SCIATIC NERVE

1. Nerve route (L4,L5, S1,2,3)

2. Emerge from sacral plexus

3. Motor supply

3.1. Biceps femoris

3.2. Semitendinosus

3.3. semimembranosus

3.4. Adductor magnus

4. Reference : sierraneurosurgery.com

5. Runs posterior leg, branches just above popliteal fossa in

5.1. common peroneal

5.2. Tibial nerve

6. Mechanism of Injury: Hip dislocation, Trauma/disc injury

7. conditions

7.1. Sciatica

7.1.1. compression of sciatic nerve causing radiating pain

7.2. Piriformis syndrome

7.2.1. Tightness of piriformis causes compression of Sciatic nerve