I had been awake since 6:30am and working on some ideas for a new Master Class seminar that I want to offer my clients on how to control nerve defend when playing golf. Since diabetes is not curable, the damage will also be there for the longest time possible. Severe sciatic pain can make walking difficult if not impossible to walk. Sciatic nerve pain is characterized as a pain in the nerve that goes down from the back all the way to the thighs and the foot. It originates in the lower back, running down through the hip area and down the back of the leg.