Wichita Chiropractor Advises: Don’t Let Sciatic Pain Interfere With Your Life
As a Wichita Chiropractor for more than twenty years, I have helped many patients suffering from the pain of sciatica, therefore, I’m genuinely aware from experience just how incapacitating the pain from sciatica can be. Sciatica sufferers are unfortunately all too familiar with the deep radiating pain that accompanies their waking hours each day and restricts almost all of their daily activities.
Could your low back pain be generated by sciatica? If your pain radiates from your low back, through your buttock(s), down the large sciatic nerve in the back of one or both legs, and possibly radiates into your knee(s), you are more than likely suffering from sciatica. Moreover, not just activity, but even sitting can be painful. Commonly lying down will lessen, or perhaps even temporarily eliminate the pain. However, you should be aware that sciatica will not go away without appropriate care.
Radiculopathy
One of the clinical diagnoses of sciatica is called 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 generate excruciating pain.
Increased pressure on the intervertebral discs, as well as imbalances in the muscles surrounding the spine, can occur during and after prolonged sitting, especially in an awkward position. A specific event or injury isn’t commonly the cause of sciatica, but rather sciatica is likely to progress over time as a consequence of everyday wear and tear on the structures of the lower spine. Eventually the lower spine can lose its ability to function normally during ordinary stresses.
If this happens, the intervertebral disc incurs small fissures or cracks, which then let the soft nucleus to protrude the disc outward. Pain is created as the disc pushes on sensitive tissues. This condition is frequently known as a ruptured, or slipped, disc. If the disc presses on the spinal nerve, an individual can develop sciatica. The good news is that most disc problems, including sciatica, can be completely relieved with chiropractic adjustments and therapy that often includes postural exercises.
Periformis Syndrome
Another condition that creates sciatic pain is periformis syndrome. Periformis syndrome happens when the periformis muscle, which is superficial to the sciatic nerve, goes into spasm and irritates the nerve. In combination with chiropractic adjustments, this kind of sciatica can be significantly relieved by sciatica stretches that your chiropractor will advise you on.
It is vital for you to see your chiropractor for treatment if you are experiencing sciatic pain. 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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