Why Most Sciatica Nerve Treatment Plans Fail
Did you know that most sciatica nerve treatment options end in failure? The pain will go away for a short time, but sooner or later the pain will return. And when it reappears, it might even return worse than before.
The reason is that most treatment plans only focus on treating the pain. They don’t treat the underlying conditions that are causing the sciatica in the first place. These treatment plans fail to address that your sciatica pain is the final result of a long chain of events in which your body grew increasingly out of balance.
However, there is hope. The solution is to go beyond the immediate causes of sciatica and correct not just the pain but also the physical dysfunctions and muscle imbalances that led to your sciatica and probably other forms of back pain in the first place.
Most people are unfamiliar with the idea of muscle imbalances. But if you consider it, the idea makes a lot of sense. The best way to understand it, I’ve found, is to consider your body like it is a automobile.
You can drive your car with the wheels out of alignment. But as time passes, the tires will start to wear out. You can ignore the problem, but sooner or later, unless you have them properly aligned, you are destined for a blowout, and most likely an aggravating repair bill. If your wheels are out of alignment, there is also a lot of stress on other areas of the car, such as the U-joint. Other types of break down become more probable.
The exact same thing is likely to occur for your body. Over time, we all develop muscle imbalances, where one group of muscles gets tighter while another grows weaker. This is a natural result of: our lifestyles, our posture, how we sit hunched over in front of a a desk all day, and our habits. These muscle imbalances act like a lopsided tug-o-war on our spine and other parts of our body. Our body gets pulled out of alignment. Sciatica is one result, when the spine and other parts of the body eventually get distorted enough to put undesirable pressure on the sciatic nerve.
So the ultimate sciatica nerve treatment is to do more than just treat the pain. This does nothing to fix the underlying causes. Often, sciatica treatment plans simply give you a generic list of stretches. The best programs will work with you in order to identify exactly which muscle imbalances you have and then help you develop a recovery plan to cure your sciatica and keep it from returning.
The good news is that you don’t need an expensive physical therapist to treat your muscle imbalances. You can learn how to identify your own muscle imbalances and then use that information to develop a comprehensive sciatica nerve treatment program customized specifically to your condition.
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