BACK PAIN 2: SCIATICA & SPINAL STENOSIS My blog last week was Giving Back Pain a Quick Exit. This week I want to talk about two specific back conditions that many of us seniors have already experienced: sciatica and spinal stenosis. Sciatica refers to pain that radiates along the path of the sciatic nerve, which branches from your lower back through your hips and buttocks and down each leg. Typically, sciatica affects only one side of your body. Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spaces within your spine, which can put pressure on the nerves that travel through the...