How to Use sciatica in a Sentence

sciatica

noun
  • James is ruled out for at least the first handful of weeks due to sciatica on his right side.
    Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Ready to say sayonara to sciatica pain and find sweet relief?
    Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 16 Aug. 2023
  • There Yuri Yudin had a flareup of sciatica that forced him to pull out of the trip.
    Douglas Preston, The New Yorker, 10 May 2021
  • James sat out due to a back-to-back and is still managing the sciatica that kept him out at the start of the season.
    Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
  • The pope also uses a wheelchair, walker or cane due to his bad knees and sciatica nerve pain.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Most cases of sciatica do respond to these kinds of treatments.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 29 Aug. 2018
  • James has been sidelined to start the season because of sciatica.
    Khobi Price, Oc Register, 27 Oct. 2025
  • James missed the first 14 games of the season while dealing with sciatica.
    Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The design also helps provide relief for those with sciatica and hip and joint pain.
    Catherine Garcia, theweek, 19 Nov. 2024
  • James missed the first 14 games of the season while battling sciatica.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
  • James missed the first 14 games of the season with sciatica and has dealt with left foot arthritis that kept him out of a game.
    Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Seth Curry has missed the past 40 games with sciatica.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • James has missed the entire season to this point and is likely out multiple more weeks due to sciatica.
    Max Dible, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • But that’s what can happen with the painful condition sciatica.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 29 Aug. 2018
  • He was sidelined for the first 14 games of the season because of the sciatica.
    Khobi Price, Oc Register, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Margolis wears it on her neck; her mother uses it for sciatica.
    Lizzie Widdicombe, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2017
  • James was sidelined for the first 14 games of the season because of sciatica.
    Khobi Price, Oc Register, 30 Nov. 2025
  • James sat with sciatica, which kept him sidelined for the first 14 games this season, and left foot joint arthritis.
    CBS News, 6 Dec. 2025
  • This is because sciatica pain doesn’t come from an injury to the sciatic nerve itself.
    Lisa Mulcahy, Good Housekeeping, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The 40-year-old superstar did not play in the season opener due to sciatica in his right side.
    Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • For one, LeBron James is set to miss the start of the season with sciatica.
    Valentina Martinez, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Three years ago, Goldberg was diagnosed as having sciatica, which forced her to quit the heels.
    André Wheeler, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
  • James was experiencing sciatica on his right side, the team said.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The singer and actress will reschedule her May shows because of problems with sciatica.
    Colin Stutz, Billboard, 9 May 2017
  • The cushioned insole provides great arch support that makes the shoes comfy even for customers with sciatica and bad knees.
    Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Researchers plan to enroll patients with lower back and leg pain brought on by sciatica, or compression of spinal nerves.
    Sam Wood, Philly.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • But after playing just two games that month, Seth went down with sciatica at around the same time Steph returned.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Traveling with sciatica can be a huge pain in the butt—literally.
    Kaitlyn McInnis, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2024
  • LeBron James is out with sciatica.
    Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Porzingis has sat out the past six games with an unspecified illness, and Curry has missed three months with sciatica.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026

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