Severe sciatica happens when the sciatic nerve becomes compressed. This can be a result of just about anything, ranging from pregnancy to a herniated disc, to habitual poor posture. Sciatica is actually the term used to define the symptoms that result from sciatic nerve compression. These symptoms include pain in the low ba … Read More
Scoliosis Exercises
Over the years, scoliosis exercises have been used by doctors to help their patients manage back pain. Scoliosis is a type of medical condition wherein the spin curves from side to side, causing serious pain for the sufferer. When seen through X-ray, the spine of a person suffering from scoliosis may look like the letter S o … Read More
Sciatica Treatment with Massage
Sciatica is the weakness, pain, numbness and/or tingling that is experienced in the leg, back, hip, thigh, neck or foot that ensues when there is injury or compression of the sciatic nerve. When there is pressure applied to the sciatic nerve (a nerve that starts in the spine but travels down the back of the leg and controls … Read More
Sciatica Therapy
Sciatica is the pain referred to when the sciatic nerve is irritated and causes chronic pain. Most commonly, it is felt from the lower back down around the back of the thigh and can radiate down below the knee. Starting from nerve roots in your lower back (lumbar spine) and reaching through the buttocks area to supply nerve … Read More
Sciatica Physical Therapy
Sciatica is a condition in which one or both of the large sciatic nerves in the back of the legs are compressed or irritated. Patients typically experience pain as well as tingling and difficulty in moving the affected leg. They may also feel numbness or muscular weakness that originates in the lower back and travels down th … Read More
Microdiscectomy
Microdiscectomy is a spine surgery where a small portion of the bone over the nerve root or disc material from under the nerve root is removed to relieve neural impingement while providing more room for the nerve to heal. Microdiscectomy uses a magnifying instrument or special microscope to view the disc and nerves making it … Read More
Pinched Sciatic Nerve
With only 5% of back pain sufferers having sciatic nerve symptoms it is one of the rarest lower back problems. Sciatica, known as the symptoms patients' experience, is an inflammation of the sciatic nerve. This is the largest nerve in the body running from the base of the spinal cord to the feet. A primary cause of sciatica … Read More
Pinched Nerves Signs and Symptoms
A pinched nerve occurs when a nerve has been damaged in some way either by direct pressure or a compression of the nerve. This injury causes the nerve to become unable to function normally. Such injuries are caused in many ways depending on the location of the nerve, since nerves are distributed throughout the entire body. P … Read More
Pinched Nerves and Dizziness
A "pinched nerve", otherwise known as a "compressed nerve," is a nerve that pressure is being applied to - pressure that affects the function of the nerve. This pressure can be caused by surrounding muscles, tendons, or even bone. Since nerves transmit sensory information, as well as signal muscles to move, the symptoms of … Read More
Pinched Nerve Therapy
When any of your nerves is damaged this is referred to as having a pinched nerve. If an exorbitant amount of pressure from objects surrounding the nerve is forced onto the nerve, this can be harmful. Nerves are very sensitive to pressure and can only stand a limited amount. Pinched nerves can happen in any part of the body b … Read More