SCIATICA
What is sciatica?
Sciatica is an inflammation of the sciatic nerve, the largest
nerve in the body. It runs from your lower spine, through
your buttocks and into your leg and foot. It causes numbness,
tingling, pain or weakness in you lower back and leg. Sciatica
can be caused by inflamed joint, bulging disc, and muscle
spasm.
What can your Chiropractor do? Chiropractic is a natural method
of health care that treats the causes of physical problems,
such as low back, hip and leg pain, rather than just treating
the symptoms with medication. To help find the cause of your
pain and stiffness, you and your chiropractor discuss your
symptoms, any prior injuries, your health history, and your
lifestyle, including work and leisure activities. To help
find the cause of your pain and stiffness, you and your chiropractor
discuss your symptoms, any prior injuries, your health history,
and your lifestyle, including work and leisure activities.
Physical, orthopedic and neurological tests can help reveal
the condition of a joint. If needed, other tests, such as
x-rays may be done to show detailed images of muscles, ligaments
and other soft tissue. Static motion palpation tests check
for tenderness, pain, swelling and restricted range of motion.
Your chiropractor will gently touch and move your spine to
locate muscle spasms and pain, and to see how well each vertebra
moves. He then can correct the mechanical problems in the
spine, thus relieving your pain.
Chiropractors can counter the effect of stress and unnatural
wear and tear by reducing spinal nerve stress and restoring
proper movement to the spinal column. He can correct the mechanical
problems in the spine, thus relieving your pain. This will
correct the cause of the problem, rather than taking Advil,
Motrin or Aleve and many other drugs which just treat the
symptom and can worsen your back problem and speed up arthritis.
Your doctor of chiropractic looks at your overall health,
focusing not only on your sciatica but also on your lifestyle
as well so you can have once again a strong healthy back again.
