If You Are Experiencing Sciatic Nerve Pain, You Have Come To Right Place
If you are one of the many people who suffer from sciatic nerve pain, you know how debilitating it can be.
The sciatic nerve is the largest and longest nerve in the body, and when it is compressed or irritated, it can cause a lot of pain.
If you are looking for relief from your sciatic nerve pain, physical therapy and chiropractic treatments may be just what you need!
In this blog post, we will discuss the treatments that our clinic offers to help relieve sciatic nerve pain.
What Is The Sciatic Nerve?
The sciatic nerve is the largest in the human body. It is formed through the fusion of five nerves in the lower spine. It passes through gluteal muscles deep in the buttock and down the back of the thigh to the heel of the foot. The sciatic nerve has a crucial vital function in connecting the brain and spinal cord with the muscles and skin of the entire leg and foot.
What Is Sciatica Nerve Pain?
Sciatica is a type of pinched nerve in the lumbar back. The pain people feel starts from one or more roots in the lumbar back and sacral spine.
Sciatic pain is any pain and neurological symptom that comes from the sciatic nerve. The symptoms of sciatica are typically felt anywhere along the leg.
What You Need to Know About Sciatica Symptoms
If you are suffering from sciatica, this could be due to the nerve being irritated, inflamed, or compressed. Several issues within the lower back can result in sciatica. Sciatica is a type of pinched nerve; this means that the pain originates from the lumbar and sacral nerve roots.
What Causes Sciatic Nerve Pain?
Any physical force that is placed on the nerve can result in symptoms. This is a result of the common conditions:
- Herniated discs. A disc in the lower back may herniate or bulge, irritating, and compression of the root.
- Stenosis. Stenosis is the narrowing of the intervertebral opening through which the sciatic nerve roots travel. When you have stenosis, this may result in compression, which irritates it and results in pain. Additionally, degeneration of the inter-vertebral openings could result in changes in the spine, such as thickening of facet joint capsules and ligaments, which may also directly compress the sciatic nerve.
- Instability. Instability occurs when a vertebral segment when a vertebra slips over the one below it, vertebral defects, or complete dislocation of one or more vertebrae may directly compress the nerve root(s).
In rare occasions, tumors, cysts, infection, or abscesses in the lower spine or pelvic region may compress the root resulting in pain.
Treatment Options For Sciatic Nerve Pain
At Dublin Physical & Chiropractic we design treatment packages to effectively treat sciatic nerve pain. We use a combination of physical therapy, chiropractic techniques, laser therapy or light therapy, and shockwave therapy to relieve pain, tightness, weakness, numbness, tingling, and to improve strength and resilience.
Physical Therapy For Sciatic Nerve Pain
At Dublin & Chiropractic, our physical therapy care helps treat sciatic nerve pain with the use of a combination of therapies. We often use manual therapy, which includes massage and joint mobilization/manipulation, to help relieve tension in the sciatic nerve.
Benefits Of Physical Therapy For Sciatic Nerve Pain
Physical therapy can help relieve the symptoms in the short term, and promote long-term health and wellness.
- Reduce pain.
- Restore mobility and flexibility.
- Restore strength and endurance of the muscles of the back and lower limbs.
- Reduce muscle tension.
- Reduce numbness and tingling.
Other therapies that we may use include laser therapy, shockwave therapy, and graded exercise programs. Our goal is to help you get relief from your sciatica symptoms so that you can return to your normal activities.
Chiropractic Care For Sciatic Nerve Pain
Our chiropractors also offer treatments to help relieve sciatic nerve pain and low back pain. We often use spinal adjustments and manipulations to help restore mobility to the spine and relieve pressure on the sciatic nerve. This improves how your whole body functions. You feel better when the nervous system is no longer adhered or caught or compressed by tight muscles and joints.
Non-surgical Decompression For Sciatic Nerve Pain
Non-surgical decompression takes pressure on the spine, including the small joints in the spine and the inter-vertebral discs. Relieving pressure on the spine allows tissues to heal and regenerate, it re-hydrates the discs and the joint capsules. It reduced herniated discs that are the cause of sciatic nerve pain.
Laser Therapy For Sciatic Nerve Pain
Laser therapy is a drug-free modality that provides effective management of symptoms related to injuries by stimulating various cellular functions (cell proliferation, angiogenesis). A low-power laser beam penetrates into the tissue where it interacts with light-sensitive molecules thus producing photochemical reactions that lead to benefits in the tissue – like more organised and stronger tissue fibres.
Shockwave Therapy For Sciatic Nerve Pain
Shockwave therapy involves using shockwaves created by applying pressure on a metal probe against the skin or muscle tissue and allowing sound waves to penetrate deep beneath the surface.
When shockwaves are applied they create micro-injuries in soft tissues which stimulate repair and cause an inflammatory response within cells; this leads to increased blood flow as well as accelerated cell regeneration, resulting in improved function for those areas being treated.
Visit us in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin Ireland
Our physical therapy & other services extend throughout Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown including Blackrock, Cherrywood, Stillorgan, Rathfarnham, Shankill, Cabinteely, Foxrock, Clonskeagh, and Killiney.
Our office is located just outside of the center of Dun Laoghaire and is between Deansgrange and Monkstown. You can find our building entrance on Lower Mounttown Road, across from Woodland Park. We are a 30-second walk from Dublin Bus stop 2031 which is outside of Mccormick’s Pub.
Book An Appointment Today In Dublin, Ireland
Are you in pain?
If so, we can help. We’re Dublin Physical & Chiropractic and we have over 30 years of combined excellence helping people just like you feel better. Our highly innovative technology and professional care will get you back on your feet again quickly. We also offer free parking.
Request an appointment today by clicking the link below or calling us at (01) 254 4800, so you can get on the road to recovery, and long-term relief from aches and pains.
References
[1] https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1144130-overview
[2] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jor.23186
