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Patient Comments Read 40 Comments Share Your Story. Trauma is the most obvious cause of leg pain. Falls, near falls, and twisting injuries can damage bones, muscles, and joints of the leg or a combination of all three. Back pain, due to injury, can inflame the sciatic nerve and cause sciatica. This is a pain that radiates down the leg that follows the path of one of the many nerve roots that leave the spinal cord and make up the sciatic nerve. Sciatic pain usually begins in the back and radiates to the buttock and into the thigh.
Physical therapy can be used to soothe burning leg pain caused by overuse of muscles. Stretching may be used to relieve sciatica pain. Sciatica may cause leg and buttocks pain. Sciatica pain may be felt all the way down to the calf. Sciatica is a common cause of pain from the lower back down through the leg. Overuse of leg muscles can be the cause of burning leg pain. A bulging disc in the spine can compress the sciatic nerve and cause leg pain. If the sciatic nerve becomes irritated, it can cause pain and numbness down the leg.