The sciatica symptoms were intense. "Jennifer" had been having back problems off and on for a while, but she had recently fallen when a chair slid out from under her as she was sitting down, and the hard impact had set off a searing pain in her low back, butt, and right leg that was so intense she couldn't stand up straight and she could barely walk.
Even strong prescription medication was only slightly dulling the pain and after being in pain for weeks without relief she was getting very worried that surgery might be her only choice. She was getting desperate.
Then she was referred to a doctor who used a high-tech piece of equipment that was supposed to help people like her. While on the machine for the first time, her sciatica symptoms were immediately relieved she felt so much better that she actually fell asleep - it was the best sleep she'd had in weeks! As her treatment progressed, not only did she have sciatic nerve pain relief, she was able to return to activities she thought she might never be able to do again - dancing, working out at the gym, and living a normal life.
Sciatica is an irritation of the sciatic nerve (often misspelled as " syatic nerve " or " psyatic nerve "), which is formed from the nerves arising from the spine in the low back which join together in the pelvis and then extend down the back of each leg to the foot.
Sciatica Symptoms may include pain, burning, "electric shock" sensations, numbness, and possibly weakness typically beginning in the muscles of the buttocks and travelling part way or all the way down the leg. The symptoms are often severe and disabling, as they were in Jennifer's case.
Most cases of sciatica are caused by a bulging or herniated disc placing pressure on one or more of the component nerves of the sciatic nerve where they branch off from the spine in the low back. In some cases, the pressure on the nerve may be due to a combination of the disc bulge itself and swelling resulting from inflammation.
Other causes of sciatica symptoms can include degenerative disc disease, bone spurs, compression of the sciatic nerve at areas other than the spine (as seen in
piriformis syndrome), and in rare cases, spinal tumors.
There are different treatment options for sciatica symptom relief, depending on the underlying cause and various other factors. Fortunately, most people are able to obtain sciatic nerve pain relief without surgery, and return to normal activities, just like Jennifer.
We are proud to be among the first in the San Antonio, Texas area to offer the latest breakthrough in sciatic nerve pain relief, and we make a rather amazing offer to allow you to discover whether this treatment option will work for you without you spending a dime! See our section on sciatica treatment options, or give us a call to find out more.
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