Pinched Nerve or Sciatic Problem or Other?

Sounds to me like it could be sciatica. The reason you have pain when you stand or walk is because you are loading weight on your low back, particularly L3-5, and this causes irritation to the sciatic nerve that exits those levels of the spinal column. This nerve travels all the way down your leg and into your toes, but lots of the time doesn't elicit pain throughout the whole leg but usually in just specific areas. Most sciatica patients suffer from degenerative disc disease, osteoarthritis, or a herniated disc. The problem with this is that the sciatic nerve is a combination of nerves exiting out of your lumbar spine; which is usually the area of our spine that takes the most abuse. It is also the most prevalent area of the spine that suffers from disc diseases; therefore the sciatic nerve is affected quite often. Physical therapy usually helps, taking pain pills will just prolong the inevitable...that you need to do something physically to the region whether its conservative care or surgery. Chiropractic care is used quite often to treat sciatic pain and is suppose to be quite effective. Another method used is spinal decompression; which a lot of chiropractors have in there office. Some physical therapists have it as well. Hope this helps. You can find more info on this at http://www.thewichitachiropractors.com/Wichita-Chiropractors.html.