If you have suffered an injury or have severely tight back muscles due to strain or repetitious movement, a condition known as sciatica can develop. Sciatica is not a ‘condition’ but rather it’s a symptom that results from some type of trauma that pinches the nerves. Sciatica symptoms typically present themselves as a side effect of nerve, muscle and tissue damage that is left untreated, but it can creep up on you anytime such as mild swelling along the sciatic nerve. Numbness, pain, and tingling may develop along the sciatic nerve, causing leg pain and/or tightness and discomfort in the buttock region. Fortunately, our New Haven chiropractor is ready to treat your sciatic nerve pain, regardless of the cause.
If you’re looking for sciatica pain relief in New Haven, you might be wondering exactly what the potential causes of your pain symptoms are before seeking treatment with our Fort Wayne chiropractor. A number of existing conditions can bring about leg pain associated with sciatica symptoms including:
Spinal Disc Issues: Herniated, bulging or slipped discs can put pressure on sensitive nerve endings.
Piriformis Syndrome: The small muscle within the buttocks known as the piriformis becomes tight. Without relieving the tightness, muscle spasms can occur and cause sciatic nerve pain.
Spinal Stenosis: This condition is typically considered a degenerative issue, as it seems to come about with aging. Spinal stenosis occurs when the spinal canal narrows and begins pinching on nearby nerve endings that can source sciatic pain.
Spondylolisthesis: When one or more vertebra shift out of alignment with the rest of the spine and slip into a nerve ending, the resulting buttock and leg pain can be excruciating.
Before beginning any type of chiropractic care for sciatica symptoms, our chiropractor in New Haven will give you a comprehensive exam to determine the precise source of your pain.
The goal of any sciatica relief is to calm the sciatic nerve and alleviate the nerve compression syndrome that has developed. Some of the most important activities someone can perform include:
Our chiropractor in New Haven will perform a series of tests both in the office and within a laboratory setting to accurately give you a diagnosis. Some of our common tests include:
Once we have gotten to the root cause of your sciatica symptoms, we’ll customize a treatment program just for you.
Anyone who is looking for sciatica treatment in Fort Wayne should make sure to see a chiropractor. Two of the most important treatments that a chiropractor in Fort Wayne can use to help those who suffer from sciatica include:
Chiropractic Care: First, chiropractic care has a number of benefits when it comes to the treatment of sciatica. First, a chiropractor knows how to identify the root cause of someone's sciatic nerve pain. Instead of treating the symptoms on the surface, a chiropractor will get to the bottom of the issue and prevent the symptoms from ever coming back. Furthermore, chiropractic care does not lead to any complications or side effects, unlike surgery and prescription medications.
A chiropractor can use manipulations and adjustments to help someone who is suffering from sciatic nerve compression syndrome. By ensuring the ligaments, tendons, and vertebrae of the back are in the proper positions, the sciatic nerve will be freed. This can provide patients with a tremendous amount of sciatic relief in addition to improving posture, which will prevent the symptoms from coming back.
Massage Therapy: A chiropractor is going to come up with a well-rounded treatment strategy to help those who are suffering from sciatica. One of the most important components of this plan is massage therapy. There are a few ways that massage therapy can help someone who is suffering from sciatica. When someone suffers from sciatica, the muscles often tense up. This leads to a lot of pressure on the nerves in the back. This includes the sciatica nerve. A massage therapist can target these tense muscles, helping them relax. When the muscles relax, pressure on the sciatica nerve is reduced, alleviating the compression that often leads to the irritation that people feel with sciatica. In addition, soft tissue massage also helps the body release endorphins, which helps with pain management. These are the most important ways that massage therapy can help with sciatica.
We use only natural, non-invasive holistic techniques to treat your sciatica symptoms. Our most common therapy plans include:
Don’t live another day in sciatica pain, call our team at North East Chiropractic Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana at (260) 245-0460 to schedule a no-obligation consultation today.
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