Sciatica is a painful condition that often begins in the lower back and travels down the back of the leg and into the foot. If you are looking for a chiropractor for Sciatica relief Dr. Dennis at Mt Pleasant Chiropractic can help you with the pain of sciatica and improve your quality of life. Without proper treatment, sciatica can become debilitating. Seeking the help of a Mount Pleasant chiropractor who can help you with with your sciatica, can be life changing.

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SCIATICA TREATMENT IN MT PLEASANT, SC

Sciatica is a condition where the sciatic nerve, sends pain along the length of the nerve usually affecting one leg. Though it could cause pain in both legs.  This makes it difficult to stand or sit for a long period of time. It can be a very painful condition to live with and make daily tasks difficult. Pain isn’t the only symptom people have who suffer from sciatica.  symptoms can also include numbness or muscle weakness in the leg and/or foot, a burning sensation, or a pins and needles sensation.

You may be wondering how sciatica happens? This condition often starts with either a misalignment of the vertebrae (known as subluxations) or it begins with disc injuries and bulges.

In the case of spinal misalignment, there are many different ways this can happen. It could be a sudden event, like a car accident or other trauma for the body, which shifts the vertebrae out of place. Spinal misaglignment can also occur when repetitive stress has been placed on the body from for example something like from poor posture.

With disc injuries or bulges, the disc is pushing on the nerve. This can happen suddenly, because of an accident, or more slowly through a repetitive stress or injury. While patients may sometimes feel the pain come on suddenly, it’s often the cause that the injury had been happening for a while but the pain may start all at once.

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CHIROPRACTIC CARE FOR SCIATICA

Chiropractors in Mt Pleasant work to keep the body properly aligned. We create a treatment plan to work toward a natural alignment for your body. We do this through small adjustments to the joints using gentle and non invasive techniques.  One of the most gentle techniques we utilize is called Flexion-Distraction Technique.

Researches showing the effectiveness of Flexion-Distraction

A randomized clinical trial and subgroup analysis to compare flexion-distraction with active exercise for chronic low back pain
European Spine Journal, 2006

To treat lower back pain and sciatica, flexion-distraction is used by chiropractors. There’s a table on which the patient lies down. That table is specially designed for this purpose. The chiropractor starts treating the lumbar spine by applying forces over the low back and creates a traction effect by pressing down on the moving leg support. The real-time feedback noted is the measurable forces applied by DCs improved the function of the spine and patients had significantly greater relief of pain.

The Effects of Manual Therapy Using Joint Mobilization and Flexion-distraction Techniques on Chronic Low Back Pain and Disc Heights
Journal of Physical Therapy Science, 2014

This study deals with the 31 patients suffering from chronic low back pain that went through the joint mobilization and flexion-distraction therapy. A significant decrease in the low back pain was shown and for disc heights, a significant increase was seen. These results show that these therapies are effective for the treatment.

How is Flexion-Distraction Performed?

Flexion-Distraction is a chiropractic treatment performed on the uniquely designed table that is specially designed for this purpose. The chiropractic doctor uses some manual techniques to make spinal joints move freely without any restriction and without quick moves and noises.

The results will be different for every patient struggling with sciatica. Depending on how long the condition has been developting and how badly damaged the disc is, it may take longer for some patients to get back into alignment and find relief. Seeking out treatment as soon as possible to prevent further damage will lessen the amount of time to see improvement and cost.

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