nagar | 1 | 0 |
| Vikaspuri | 1 | 0 |
| West Godavari | 1 | 0 |
| Yamuna Nagar | 1 | 0 |
Treatment Options
| Treatment | Specialist | Cities Listed |
|---|---|---|
| Microdiscectomy | Spine Surgery | 228 |
| Endoscopic Discectomy | Spine Surgery | 228 |
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Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
Old Rajinder Nagar, Delhi
Allergist · Andrologist · Anesthesiologist
Spine Surgery Hospitals in India
511 hospitals are listed for this speciality. The 8 hospitals with the most listed surgeons are shown.
| Hospital | City | Doctors Listed in This Speciality |
|---|---|---|
| Care Hospitals | Hyderabad | 13 |
| Artemis Hospitals | Delhi NCR | 8 |
| KIMS | Hyderabad | 8 |
| Apollo Hospitals | Hyderabad | 7 |
| Medanta-The Medicity | Delhi NCR | 7 |
| Medicover Hospitals | Hyderabad | 7 |
| Max Super Speciality Hospital | Delhi NCR | 6 |
| Mission Hospital | Delhi NCR | 6 |
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Causes
- Slipped disc
- Spinal stenosis
Diagnosis
- Examination
- MRI if symptoms persist
When to see a doctor
See a doctor if pain lasts beyond a few weeks or there is weakness.
Treatments
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FAQs
What are the common symptoms of Sciatica?
Pain radiating down one leg; Numbness or tingling in the leg or foot; Leg weakness.
What causes Sciatica?
How is Sciatica diagnosed?
Examination; MRI if symptoms persist.
What are the treatment options?
Depending on severity, options include Microdiscectomy, Endoscopic Discectomy. A specialist will recommend what suits you after examination.
When should I see a doctor?
See a doctor if pain lasts beyond a few weeks or there is weakness.





