He has had three cortisone injections in the last eight months to calm the lower-back pain caused by an inflamed sciatic nerve.

Medications for back pain are injected into the area around the inflamed or damaged nerves.

Jason Collins returned to action after missing three games because of an inflamed nerve in his right leg.

Except her inflamed nerve endings shrieked loudly to the contrary.

Tight shoes can cause toenail problems, "bunion" irritation or inflamed nerves.

The Celtics are 4-6 in the 10 games that Bird has missed with an inflamed nerve in his back.

"I had surgery on my feet," Smith said referring to the removal of inflamed nerves from between the toes of both feet.

His inflamed facial nerves throbbed at full pressure, but the pain was no longer acute and burning; it now came in dull, numbing blows.

Later, she discovered the problem was with an inflamed sciatic nerve and two displaced disks in her back.

To Gerald's inflamed nerves, her behaviour seemed too consciously normal.