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Research-Backed Ways to Relieve Sciatica Pain Without Surgery
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Have you ever immediately stopped in your tracks or fallen to your knees because of a sudden onset of sciatica pain? Perhaps your low back “locked-up” and pain shot down your leg after a simple sneeze or cough or you bent over to pick something up.
Talk about one of the most unwelcome surprises of your life! It can also be scary.
After all, intense pain like that must be caused by something serious, right?
(more…)Top Healthcare Organizations Now Agree on What to Do for Low Back Pain
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Would you be surprised if we told you that low back pain may well be the number one source of disability across the globe? You might.
Would you be surprised if we told you that we were 99.9% certain you had experienced back pain in the last month? Probably not.
After all, everyone deals with neck and back pain at some point in their lives, right? You. Your family and friends. Your coworkers and acquaintances. Everyone. And as someone who’s dealt with low back pain in the past, you more than understand just how much it can alter your daily life.
(more…)How to Prevent Sciatica Pain
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As we discuss how to prevent sciatica pain with our sciatica patients, we often notice that many of them will make the comment that they don’t know how they hurt their back when the pain started. If you know the causes of sciatica you know this is a logical statement to make.
It’s easy to understand how lifting a heavy object or sustaining a forceful impact of some kind or simply moving in an awkward position could result in an injury to your back. The pain that comes with that injury tells you that you could have pinched a nerve and that’s why you’re experiencing sciatica symptoms. Easy to understand.
But, what we’re about to tell you as we learn about how to prevent sciatica pain naturally may surprise you. Research has shown that too much sitting may be one of the most common reasons you find yourself experiencing sciatica pain. This is also completely understandable.
As the leading sciatica pain specialist in Lavaca County, we’ve seen the very real impact sitting too much has on our patients. Here’s why.
(more…)The Top Causes of Sciatica Revealed
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Here’s something that might surprise you as you learn about the top causes of sciatica.
Sciatica is not a condition, disorder, or diagnosis in and of itself. Sciatica pain can be described as dull, achy, sharp, or shooting pain in the lower back and hip, buttock, and leg on one side of the body. Some people may also experience burning, numbness, or tingling sensations.
When someone says they “have sciatica,” what they really have is a very specific set of symptoms hinting at an underlying condition causing the sciatica.
Many of our sciatica patients often comment that they don’t know how they hurt their back, and that actually makes sense. So what is the underlying condition 99.9% of the time? Most all the top causes of sciatica are linked to the irritation, compression, or impingement of a sciatic nerve.
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