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How do ligaments cause sciatica?
The primary role of the iliolumbar ligaments is to prevent excessive lumbar sidebending, but these ligaments can contribute to sciatic nerve entrapment when injured. A traumatic event such as a bending and twisting maneuver while attempting to lift a heavy object, may strain the iliolumbar ligaments and their multifidi neighbors. As the ligaments weaken, they lose the ability to prevent the fifth lumbar vertebra from shifting forward on the sacrum which may cause contralateral narrowing of the intervertebral foramen, facet arthrosis and possible sciatic nerve entrapment. Corrective exercises such as planks and birddogs may, in time, restore strength and stability to these stretchweakened ligaments, and I have had some success using fastpaced, lowforce “scrubbing” to help tighten the injured ligaments via enhanced hydration and fibroblastic proliferation.

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