New Sciatica Nerve Treatement

Anyone living with sciatica knows that this condition can disrupt their life. Lumbar pain in the hips, weakness in the legs and tingling that can reach the toes are some of the symptoms that make daily activities difficult. Sciatica can affect your work, your relationships and your ability to get a good night's sleep.

If you experience chronic back pain after extended non-surgical treatment but have concerns about undergoing the traditional open surgery behind, there are other surgical options for the treatment of sciatica. Using advanced techniques, minimally invasive approach to spinal surgery as possible - and patient education is an important part of learning your options for condition and treatment.

Sciatica definition

Sciatica is a complex symptom that results from compression of the sciatic nerve that originates in the lower and lower back on both sides of the lower body. Compression of the sciatic nerve can be caused by various conditions such as arthritis such as a herniated disc or bony spur, which cause narrowing of nerve pathways already very difficult in the spine.

When diagnosing a condition that causes these symptoms, most doctors recommend a course of non-surgical treatments. Some of the methods that provide relief for patients include:

Rest

• Surgery may be recommended for the treatment of sciatica if symptoms do not improve after weeks or months of conservative treatment.
• exercise
• Lifestyle changes like quitting or losing weight
• Anti-inflammatory or pain
• physiotherapy
• Hot and cold pressing
• Epidural steroid injections

A better way to treat sciatica

Traditional back surgery is usually a last resort because of the complexity, risk and complication that can come with these procedures. Minimally invasive spine surgery Laser Spine Institute is an alternative with many advantages over traditional open spine procedures.