Sciatica Treatment

Sciatica Treatment & Treatment

Are you looking for sciatica treatment? Sciatica is a painful condition that affects a large portion of the adult population at some point in their lives. This condition results when a person experiences pain in some part or parts of their buttocks, hips, legs and even lower back. The pain can present itself differently from person to person due to the fact that the sciatic nerve can be irritated in different places. The sciatic nerve originates in the lumbar spine (lower back) and travels all the way down to the tips of the toes. People with lower back problems, hip and pelvic issues and tight musculature may be more prone to experience sciatic nerve irritation. It is important to assess and deal with the root cause of the sciatic nerve pain in order to limit it from progressing more and more.

New Patient Website Special

We’re Waiting to Help You

The preservation of health is easier than the cure for the disease.

How We Give

Sciatica Treatment in Grimsby

Comprehensive Consultation and Exam

This process is essential in determining the underlying cause of your sciatic nerve pain. Sciatica can be a result of disc problems, spinal stenosis, nerve encroachment, tight piriformis muscles, hamstring tension and a host of other issues. A comprehensive exam using multiple assessment tools is needed. We will look at your movement patterns, your spinal loading, your lumbar and pelvic tension, your disc health, your inflammation levels, range of mobility and spinal nerve openings. This will allow us to reveal the underlying root issue so that care can be custom tailored to help you get rid of your sciatica for good.

Custom Therapeutic Exercise Plan

In most cases it is important to make sure that the supporting soft tissues are being supported to create resolution. In certain patients this may involve stretching, in some it means strengthening and in many it means a combination of both. Long term success involves dealing the the entire spine and supporting parts.

Specific Chiropractic Care in Grimsby for Sciatica Treatment

What is a subluxation, and why is it important? A subluxation is a misalignment and improperly functioning joint in the spine. It creates unwanted pressure on nerves and is often a source of sciatic nerve pain.

What problems can arise from a subluxation in the lumbar spine? When the spinal joints in the lower back stop moving properly and begin to misalign, they put pressure on nerves. Depending on what nerves are impacted, people will feel different types of symptoms. Sciatic pain that goes into the buttocks, down the legs or even into the groin can be the result.

How can adjustments benefit a patient with sciatica? When our chiropractors correct your spinal alignment and restore motion to the affected area, the nerve tension is reduced and overall pain levels naturally decrease. There are a host of other positive impacts that happen when the nerve pressure comes off as well.

What makes chiropractic care superior to the conventional treatment model? Chiropractic care is natural, it doesn’t involve inputting medication with side effects into your body, it helps you get the root issue rather than just covering up the pain and it is shown to be one of the fastest and most effective types of care for sciatica and low back pain.

Google Our

Five Star ReviewsDoctorsFacilityTeamService

Common Causes of Sciatica in Grimsby

Herniated Lumbar Discs

Discs are cushions that sit in between the bones. They help cushion the spine, allow for movement and make room for the nerves to come out. If a disc herniates, like jelly leaking out of a donut, it can potentially chafe on a nerve in close proximity. If this happens to be the sciatic nerve, you will end up feeling sciatic pain.

Degenerative Disc Disease

When compromised alignment, motion and load are happening in the spine, the result is degenerative disc disease. Often called, DJD, DDD or even arthritis or osteoarthritis. It essentially means that the discs that sit between the bones are shriveling up much like a grape dries out to be a raisin. This loss of disc function can lead to chronic pain and because the bones to get too close together causing sciatica.

Spinal Stenosis

Spinal stenosis occurs when the opening that the spinal cord is passing through begins to narrow. This can affect multiple nerves simultaneously and create leg pain, buttocks pain and tends to be worse when walking.

Muscle Strain or Spasm

Muscles are often a culprit when it comes to sciatic nerve pain. The muscle issues can be chronic imbalances or they can be more acute strains that come from lifting or moving awkwardly. If the muscle is abnormally tense due to injury or chronic postural issues, it will potentially aggravate the sciatic nerve. This can be direct or indirect.

Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction (SI Joint Pain)

This is a pain that originates a few inches to the right or left of the centre part of your lower back. It feels like it is in your buttocks. Pain is often felt most when your heels strikes the ground while walking and when you try to bend forward. Chiropractic adjustments are very effective at helping this joint restore its proper function and the result is most commonly tremendous pain relief.

Ready to Thrive?

Start Here

Frequently asked questions about Sciatica Treatment

Should I see a chiropractor about Sciatica?

Our chiropractors are very well trained to be able to assess and reveal the root issue creating your sciatica. From there, we can begin to help you deal with your sciatica and work to limiting the likelihood of it ever returning.

What can I do to relieve my sciatica pain in Grimsby?

Try the three home based exercises that we have above and if those aren’t helping it would be best to contact us so that our doctors can help.

What is the best treatment for sciatica?

We see tremendous results with chiropractic care and massage in our office. Some other options may be physical therapy or acupuncture.

How should I lay with Sciatica?

It is different from person to person. Many report relief laying on their side with a pillow between their knees or on their back with a pillow behind their knees.

How long does sciatica last?

It is hard to say as it depends on what is offending the nerve.

Can stretching make sciatica worse?

In most situations it tends to be helpful however it could make it worse, particularly if there is something acute involved like a disc herniation.

How do I get my sciatic nerve to stop hurting?

An immediate thing to try is ice on the point of greatest pain.

Start Now