#3 What Is Sciatica?
Now Not many know about Sciatica. It isn't a very common disease either. So most of you would wonder what exactly is Sciatica? The health condition called sciatica is very dangerous and painful. The specific treatments include medication and difficult and painful physical therapy.
But at the same time its important to know that, Sciatica is a symptom. It consists of leg pain, which might feel like a bad leg cramp, or it can be excruciating, shooting pain that makes standing or sitting nearly impossible. The pain might be worse when you sit, sneeze, or cough. Sciatica can occur suddenly or it can develop gradually.
#2 Causes Of Sciatica
When you hear about any disease or symptom, its important to know about its cause. Sciatica might be a symptom of a "pinched nerve" affecting one or more of the lower spinal nerves. The nerve might be pinched inside or outside of the spinal canal as it passes into the leg. Following are its main causes.
-A herniated or slipped disc that causes pressure on a nerve root - This is the most common cause of sciatica.
-Piriformis syndrome - This develops when the piriformis muscle, a small muscle that lies deep in the buttocks, becomes tight or spasms, which can put pressure on and irritate the sciatic nerve.
-Spinal stenosis - This condition results from narrowing of the spinal canal with pressure on the nerves.
-Spondylolisthesis - This is a slippage of one vertebra so that it is out of line with the one above it, narrowing the opening through which the nerve exits.
#1 Treatment Video
And finally, here we show you how to treat this painful disease. The goal of treatment is to decrease pain and increase mobility. Treatment most often includes limited rest (on a firm mattress or on the floor), physical therapy, and the use of medicine to treat pain and inflammation. A customized physical therapy exercise program might be developed. Checkout the video for that.
