If you or someone you know is suffering with the low back dis-ease "sciatica?" then you know how distressing and even draining this condition can be. Apart from the agony and discomfort that's felt in the low back, which is sufficiently bad on its own, you are also experiencing some type of symptoms in either or both of your lower extreme areas (any area between the butt cheeks down to the toes). These symptoms range all the way from pins and needles, insensibility to varied sensations of pain all experienced in the gluteus muscles, back of the thighs, calf region, ankle, sole of the foot or the toes.
You're likely wondering what can cause the pain and what to do about it. The exact cause may change from individual to individual but in a nutshell sciatica comes from some type of nerve damage. It could be a direct compression of the nerve (pinched nerve) but quite often it is not compressed, instead it is stretched, twisted or sheared by an abnormality of the backbone.
Most individuals will seek out help from their GP and are often given pain relievers and if this doesn't work wait for a physiotherapy referral. But when you suffer with sciatica your best call is probably to head straight out for your local chiropractor instead. Unlike a GP who must "generalise" in a selection of illness processes a doctor of chiropractic specializes in illnesses of the backbone and is naturaly rather more likely to help you find the quickest way to resolve your sciatica.
There's a growing body of data that chiropractic therapists are extremely effective at resolving both acute and prolonged sciatica with some research pointing to 80-90% success rates. In addition to this there aren't any side-effects with chiropractic care like there are with drug therapy, steroid injections or surgical interventions. For example recent info has demonstrated that epidural injections frequently given to address the discomfort of sciatica may increase your chances of spinal fracture throughout your life.
If you are suffering with sciatica then seek out help as soon as you can, because the earlier you deal with the problem the easier it will be to cure.
You're likely wondering what can cause the pain and what to do about it. The exact cause may change from individual to individual but in a nutshell sciatica comes from some type of nerve damage. It could be a direct compression of the nerve (pinched nerve) but quite often it is not compressed, instead it is stretched, twisted or sheared by an abnormality of the backbone.
Most individuals will seek out help from their GP and are often given pain relievers and if this doesn't work wait for a physiotherapy referral. But when you suffer with sciatica your best call is probably to head straight out for your local chiropractor instead. Unlike a GP who must "generalise" in a selection of illness processes a doctor of chiropractic specializes in illnesses of the backbone and is naturaly rather more likely to help you find the quickest way to resolve your sciatica.
There's a growing body of data that chiropractic therapists are extremely effective at resolving both acute and prolonged sciatica with some research pointing to 80-90% success rates. In addition to this there aren't any side-effects with chiropractic care like there are with drug therapy, steroid injections or surgical interventions. For example recent info has demonstrated that epidural injections frequently given to address the discomfort of sciatica may increase your chances of spinal fracture throughout your life.
If you are suffering with sciatica then seek out help as soon as you can, because the earlier you deal with the problem the easier it will be to cure.
About the Author:
Peter Olsson qualified as a doctor of chiropractic in 2005 and has gone on to concentrate on the resolution of sciatica. He works with dozens of people suffering with sciatica every week. You'll find many great articles about sciatica on his website.
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