Sciatica develops when your sciatic nerve team — the large nerve running from lower back through hip and down the leg — becomes compressed or irritated. Your lumbar disc team may bulge or herniate, pressing on nerve roots. Your piriformis muscle team can compress the nerve as it passes through the buttock, while your spinal canal team may narrow (stenosis). Your inflammatory team responds to nerve irritation, and your muscular guarding team creates protective spasms that worsen compression. Your nervous system team amplifies pain, creating burning, tingling, numbness, or electric sensations down the leg. The organism-as-team perspective helps because sciatica requires addressing the entire nerve pathway and contributing factors. Your core stabilization team needs strengthening to support spine, your hip team requires balancing (tight hip flexors, weak glutes create compression), your hamstring team affects nerve tension, your inflammatory team benefits from systemic calming, and your movement pattern team needs retraining to avoid provocative positions. By supporting your organism as cooperative systems, you can reduce nerve compression at all potential sites, improve circulation to nourish nerve tissue, calm inflammation affecting the nerve, restore optimal biomechanics reducing mechanical irritation, and retrain the nervous system's pain response. Visualize the sciatic nerve as a river flowing from mountains to sea — dams or narrow points anywhere along the path create problems downstream. The team approach clears the entire waterway. ⚕️ This protocol does not replace professional consultation.