Sciatica &
Leg Pain
Although Chiropractic
is not a treatment for sciatica it has been a blessing to millions
of such sufferers.
The sciatic nerve
is the longest and largest in the body. When it is inflamed, the
condition is called sciatica (pronounced siaddica). Not all leg
pain is sciatica, but most all sciatica involves leg pain. Sciatica
sufferers often have severe pain along the sciatic nerve path,
usually in the back of legs and thighs, although sometimes the
pain is felt in ankle, foot and toes. Occasionally pain is felt
in the front or side of the legs, in the hips or for some helpless
sufferers in both legs.
Sciatica
is hell to sufferers. Sleeping, sitting, walking, bending, turning
or standing up may be difficult or impossible.
For example, one research
study of 60 patients showed that spinal care should be the care
of choice for sciatic sufferers. In another controlled study of
four different approaches (spinal care, traction, two types of
spinal injections) the group that had spinal care experienced
the greatest degree of recovery. Interestingly, a large number
in the traction group eventually required surgery.
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