Sciatica Nerve Treatment
Are you suffering from sciatic pain?
Then you know that the pain that is radiating through your lower back, buttocks, down your leg, or maybe just throbbing in your lower back can be excruciating.
You have probably searched the internet looking for cheap and effective methods of treatment. There are lots of different approaches to sciatica nerve treatment. Some are more complicated than others. Some require trained assistance. Others you can learn to do on your own.
While some experts recommend surgical solutions to sciatica pain, others recommend a targeted plan of sciatica nerve stretches, exercises, and various other methods of sciatica nerve treatment. The interesting fact is that post people who have sciatica surgery find that the pain eventually returns in a few months. This is because they haven’t dealt with the underlying causes of their sciatica.
Sciatica Nerve Treatment Options
Stretching is only one of the many treatment options that are available to you. Others may include one of the following, or any combination thereof:
- simple stretches – performed while standing, on the floor, or even while sitting. Performing sciatic nerve stretches from one to several times a day may help relieve pain and pressure on your sciatic nerve.
- medicine – usually painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs
- regular appointments with a chiropractor or masseuse
- acupuncture or acupressure
- simple behavior modifications – for example, perhaps it is the way that you are sitting at work, or the way in which you recline while watching TV that puts the pressure on your sciatic nerve, thus irritating it and causing the pain that you now feel. Taking the pressure off of the irritated nerve may be as simple as sitting up straight or using a special pillow under your knees or back when you sleep.
- taking a hot bath every evening before bed
- sleeping or sitting with a heating pad
- surgery to remove the bit of herniated disc that is impinging on the nerve
- surgery to correct the slipped vertebra that is putting pressure on the lower vertebrae and your sciatic nerve bundle
You may have already tried a few of these. If they have failed, or not produced desirable results, keep in mind that some sciatica nerve treatment options could take days or weeks, while others may produce results within a few hours. Perhaps you haven’t yet tried the specific stretch that could loosen pressure on the nerve – this could be a simple stretch that you only need to do for 3 minutes twice a day or a whole series that needs to be performed every morning.
Here is a simple example of a sciatica nerve treatment stretch:
Don’t hesitate to talk to your doctor or physical therapist about some of these recommendations, especially to determine if you are at a point where exercise/stretching is appropriate for you. There are a variety of sciatica nerve treatment options out there for you, and a professional opinion is always best. However, if your doctor or physical therapist hasn’t heard about some of these sciatica nerve treatments try to educate him or her.
The only way to find what works for you is to do the research that shows you what options are out there for you. Good luck!
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