By Al Wyles
Sciatica can be a reaction to another issue, not really medical condition alone. It is very real, scary, and genuine. It is sometimes diagnosed and treated utilizing a Chiropractor, who specialises in the realignment of your spine. It might be diagnosed via a medical and physical exam, and whilst sciatica is often mild, people battling with Sciatica are very uncomfortable understandably.
It's really a condition that occurs to the longest nerve belonging to the body. An extreme reason behind this can be tumours impinging on the spinal cord or even nerve roots. Sciatica can be the consequence of combined quantity of symptoms brought about by diverse problems within the spine.
This is a not unheard of disorder and approximately 40% of the population will suffer eventually during their lives. Sciatica is often a right pain in the backside, and is an ailment that involves pain, weakness, numbness, or tingling in the back and legs. Pain may graduate towards toes and then in these cases sometimes prolonged rest is definitely a solution.
It will be also revealed utilizing a neuromuscular examination of the legs by a physician. Sciatica is just one of those ailments that really do frequently require the usage of alternative medicines.
Pain may occur instantly or gradually, increasing over several hours. Sciatica could happen once the nerve inside the lower spine becomes pinched, or if there is a slipped disk
Sciatica however, is most often the actual result of a practice of bending badly along with the wrong places. For quite a while Sciatica treatment has focused excessively on symptoms instead of the actual condition inducing the problem. There are many different styles of sciatica treatment available nowadays and it might be mainly divided in to the treatment at home, or clinic and hospital based treatments.
Probably the most important criteria to look at in almost any treatment solutions are to keep correct posture continually, because your treatment will take effect much quicker also, the results will be long-lasting. In practically all the instances, the condition is often curable without going to the option of surgery being a final measure.
In doing my research I came across that there were many people that have difficulties with severe back and hip pain I really thought I would create a website for individuals that are looking for to know a little more about sciatica causes, symptoms and also to how get hold of sciatica treatment information. Sciatica could be a horrendous experience, particularly if you don't realize what exactly is happening.
http://goarticles.com/article/Sciatica-A-Pain-In-The-Back-Or-A-Pain-In-The-Neck/4581025/
Thursday 18 December 2014
Tuesday 9 December 2014
Do steroid injections for sciatica pain help?
By Linda Searing
THE QUESTION When other treatments don’t seem to ease the pain, people with leg and lower back pain from sciatica sometimes opt for an injection of steroids. How effective is this treatment, which involves injecting medication into the area around the spine known as the epidural space, which cushions the nerves and spinal cord?
THIS STUDY analyzed data from 23 studies, involving 2,334 people with sciatica who had been randomly assigned to epidural injections with a corticosteroid (methylprednisolone, prednisone/prednisolone, triamcinolone or betamethasone) or a placebo. Compared with the placebo group, those who got steroid injections reported no difference in low-back pain but slightly less leg pain (six points lower, on average, on a 100-point standardized scale) and disability (three points lower) in the short term (two weeks to three months). After a year or more, virtually no difference was found between the steroid epidural and the placebo groups in leg or back pain or in disability.
WHO MAY BE AFFECTED? People with sciatica, pain that usually starts in the lower back and radiates down into the thigh and leg, often accompanied by weakness, numbness or a tingling feeling. It stems from a problem with the sciatic nerve, which runs from the lower back into each leg and controls leg muscles and feeling; it can be caused by an injury that puts pressure on the nerve or by the general wear and tear of aging.
CAVEATS Data on pain were based on the participants’ perceptions. The study did not report on possible risks from the injections; at least 34 people have died and 490 have been sickened in a recent outbreak of fungal meningitis among people who had gotten epidural steroid injections.
Sunday 7 December 2014
Back Problems Leading To Sciatica Pain
By Neil Jones
Often people ignore back and leg pains until they become severe enough to merit attention. While not all back pains or leg pains will be serious and can be treated easily, some may require extended medical treatment. If you are suffering from leg pain and possibly some numbness or weakness that starts from the low back, through the buttock and down your leg, you could be suffering from sciatica.
Usually, large majorities of people who do experience sciatica get better in time but it is always best to get medical treatment and undergo therapy in time.
What is Sciatica?
Usually, large majorities of people who do experience sciatica get better in time but it is always best to get medical treatment and undergo therapy in time.
What is Sciatica?
Sciatica is usually the condition caused by irritation to the sciatic nerves. Sciatic Nerves are one of the largest in our bodies and start from the base of the lumbar spice. They run through either side, through the buttocks and then down the legs, going all the way to the feet. If the roots of these sciatic nerves are pinched, pain is felt not only in the back but also the buttocks and lower legs.
What Are the Symptoms of Sciatica?
When the sciatica nerve root gets compressed, pain starts affecting all the areas that the nerve runs through. The pain could be dull or even sharp at times, at times there is just a burning feeling. This is usually accompanied by some shooting pain starting in the buttock going down the leg or the back of the thigh. At times, rather than actual pain, there is just a tingling or sense of numbness. It may prove to be difficult to stand up and even coughing or sneezing aggravates the pain.
What Are the Problems Causing Sciatica Pain?
What Are the Symptoms of Sciatica?
When the sciatica nerve root gets compressed, pain starts affecting all the areas that the nerve runs through. The pain could be dull or even sharp at times, at times there is just a burning feeling. This is usually accompanied by some shooting pain starting in the buttock going down the leg or the back of the thigh. At times, rather than actual pain, there is just a tingling or sense of numbness. It may prove to be difficult to stand up and even coughing or sneezing aggravates the pain.
What Are the Problems Causing Sciatica Pain?
Most of the times, sciatica is caused by what is commonly referred to as "slipped disc". The disc in this case refers to the discs that form part of our spine and act as shock absorbers for all the heavy work that the spine has to do. When we bend or twist, the pressure on these discs increases. At times, when there is a sudden, violent twisting movement or one is carrying a very heavy load that adds tremendously to the pressure on the discs, the soft center in the discs pushes through the outer cover. This bulge then starts to press against the sciatic nerve roots nearby causing pain, numbness and a general sense of weakness in the limbs.
There are other causes that could lead to irritation or compression of the sciatic nerve leading to sciatic pain. These include aging, which causes part of the spine to become rough and enlarged. At times, though very rarely, infections and tumors could be found to cause the problems.
How can Sciatica Pain be treated?
How can Sciatica Pain be treated?
Most sciatica pain can be treated with simple painkillers or anti-inflammatory medications, followed by physical therapy and rest. Only in very severe cases, is surgery suggested as a remedy for sciatica pain.
If you are suffering from lower back pain or leg pain, seek advise from your doctor and treat sciatica immediately for early relief.
Thursday 4 December 2014
10 Tips for People With Back Pain That Most People Don't Know
By Kerry Tarvin
Here are a few tips for those suffering with back pain and want some answers:
1- Low back pain is the #1 reason people seek treatment of any kind. If that is true, You should have a chiropractor as part of your health care team. All professional sports teams employ chiropractors as part of their team due to their ability to reduce injury frequency and duration. Even the Olympic teams have chiropractors on staff.
2- Determine if movement ultimately makes you feel better or worse. If you feel better after moving some, even if there is some mild to moderate pain in the beginning, then careful movements should be part of your routine to get better. Keep in mind, if some movements help, it does not mean a lot will be better. DO NOT OVER EXERCISE! The joints of the spine are known as "Synovial Joints" and this means the joints have a synovial secretion that lubricates the joint. Movement helps spread this fluid over the joint. This is a good thing.
3- Rest: There is generally confusion over this tip. If you have hurt your back exercising, lifting weights, at work lifting, gardening or moving furniture, etc... It is a good idea to let the muscle rest from those type activities. Many times injury occurs when muscle have gotten tired and you are lifting with bad posture. So if your a truck driver and your back hurts it will be aggravated by bouncing along in a semi. After a few hours to a day of rest however, you should start testing certain movements like stated above in tip 2. If you rest a sore low back too long you will wind up with a sore low back and a weak low back. Not good!
4- OTC Meds: Over the counter meds usually refer to Aspirin, Advil, Ibuprofen, Naproxen, Alleve, etc... These are known as NSAIDS. They offer a relatively low cost pain reliever. One must realize that these medications are not meant to be taken past 7-10 days. They also disrupt the normal healing process and cause lower quality and weaker scar tissue to be laid down over the injury. This potentially could lead to additional injury in the future. If you have an injury that should be treated and rehabilitated, these medicines may lessen your pain, causing delay in real treatment, until you have a much more significant problem requiring surgery. This, because you ignored the problem, because you were able to numb it up. Be Careful of this. You would never do this with cancer or an infection, why would you do it and potentially damage your nervous system or joints?
5- Exercises and Stretches: General strengthening is almost always good to a "Bad Back". If you have low back pain you should try to stretch your low back, leg muscles and hips. You can look at some stretches I will post but it is also good to go to YouTube and watch a video of how to do certain stretches properly. Muscles commonly involved are piriformis muscles, hamstrings, quadraceps, abdominal weakness, etc...
6- Massage:Generally massage is a good therapy to add to any low back patient. After ruling our contra-indications, massage can usually relieve pain from a mild strain or tightened muscle. Many low back pains are directly related to muscle being in spasm.
7- What type doctor to see? This too can be confusing. You may love your primary care doctor and feel he is the person to see. But most primary care medical doctors have extremely limited formal training with back pain. They see tons of patients with back pain as it is a common reason to see a doctor, but they often prescribe a narcotic, anti-inflamatory or muscle relaxer. This in many cases covers up the problem and fixes nothing. A doctor of Osteopathy may have additional training regarding the back but may also have specialized in a field where he never treats this type problem with anything other than meds. A neurosurgeon and an orthopedist has additional training to treat back and joint related problems. There method of treatment revolves around medication, physical therapy and surgery. They rarely do the physical therapy but make referrals for this to be done. The flaw in this is that they are the doctors with the ability to diagnose and yet they send an order for the physical therapist to follow. The physical therapist cannot diagnose and yet they are the one with all the training in how best to treat with physical therapy. Seems counter-intuitive to me. Chiropractors are licensed physicians in all states and in most countries. Chiropractors specialize in neuro-musculo-skeletal (Back, nerve, joint, muscle related injuries) type injuries. You family practice doctor may see a wide range of complaints from prostate to the common cold. But a chiropractor will specialize in these back related pain syndromes. You may trust your family doctor implicitly, but would you let him give you new prescription for your eyes? Or do back surgery on you, or set your broken arm. The answer would be no, because it is NOT HIS SPECIALTY!! Seek the chiropractor for back and nerves related issues first!
8- Acupuncture: Acupuncture has been proven to help many type of pain syndromes including the most common Low back pain. Acupuncture is scary as a treatment to many because we have all had "NEEDLES" stuck in us by someone giving us a shot or taking blood. Needles used for injections or taking blood are hollow and cut through the skin causing pain. Needles used for acupuncture are solid called fusiform needles and they do not cut the skin. It is rare for them to be painful and they rarely cause bleeding. Any sensation is usually mild and very helpful for pain syndromes.
9- Spinal Decompression: There is an older therapy that has been updated with computers called Spinal Decompression. The old name was traction, but with improvements along the way, it offers comfortable stretching of the low back that can relieve disc problems, sciatica, chronic back pain, sacro-iliac problems etc. I have used spinal decompression in my office for over 15 years and have helped thousands. Some were scheduled for surgery and afterwards were back to the gym working out after cancelling any surgical procedure.
10- Water: Living in Colorado Springs at 6500 feet elevation can dry your body out. I have seen many young people with degenerative disc disease primarily due to dehydration affecting the disc. The disc is made up of 75-80% water. Get dehydrated and your discs cannot handle the normal stresses we put it under. Why are so many people (Young people) having dehydration of the discs? Well in our society we drink a lot of substances but rarely water. Beer, coffee, soft drinks and sweetened drinks tend to dehydrate you. If you want to be healthier in all aspects of life and have a healthier back, stop drinking beer, alcohol, tea, coffee, or any other substance that can dehydrate you more than you drink water. Don't think you are getting water by drinking tea (just because tea has water) as the other stuff in tea causes dehydration.
If your back pain lasts longer than a couple days, do yourself a favor and get it checked out. A chiropractor is the primary doctor who specializes in treating back pain and has the necessary tools to evaluate you completely. Your doctor of chiropractic can adjust any fixation or misalignment of your spine, give you home exercises and keep your back healthy through his expert advice.
http://ezinearticles.com/?10-Tips-for-People-With-Back-Pain-That-Most-People-Dont-Know&id=8685195
Here are a few tips for those suffering with back pain and want some answers:
1- Low back pain is the #1 reason people seek treatment of any kind. If that is true, You should have a chiropractor as part of your health care team. All professional sports teams employ chiropractors as part of their team due to their ability to reduce injury frequency and duration. Even the Olympic teams have chiropractors on staff.
2- Determine if movement ultimately makes you feel better or worse. If you feel better after moving some, even if there is some mild to moderate pain in the beginning, then careful movements should be part of your routine to get better. Keep in mind, if some movements help, it does not mean a lot will be better. DO NOT OVER EXERCISE! The joints of the spine are known as "Synovial Joints" and this means the joints have a synovial secretion that lubricates the joint. Movement helps spread this fluid over the joint. This is a good thing.
3- Rest: There is generally confusion over this tip. If you have hurt your back exercising, lifting weights, at work lifting, gardening or moving furniture, etc... It is a good idea to let the muscle rest from those type activities. Many times injury occurs when muscle have gotten tired and you are lifting with bad posture. So if your a truck driver and your back hurts it will be aggravated by bouncing along in a semi. After a few hours to a day of rest however, you should start testing certain movements like stated above in tip 2. If you rest a sore low back too long you will wind up with a sore low back and a weak low back. Not good!
4- OTC Meds: Over the counter meds usually refer to Aspirin, Advil, Ibuprofen, Naproxen, Alleve, etc... These are known as NSAIDS. They offer a relatively low cost pain reliever. One must realize that these medications are not meant to be taken past 7-10 days. They also disrupt the normal healing process and cause lower quality and weaker scar tissue to be laid down over the injury. This potentially could lead to additional injury in the future. If you have an injury that should be treated and rehabilitated, these medicines may lessen your pain, causing delay in real treatment, until you have a much more significant problem requiring surgery. This, because you ignored the problem, because you were able to numb it up. Be Careful of this. You would never do this with cancer or an infection, why would you do it and potentially damage your nervous system or joints?
5- Exercises and Stretches: General strengthening is almost always good to a "Bad Back". If you have low back pain you should try to stretch your low back, leg muscles and hips. You can look at some stretches I will post but it is also good to go to YouTube and watch a video of how to do certain stretches properly. Muscles commonly involved are piriformis muscles, hamstrings, quadraceps, abdominal weakness, etc...
6- Massage:Generally massage is a good therapy to add to any low back patient. After ruling our contra-indications, massage can usually relieve pain from a mild strain or tightened muscle. Many low back pains are directly related to muscle being in spasm.
7- What type doctor to see? This too can be confusing. You may love your primary care doctor and feel he is the person to see. But most primary care medical doctors have extremely limited formal training with back pain. They see tons of patients with back pain as it is a common reason to see a doctor, but they often prescribe a narcotic, anti-inflamatory or muscle relaxer. This in many cases covers up the problem and fixes nothing. A doctor of Osteopathy may have additional training regarding the back but may also have specialized in a field where he never treats this type problem with anything other than meds. A neurosurgeon and an orthopedist has additional training to treat back and joint related problems. There method of treatment revolves around medication, physical therapy and surgery. They rarely do the physical therapy but make referrals for this to be done. The flaw in this is that they are the doctors with the ability to diagnose and yet they send an order for the physical therapist to follow. The physical therapist cannot diagnose and yet they are the one with all the training in how best to treat with physical therapy. Seems counter-intuitive to me. Chiropractors are licensed physicians in all states and in most countries. Chiropractors specialize in neuro-musculo-skeletal (Back, nerve, joint, muscle related injuries) type injuries. You family practice doctor may see a wide range of complaints from prostate to the common cold. But a chiropractor will specialize in these back related pain syndromes. You may trust your family doctor implicitly, but would you let him give you new prescription for your eyes? Or do back surgery on you, or set your broken arm. The answer would be no, because it is NOT HIS SPECIALTY!! Seek the chiropractor for back and nerves related issues first!
8- Acupuncture: Acupuncture has been proven to help many type of pain syndromes including the most common Low back pain. Acupuncture is scary as a treatment to many because we have all had "NEEDLES" stuck in us by someone giving us a shot or taking blood. Needles used for injections or taking blood are hollow and cut through the skin causing pain. Needles used for acupuncture are solid called fusiform needles and they do not cut the skin. It is rare for them to be painful and they rarely cause bleeding. Any sensation is usually mild and very helpful for pain syndromes.
9- Spinal Decompression: There is an older therapy that has been updated with computers called Spinal Decompression. The old name was traction, but with improvements along the way, it offers comfortable stretching of the low back that can relieve disc problems, sciatica, chronic back pain, sacro-iliac problems etc. I have used spinal decompression in my office for over 15 years and have helped thousands. Some were scheduled for surgery and afterwards were back to the gym working out after cancelling any surgical procedure.
10- Water: Living in Colorado Springs at 6500 feet elevation can dry your body out. I have seen many young people with degenerative disc disease primarily due to dehydration affecting the disc. The disc is made up of 75-80% water. Get dehydrated and your discs cannot handle the normal stresses we put it under. Why are so many people (Young people) having dehydration of the discs? Well in our society we drink a lot of substances but rarely water. Beer, coffee, soft drinks and sweetened drinks tend to dehydrate you. If you want to be healthier in all aspects of life and have a healthier back, stop drinking beer, alcohol, tea, coffee, or any other substance that can dehydrate you more than you drink water. Don't think you are getting water by drinking tea (just because tea has water) as the other stuff in tea causes dehydration.
If your back pain lasts longer than a couple days, do yourself a favor and get it checked out. A chiropractor is the primary doctor who specializes in treating back pain and has the necessary tools to evaluate you completely. Your doctor of chiropractic can adjust any fixation or misalignment of your spine, give you home exercises and keep your back healthy through his expert advice.
http://ezinearticles.com/?10-Tips-for-People-With-Back-Pain-That-Most-People-Dont-Know&id=8685195
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