Sciatica Pain

If you suffer from low back pain and/or sciatica, then it is possible that you heard a lot about chiropractic or physical therapy. Chiropractic is a health care profession that focuses mainly on disorders of the musculoskeletal system and the nervous system, and the effects of these disorders on health in general. It is a discipline that emphasizes the intrinsic recuperative power of the body to heal itself without the use of drugs or surgery.

If you have back pains and you are seeking treatment you should find out more about chiropractic involves.

Sciatica is the name given to the condition you have when your sciatic nerve becomes inflamed. With sciatica the pain can be really unbearable, and it often follows the path of that nerve: down the back of your leg, ankle, foot, to your instep, and even to your toes, but it can also radiate to your back.

Along with a burning sensation and sharp pains, you may also feel nerve sensations such as pins-and-needles, tingling, prickling, crawling sensations, or tenderness. Ironically, your leg may also feel numb. To matters worse, even though sciatica pain is commonly in the back of the legs or thighs, some people may feel pain in the front or side of the legs or even in the hips. For some, the pain is in both legs: this is referred to as bilateral sciatica!

The level of pain may vary with people, and there might be a consistent throbbing, but then it may let up for a couple of hours or maybe even days; it may ache or it might be a lancing type of pain. In some cases changes in posture like lying down or changing positions affect the pain, and sometimes they may not. In severe cases, sciatica can cause a loss of reflexes or even a wasting of the calf muscles.

For those who suffer with sciatica, sleeping all the way through the night may be a thing of the past. Simple things like walking, sitting, or standing up can be difficult or even impossible with this condition.

While many people go to or are sent to orthopedic surgeons when they have been diagnosed with sciatica or experience sciatic pain, physical therapy and chiropractic are preferred by many patients because they are the safest.

This is especially true when the chiropractor and the physical therapist work together to diagnose and treat the patient. Recent improvements in non-surgical spinal decompression may provide the most effective treatment of all. Current research is demonstrating as high as an 80% success rate with patients undergoing treatment with vertebral axial decompression (VAX-D).

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