Get Rid of Sciatica a 3 Step Process

Sciatica and low back pain are quickly becoming the most common conditions for which people see their family doctors, physical therapist and especially chiropractors. Statistically it affects 8 out of 10 people.

The usual signs and symptoms consist of severe back pain that goes down into the buttocks and into the leg and foot. The pain can be so severe that it prevents you from getting out of bed, going to work and even enjoying social and recreational activities with your family and friends.

Sciatica is usually caused by three things. Those three things are: 1) disc herniations that cause pinched nerves, 2) a twisted or misaligned spine, including the hips and pelvis and 3) tight muscles, otherwise known as muscle spasm.

Process # 1:

Lumbar spine disc herniations and/or disc bulges can press upon and irritate the nerves that come out of the spine. The nerves that come out of the lumbar spine travel into your buttocks legs and feet.

When these nerves are pinched it causes pain to radiate throughout the entire course of the nerve. That is why you get pain from your back into your buttocks legs and feet.

To correct this you have to decompress the lumbar spine to help eliminate the disc herniation. When you take the pressure off of the pinched nerve your pain should go away.

Now, the most perfect type of spinal decompression can be found in most chiropractic offices that provide spinal decompression therapy with the Saunders 3-D active track spinal decompression table.

Now, if you're not lucky enough to live close enough to a chiropractor who provides spinal decompression therapy with the Saunders 3-D active track table there are many techniques of spinal decompression therapy that you can do at home.

Process # 2:

A twisted spine, hips and pelvis can also irritate your nerves and cause excruciating sciatica pain. If your spine is twisted and not correctly aligned the best way to fix this would be to see your chiropractor. Also, there are many exercises and stretches that you can do on your own at home to fix this problem.

Process # 3:

Now for process number three, we will be dealing with the tight muscles of the low back, buttocks and legs that are in spasm. The best way to handle these muscle spasms are to perform gentle stretching exercises at the end of the day before you go to bed.

So there you have it to three causes of most sciatica pain and the procedures to help fix each of them.