The lower leg lies between the knee and ankle and works with the upper leg and foot to help perform key functions. In the leg are a number of bones, muscles, tendons, nerves and blood vessels.

An essential function of the sciatic nerve is bringing feeling to the skin of your foot and lower leg. The sciatic nerve branches and affects different sections of your legs, including your toes ...

is one of the two major nerves in your lower leg. This nerve and its branches provide sensation to the tops of your feet and the fronts and sides of your legs. It also allows you to point your ...

The sural nerve provides sensation to the back of the lower leg, including the calf, outer ankle, heel, and toes. The sural nerve aids in foot placement and balance by sensing pain, temperature ...

AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE ALMOST AN ELECTRICAL PAIN RUNNING DOWN ONE LEG. WHAT CAUSES THAT? THAT COULD BE SCIATICA. IT’S USUALLY CAUSED BY A PINCHED NERVE IN YOUR LOWER BACK. MANY PEOPLE RECOVER ...

Your sciatic nerve extends from your lower back, through your hips and butt, and down your legs. If you experience sciatica pain, it will typically occur on one side of your body. Self-care ...

Tarsal tunnel syndrome causes pain in the feet and legs due to compression of the posterior tibial nerve, which runs down the back of the lower leg, or the plantar nerves in the feet. Researchers ...

front of the lower leg, and some foot muscles,” she adds. Sciatica can be extremely uncomfortable and travel the entire course of the nerve from the glutes all the way to the foot or part way ...

The sciatic nerve is the longest nerve in the body that extends from the lower back all the way down the back of the leg, explains Rohan Desai, M.D., an orthopedic spine surgeon with the New York ...

151; -- Doctors are warning potential fashion “victims” to beware of their skinny jeans after one woman suffered muscle and nerve damage ... and swelling in her lower legs, according to ...

Thanks to a neural interface, people can move this bionic limb naturally—just by thinking about it. When someone loses part of a leg, a prosthetic can make it easier to get around. But most ...