In fact, gluteal IM injection that led to sciatic nerve injury most often presented as paralytic drop foot (Mayer & Romain, 2001; Sobel, Huang, & Wieting, 1997). Children who present with drop ...

A 25-year-old male patient presented with foot drop indicative of a sciatic nerve injury following gluteal intramuscular (IM) injections. Blood tests and magnetic resonance imaging of his spine ...

That includes the sciatic nerve, which runs from the lower back all the way down the back of each leg into the heel of each foot. Sciatica occurs when this nerve is compressed or inflamed anywhere ...

“Sciatica typically occurs when inflammation or tight muscle and tissues are compressing your sciatic nerve, which runs from ...