Wichita Chiropractor Wants You to Know That Chiropractic Treatment Can Relieve Your Sciatic Pain
June 2nd, 2010 | by admin |I know from over twenty years experience as a Chiropractor in Wichita helping individuals suffering from the pain of sciatica that the problem can be extremely incapacitating. Sciatica sufferers are regrettably all too familiar with the deep radiating pain that persists during the day and inhibits almost all of their daily activities.
Here’s how you can ascertain if your low back pain is caused by sciatica. You are probably suffering from sciatica if your pain travels from your low back, through your buttock(s), down the large sciatic nerve in the back of your leg(s), and possibly shoots into your knee(s). In addition, not only activity, but even sitting can be painful. Often lying down will lessen, or perhaps even temporarily get rid of the pain. However, you should be alerted to the fact that sciatica cannot be corrected without proper management.
Radiculopathy
One of the clinical diagnoses of sciatica is known as a “radiculopathy”, a medical term that means simply that a disc has protruded from its natural position in the vertebral column and is putting pressure on the radicular nerve (nerve root) in the lower back, which forms part of the sciatic nerve. Such pressure can produce excruciating pain.
Added pressure on the intervertebral discs, as well as imbalances in the muscles encompassing the spine, can take place during and after extended sitting, specifically in an improper position. Generally, a specific event or injury doesn’t cause sciatica, more often sciatica tends to evolve over time as a result of general wear and tear on the vertebrae of the lower spine. After a while the lower spine can lose its ability to function normally during everyday stresses.
If this occurs, the intervertebral disc undergoes small fissures or cracks, which then allow the soft nucleus to protrude the disc outward. If the disc pushes on sensitive tissues, it generates the pain that is frequently referred to as a ruptured, or slipped, disc. Sciatica is the result of the disc pressing on the spinal nerve. Fortunately, most disc challenges, including sciatica, can be totally alleviated with chiropractic adjustments and therapy that usually includes postural exercises.
Periformis Syndrome
Another cause of sciatic pain is periformis syndrome. Periformis syndrome happens when the periformis muscle, for whatever reason, goes into spasm and irritates the sciatic nerve, is superficial to the nerve In addition to chiropractic treatment, this particular sciatica can be significantly relieved by sciatica stretches that your chiropractor can recommend.
If you are experiencing sciatic pain, it is essential for you to see your chiropractor for treatment. If you are in the Wichita area, as your Chiropractor in Wichita, I invite you to come in to see if I can get you out of pain and help you to get your life back!
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