This is not every day’s pain.” The pain starts in the lower portion of the back, then moves towards the hip, then follows with the leg. Sometimes it feels as if one is being pulled towards their muscles. And sometimes, as if one is burning. And when one is overpowered by the pain, rising from one’s bed also turns out to be an exercise in itself. That is when one actually listens to the word ‘sciatica’ for the first time.