It is crucial to know the reasons why sciatic nerve pain happens in order for you to know their proper treatments. The Sciatic nerve is known to be the longest nerve of the body. when this nerve gets swollen or gets squeezed, a symptom called the Sciatica occurs. The pinched nerve is called the compressed nerve.

Sciatic nerve pain is caused by a lot of reasons. Some of the more popular and well known ones include a disc belonging to the Lumbar Spine that gets herniated. this happens when the spinal disc center is compressed against the nerve roots of the spinal cord. Spinal Stenosis is also a well known cause. this is when the nerve roots are pressured against the spinal cord because the gap of the spinal canal gets narrowed. On the other hand, Spinal Osteoarthritis occurs whenever the nerve is irritated by some factors like the bone, piriformis syndrome, and a few more. another cause of sciatic nerve pain is Spondylolishtesis. this is when the vertebrae becomes misaligned and causes an impairment of the sciatic nerve. Pregnancy, muscle strain and Piriformis Syndrome are three other causes of sciatic nerve pain.

The presence of these symptoms results to a sharp pain that begins from the lower portion of the back and then goes down to the back of the legs, the knee and the foot. What is unique about this kind of pain is that it is only felt on the half side of our body and always in the place where that nerve impairment is located.

Generally, the treatment of sciatic nerve pain is through conventional methods. however, not all of these treatments are effective. In order for the patient to be relieved of the pain, massage therapy should be done numerous times together with a few stretching exercises for the purpose of concentrating on the spastic muscles and calming them as well. There are pain medications and muscle relaxants that some doctors prescribe. Anti-depressants can also help in pain management in the same way that steroid injections made epidurally are used to lessen inflammation and nerve pressure. while these medications are very efficient, they also carry significant side effects thus patients are allowed a maximum of three injections per year.

The method of sciatic nerve pain treatment can either be natural, conventional, minimally invasive or through surgical means. whatever be the case, all they aim for is to relieve the patient from sciatic nerve pain. it all depends on how the patient prefers to be treated.

I suspect that I might have some celiac issues with my health… I have extreme hunger, poor digestion, muscle aches and nerve pain.

I know there are blood tests you can take for testing, but I am wondering if you follow the gluten-free diet religiously, if other symptoms will go away (muscle pain, nerve pain) in time.

I'm not a doctor, but I think you should investigate other possibilities before assuming you're celiac unless:

You have noticed that every time you eat food that contains gluten you get diarrhea, but you don't get it when you don't
or
You've been keeping a food diary, and your symptoms reduce when you leave out gluten.

There are many and varied symptoms for celiac, and not everyone gets diarrhea, some get constipation (which is difficult to pin down, as it builds up over time), and some get an alternation between diarrhea and constipation.

Your symptom set is not typical, so far as I can tell from your question, but that doesn't rule celiac out, it just means it is possible that other things may be causing these problems – and the nerve pain is something that should be investigated, I think.

Of course, there are other non-celiac forms of gluten intolerance, so if you are reluctant to invest in a potentially expensive investigation, you could try going gluten free for 3 weeks, then doing a challenge by eating gluten at every meal for a day. That should definitely show you one way or the other whether gluten is an issue for you.