If you, or someone in your family, has sciatica leg pain, you know how excruciating sciatica can be.
Sciatica is leg pain that starts in a pinched nerve in the lower back. The pain begins in nerve roots on either side of the lower spine, but the high voltage jolts that run down the sciatic nerve, from the buttock to the foot, are usually the misery-makers for most sciatica sufferers.
Some compare the pain’s intensity to severe toothache nerve pain. Dr. William A. Abdu, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, talks about sciatica in Prevention.com, saying sciatica leg pain is often worse than back pain. Symptoms may let up within six weeks. But for some the pain goes on.
How Chiropractic Can Help
In a 2010 study published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 120 people saw a chiropractor three times a week for four weeks. Then they did weekly visits, and gradually reduced treatment. For those who achieved relief, benefits lasted up to a year.
How Results Emerged
"Spinal manipulation may create a response in the nervous system that relieves pain and restores normal mobility to the injured area, reducing inflammation, and creating an environment to promote the body's natural healing mechanisms,” says study researcher Gordon McMorland, doctor of chiropractic, National Spine Care, Calgary, Alberta.
http://www.thejoint.com/colorado/colorado-springs/colorado-springs-38002/193728-how-chiropractic-may-help-ease-your-sciatica
Sciatica is leg pain that starts in a pinched nerve in the lower back. The pain begins in nerve roots on either side of the lower spine, but the high voltage jolts that run down the sciatic nerve, from the buttock to the foot, are usually the misery-makers for most sciatica sufferers.
Some compare the pain’s intensity to severe toothache nerve pain. Dr. William A. Abdu, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, talks about sciatica in Prevention.com, saying sciatica leg pain is often worse than back pain. Symptoms may let up within six weeks. But for some the pain goes on.
How Chiropractic Can Help
In a 2010 study published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 120 people saw a chiropractor three times a week for four weeks. Then they did weekly visits, and gradually reduced treatment. For those who achieved relief, benefits lasted up to a year.
How Results Emerged
"Spinal manipulation may create a response in the nervous system that relieves pain and restores normal mobility to the injured area, reducing inflammation, and creating an environment to promote the body's natural healing mechanisms,” says study researcher Gordon McMorland, doctor of chiropractic, National Spine Care, Calgary, Alberta.
http://www.thejoint.com/colorado/colorado-springs/colorado-springs-38002/193728-how-chiropractic-may-help-ease-your-sciatica
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