Sciatic nerve pain can be intense and excruciatingly painful for people who suffer from this condition. The pain can be intolerable just from doing something normal and easy. Most people have no clue what’s wrong when it first begins.
The name for this condition is called sciatica, and is brought on by an inflamed sciatic nerve. This nerve is located at the bottom part of the vertebral column and reaches to the buttocks, as well as different areas of the legs and feet. Usually, symptoms are only noticed on one side of the body. These vary from a burning, or tingling sensation to an intense pain crossing the areas affected. At times, the pain is in both legs.
It’s this pain that frightens people because they don’t know what it is and fear becoming crippled. In addition to this pain, there can also be weakness and numbness of the muscles as well as difficulty in controlling leg movements. If someone starts to feel this type of pain, they need to identify the symptoms exactly because treatment for the pain is different according to where the pain is located. The causes of sciatic range from arthritis to slipped disc to pinched nerve abscess. However, sciatica is nearly always easy to fix.
The most common method of curing sciatic nerve pain is to take the pressure off of the nerve root by drugs, surgery, or natural methods. If you don’t want to have surgery, you can try natural cures. Another option is a combination of both natural and medical methods which include workouts and stretching exercises.
When a bad attack hits, it’s best to stay in bed for a few days. Warm baths are comforting in the short term, but if the sciatica is brought on by inflammation, it’s better to stay out of warm water since exposure to heat only makes it worse. On the other hand, ice packs left on the affected area for about 20 minutes can help. This can be repeated about every 2 hours.
Mineral ice can soothe sciatica pain temporarily. Certain drugs, prescribed by doctors, can also help but can be addictive. Massage therapy has been known to be helpful in order to avoid surgery. Other alternative treatments that can help are such things as acupuncture, acupressure, biofeedback, herbal therapies, guided imagery, and homeopathy. Surgery is considered a last resort since it includes removing part of the disc causing the sciatica pain.
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