Many people have to deal with a painful condition when the sciatic nerve is terribly painful. Immediately note that the treatment of the sciatic nerve is primarily a treatment for its inflammation. Let's try to figure out what methods are used today by modern medicine, how to treat pinching of the sciatic nerve.
The sciatic nerve is the largest nerve in the human body. It originates at five levels of the lumbar, then goes down the legs, and only then undergoes separation into small nerves, the main function of which is to supply energy to the hips, knees, lower legs, ankles, feet and fingers. Pinched sciatic nerve or sciatica is a syndrome, since a similar condition can accompany various conditions.
Before starting treatment, it is necessary to study the symptoms that accompany this disease. These symptoms are pain in the back of the leg, which is worse in a sitting position; burning or tingling sensation in the lower leg; weakness, numbness or difficulty in moving the leg; constant pain spreading along the back of the legs; shooting pain; pain in the leg, which intensifies during coughing, sneezing, laughing; muscle weakness.
Treatment of the sciatic nerve depends on what level is characterized by damage to the nerve roots.
The causes of this disease include many factors. Most often, they are represented by one or more diseases caused by hypothermia, diseases of the spine (including osteochondrosis, spondylosis, deformation of the intervertebral disc), arthritis, trauma, degeneration of the intervertebral disc, constipation, diabetes, the effects of stress on the spine, intervertebral hernia.
Diagnosis of sciatic nerve disease.
Treatment of sciatica is possible only after an exact determination of the causes of the pain syndrome. To do this, in good clinics, diagnostic studies are carried out, presented by clinical neurological examination, clinical neuroorthopedic examination, manual diagnosis, MRI, CT, X-ray, ENMG, UZDG, diagnostic blockade, puncture and some other types.
Of course, treatment of sciatica is also possible with folk remedies, but it should be noted that in most cases this approach brings only slight relief. Many are inherent in attempting to cure the sciatic nerve by resorting to painkillers. But we can unequivocally state that effective treatment of the sciatic nerve with the help of such means is impossible.
Treatment of the sciatic nerve involves an extremely integrated approach. The clinics use modern methods of treatment of the sciatic nerve, which are presented:
- Selection of an individual treatment regimen with pharmaceutical agents.
- Traditional treatment methods (acupuncture, vibrothermal massage, vacuum-magnetic therapy, electromyostimulation).
- Manual medicine (post-isometric relaxation, lymphatic drainage technique, myofascial release, mobilization and manipulation techniques, craniosacral technique).
- Therapeutic blockades: myofascial triggers, myogelosis and myofibrosis, if there are muscular-tonic syndromes, periarticular and articular blockade, injections into the fallopian canal, in case of facial paralysis, therapeutic taping of the joints.
- The use of botulinum toxin preparations.
- Epidural and caudal administration of drugs if hernias, stenoses, or spinal instability are present.