Is your sciatic nerve getting on your nerves? Your sciatic nerve originates as a grouping of nerves in the lumbar spine and extends to your pelvis, upper leg, lower leg, ankle and foot.

In order to figure out if you have true sciatica or another condition causing similar symptoms it is necessary to determine the cause. Other conditions that mimic sciatica symptoms include: spinal disc degeneration with or without disc rupture/herniation, advanced diabetes, cardiovascular conditions and more.