Manage Your Sciatica

Pain

Have you ever experienced a sudden sharp

pain in the buttocks or legs when

sitting, burning or tingling

sensation down the leg…

Numbness on the foot, or a constant pain in the buttocks and legs that makes it painful just to stand up?

These painful symptoms could be due to irritation of the

longest nerve in the body

These painful symptoms could be due to irritation of the longest nerve in the body…

which is the sciatic nerve, a nerve that travels from the pelvis, buttocks down to the legs and feet, from a slipped disc.

Other causes of these pains are lumbar spinal stenosis which is a condition where the spinal canal in the lower back narrows down,

Other causes of these pains are lumbar spinal stenosis which is a condition where the spinal canal in the lower back narrows down,

degenerative disc disease that happens when the discs breaks down,

spondylolisthesis wherein a vertebra slips forward over another, or sometimes pregnancy.

These symptoms are often confused with fatigue, though they are indeed related to that, you shouldn’t take it for granted. These days, there are spinal specialists who can diagnose your condition more precisely such as chiropractors, osteopathic physicians or physical therapists.

To be diagnosed with sciatica

You have to undergo series of test such as X-rays, MRI scans, CT scans and/or nerve conduction studies in order to ascertain the status of a nerve, that is after you were asked to submit your medical history and after standard examination on the affected area which will assess strength, flexibility, sensation and reflexes are done.

Once you’re diagnosed, the specialist will discuss the most suitable treatment for your condition, the suggested treatments are usually:

Medical treatments— Pain relievers help lessen the inflammation.

Epidural steroid injection— Goes straight to the root of the sciatic nerve that’s causing the pain.

Physiotherapy—Decreases occurrence of sciatica in the future.

Surgery—Should be the last resort when you have tried everything else but there’s no improvement felt. Chiropractic manipulation— Primary concern is a better spinal column alignment in order to prevent other underlying problems that could aggravate sciatic nerve pain.

Though sciatica seems daunting…. specialists say that most of the time such condition heals on its own within a few weeks provided that you adhere to doctors advises.

Not everyone is aware of this disorder that’s why some goes from tolerable to unbearable pain, don’t be one of them!

Share your own experience and enlighten one person at a time until majority of people going through with this are all informed.

This presentation is brought to you by Family Chiropractic Clinic, a family-oriented clinic that caters to patients of all ages with a diverse range of health concerns.

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