Sciatica In Coconut Creek
Your Coconut Creek Choice for Sciatic Pain Treatment!
Sciatic pain, or pain that radiates from your lower back, through your hips, and down your leg, can be debilitating for sufferers. Align Your Spine can help! We are pleased to offer treatment options to deal with sciatic pain and help you get back to living pain free.
What is Sciatica?
The Sciatic nerve is the largest nerve in the body, starting in the lower back and running down the hips, buttocks, legs and feet. Sciatica is characterized by pain that originates in the lower back or buttock, that travels down one or both legs.
Causes of Sciatica
- Herniated disc
- An acute injury
- Repetitive wear and tear
- An awkward motion, where the spine is momentarily vulnerable
- Pressure on the nerve from a disc bulge in the lower lumbar spine
- Pressure on the nerve from a tight muscle like the piriformis muscle, located in the buttocks and near the top of the hip joint.
Symptoms of Sciatic Pain
- Pain the leg or rear that is worse when sitting
- Tingling or burning down the leg
- Numbness, weakness, of difficult moving the foot or leg
- A constant pain on one side of the rear
- A shooting pain that makes it difficult to stand up
Align Your Spine is proud to have successfully treated many patients suffering with sciatic pain. Treatment varies from patient to patient, and a unique and customized treatment plan will be created for each patient, depending on how the injury occurred, and how well the patient responds to various forms of treatment.