Greetings again from Hackettstown’s celebrated Chiropractic Team. Today, we are going to talk about Sciatica. It is a term which means irritation of the sciatic nerve which causes pain down the back of the leg. The sciatic nerve is the biggest nerve in your body, and there are two of them – one down each leg. The lumbar spinal nerves converge together to form the nerve.
There are many different causes for sciatic pain. Disc bulge or herniation, tight muscles entrapping the nerve, arthritis, and other injuries to the nerve are common causes. It can be the sciatic nerve itself which is irritated, or it can be one of the lumbar spinal nerves in your lower back that causes the sciatic nerve irritation. Some people call “sciatica” any pain which runs down the leg, but there are many nerves in your leg. True sciatica is irritation of the sciatic nerve which runs down the back of the leg. Nerve pain in the front of your leg is from a different nerve and is not considered “sciatica.” The pain can feel like many things: sharp, shooting, numbness, tingling, achy, dull, or pins and needles. Chiropractic is a highly celebrated method to attain real pain relief for sciatica. And very important, you can achieve real pain relief results without surgery or the use of dangerous prescription medications.
Chiropractic adjustments restore normal joint motion to take pressure off of the nerve to help relieve pain and restore function. Spinal Decompression therapy is another great treatment if the sciatic pain is being caused by a disc issue. Decompression tables stretch the lumbar spine to help resolve disc bulges to take pressure off of the nerves. Therapeutic exercises and focused stretching are another way we treat sciatica with great results.
Visit us here in Village Family Clinic and let us help you find relief to your sciatica pain!
