If you or somebody you know is suffering with the low back dis-ease "sciatica?" then you know how painful and even draining this problem can be. Apart from the uneasiness and pain that is felt in the low back, which is sufficiently bad by itself, you're also experiencing some type of symptoms in one or both of your lower outlying areas (any area between the butt cheeks down to the toes). These symptoms go from pins and needles, insensibility to numerous sensations of discomfort all experienced in the butt cheeks, back of the thighs, calf area, ankle, sole of the foot or the toes.
You're probably wondering what's causing 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 sort of nerve damage. It may be a direct compression of the nerve (pinched nerve) but very often it isn't compressed, instead it is stretched, twisted or sheared by a defect of the backbone.
The majority will hunt down help from their GP and are generally given pain relievers and if this does not work wait for a physiotherapy referral. But when you suffer with sciatica your best decision is likely to head straight out for your local chiropractor instead. Unlike a GP who must "generalise" in a variety of disease processes a doctor of chiropractic is a specialist in sicknesses of the backbone and is thus rather more likely to aid in finding the quickest way to deal with your sciatica.
There is a growing body of evidence that chiropractic therapists are very effective at resolving both acute and persistent sciatica with some data pointing to 80-90% success rates. In addition to this there are no side effects with chiropractic therapy like there are with drug care, steroid injections or surgical interventions. As an example up to date data has shown that epidural injections regularly given to cope with the agony 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 probably wondering what's causing 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 sort of nerve damage. It may be a direct compression of the nerve (pinched nerve) but very often it isn't compressed, instead it is stretched, twisted or sheared by a defect of the backbone.
The majority will hunt down help from their GP and are generally given pain relievers and if this does not work wait for a physiotherapy referral. But when you suffer with sciatica your best decision is likely to head straight out for your local chiropractor instead. Unlike a GP who must "generalise" in a variety of disease processes a doctor of chiropractic is a specialist in sicknesses of the backbone and is thus rather more likely to aid in finding the quickest way to deal with your sciatica.
There is a growing body of evidence that chiropractic therapists are very effective at resolving both acute and persistent sciatica with some data pointing to 80-90% success rates. In addition to this there are no side effects with chiropractic therapy like there are with drug care, steroid injections or surgical interventions. As an example up to date data has shown that epidural injections regularly given to cope with the agony 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 focus on the resolution of sciatica. He helps with hundreds of folk suffering with sciatica each week. You'll be able to find many great articles about sciatica on his site.
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