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What is Sciatica?

• Basic definitions of radicular pain, radiculopathy & referred pain

• What are we talking about? [link opens pdf]

• *That* nylon thread study (or, twitter version here)

• 🎧 Mechanisms of radicular pain with Annina Schmid

• Why would sciatica take a fortnight to kick in?

• 📘 Understanding Sciatica, book with Annina Schmid ($)

General

• 🎧 Conversation with David Butler

• 🎧 Conversation with triathlete and sciatica-haver Kate Charlton (pt 2 here)

• 🎧 Conversation with Mark Laslett

• 📑 Physiotherapy for People With Painful Neuropathies (narrative review with Annina Schmid & Nils Runge)

• Four to Six Schmeeks: How long does sciatica last? (or, twitter version here)

• Five insights from patients

• Piriformis syndrome doubts (or, twitter version here)

• Neuropathic pain recommended reading

And disc herniations?

• What causes disc herniations?

• Does bending and lifting cause disc herniations?

• What do we actually know about disc herniations and radicular pain? (or, twitter version here)

• A historical perspective [link opens pdf]

Cauda Equina Syndrome

• 📘 CES: The Clinician’s Guide, book with Rob Tyer ($)

• So, uh, what is CES anyway?

• 🎥 Understanding sciatica & CES youtube interview

• What we can learn from three new CES publications

• CES has stages, kind of

• Bladder change in CES: not just incontinence (or, twitter version here)

• Loss of saddle sensation and CES (twitter thread)

• 🎥 CES Sessions webinars with Rob Tyer ($)

• Recommended reading

• Infographics

How to assess sciatica

• How bad are the dermatomes? (or, twitter version here)

• 📔 Differential Diagnosis ‘zine ($)

• 📔 How to do a lower limb neuro exam ‘zine ($) and 🎥 podcast

• 📔 The straight leg raise: much more than you wanted to know ‘zine ($)

Not Sciatica

• Exercising when it hurts (for patients)

• Wired into Pain

• Writing advice

• The Curse of Knowledge

Lots more work to be done! Let me know what you want to see in the future, and support the work by buying a book or zine.

Til next time,

Tom