Although both licenses require a Master of Social Work (MSW), there are additional requirements in pursuing a LCSW. It is important to note that in most states an applicant must already have a masterâs level license in order to be eligible to sit for the clinical licensing exam.
A variety of lower back conditions may lead to sciatica. Most commonly, a lumbar herniated disc will cause sciatic nerve pain. Other common disorders that cause sciatic pain include lumbar degenerative disc disease, spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, or osteophytes and arthritis in the spine.
Nerve Compression Can Cause Sciatica. Compression of the sciatic nerve can cause any of the above-cited symptoms. Rarely is nerve damage permanent, and paralysis is seldom a danger since the spinal cord ends before the first lumbar vertebra.ciatic Symptoms. 1  Symptoms of sciatica usually affect one side of the body. 2  Pain from sciatic nerve compression may feel dull, sharp, burning, or accompanied by intermittent shocks of shooting pain beginning in the buttock and traveling downward into the back and/or side of the thigh and/or leg.