But this doesn't always involve the sciatic nerve. In many cases, back pain is the result of overextending or straining the muscles in the lower back. What most often sets sciatica apart is the way the pain radiates down the leg and into the foot.
About Jane McGonigal. Jane McGonigal is a researcher of games and Director of Games Research & Development at the Institute for the Future. She is the author of the book Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World.
Mab Segrest. Mab (Mabelle Massey) Segrest (born February 20, 1949) is an American feminist writer and activist. Segrest is best known for her 1994 autobiographical work Memoir of a Race Traitor. In the 1970s, Segrest moved to North Carolina to attend Duke University, where she earned her PhD in English literature in 1979.