Pain makes you miserable. And I should know. For the past 15 years, I've suffered from sciatica, as well as swollen ankles and feet caused partly by arthritis.
Lumbar disc herniation is one of the most common structural changes in the lower back and the most common cause of radiating pain, or sciatica, in the leg.
Hereditary risk factors for disc herniations were investigated in a study led by a University of Oulu research group, utilising data from FinnGen, the Estonian Biobank, and the UK Biobank. The study ...