How can your foot pain be coming from your low back? There are nerves in your low back that create the sciatic nerve. The sciatic nerve branches and continues all the way down to the foot. Irritation or compression to the nerve anywhere along that path will create pain. If the nerves get compressed long enough the pain will eventually travel all the way down to the foot.
Read MoreChronic pain has extensive layers and we often use the iceberg analogy to explain this to our patients. The pain one often feels is just visual part above water. What’s lurking below is often much more complex. By the time you step into a medical office to seek care your body has built up multiple layers of problems. Our bodies are amazing machines, and because of that we only tend to notice the primary problem. Imagine noticing every single ache, pain, or discomfort. You’d go crazy!
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