Sciatica Pain

Sciatica Pain

Sciatica is a painful condition where the Sciatic nerve gets compressed in the low back and causes problems/symptoms such as sharp shooting pain, tingling, weakness and numbness throughout its course travelling down the entire leg or both the legs from the back. It creates difficulty in standing, lying or even sitting to the patients. Sometimes the pain is very severe and unbearable which is not even relieved through medicines.

Here, Physiotherapy is the Option one should always consider First.

Physiotherapy not just helps one to overcome the pain but will also help you in getting back to normal life with better muscle strength and confidence and lessens the chances of reoccurrence. Some severe cases might require taking medicines along with Physiotherapy sessions for better results.

Some Common conditions that cause Sciatic Pain include:

There are several causes of back pain, and determining the underlying cause can be difficult. Fortunately, our highly trained physical therapist can assist you in determining all of the factors causing your condition and developing a comprehensive plan to address them all!

Herniated Disc

Degeneration due to ageing

Injury/Trauma

Spinal Stenosis

Spondylolisthesis

Sacroiliac joint dysfunction

Poor habits that can lead to such problem are:

Lifting Heavy weights

Sedentary lifestyle (with prolonged sitting bad postures

Obesity

Poor posture etc

For Sciatica, Physiotherapy is found to be the most reliable and most trusted treatment options than any other. It includes:

Various Modalities like TENS, IFT, SWD etc. to relieve pain.

Combination of Exercises such as strengthening exercise, stretching exercises and Aerobic conditioning of various muscles to help in managing pain as well as to make muscles stronger and better.

While some rest or activity modification may be necessary, it is important to maintain as much activity as possible and avoid prolonged periods of physical inactiveness or bedrest.

Proper Positioning with the help of pillows while sitting/ lying is taught by the therapist.

Maintenance of Correct posture to reduce Pressure over the nerve.

Mobilizations are done in order to reduce pain as well as to improve the movement of a person.

Advance therapy such as Chiro-therapy has been shown to be a beneficial treatment in Sciatica. It helps improve the alignment of the spine as well as creates a better healing environment thus reducing pain.

Educating patients about the precautions and self-treatment care.