Sciatica Pain Relief & Treatment in Atlanta, Georgia

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You can experience the pain of sciatica almost anywhere along the sciatic nerve. However, most sufferers report radiating pain that starts in the lower back and travels down the back of the leg.

Sciatica pain can range from mild to a disruptive, sharp sensation that feels as alarming as an electric shock. Beyond pain, sciatica can lead to numbness, muscle weakness, or tingling in the leg or foot.

Patients seeking relief from nerve pain can find effective solutions with a sciatica treatment specialist Atlanta Innovative Medicine’s treatment center.

What Is Sciatica?

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Sciatica refers to pain in the sciatic nerve, the longest, thickest nerve in the body. Five nerve roots make up the sciatic nerve; two stem from the lumbar spine in the lower back, and three stem from the sacrum at the base of the spine. The five nerve roots form the right and left sciatic nerves, which run down each leg and stop below the knee, where they branch into other nerves that continue down the legs.

Sciatica Symptoms

Those suffering from sciatica pain may experience burning or shooting pain that begins in the lower back and extends downward. While the nerve travels down both legs, the pain typically affects only one side.

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Sciatica sufferers might experience the following symptoms in the back, buttocks, hips, and lower extremities:

Radiating pain
Sharp, jolting pain
Leg and foot numbness or tingling
Burning sensation
Muscle weakness

While the pain of sciatica can flare in different positions, it tends to worsen while sitting, especially for extended periods.

If you are seeking relief from persistent sciatica call us now at 770.416.9995.

What Causes Sciatica Pain?

Sciatica pain results from pressure on the sciatic nerve. Therefore, sciatica is often a symptom of another condition causing misalignment. Some of the common causes of sciatica include:

A bulging or herniated disc
Spinal bone spurs
Piriformis syndrome, or spasms in the piriformis muscle
Spondylolisthesis
Spinal stenosis
Pregnancy

While the symptoms of mild sciatica sometimes resolve over time, patients with severe sciatica or persistent symptoms should seek medical care.

Our doctors GA, begin sciatica treatments by identifying the root cause of your pain.

To relieve your sciatica pain, begin by calling 770.416.9995 to schedule your free consultation

Can Sciatica Be Prevented?

While preventing sciatica isn’t always possible, certain risk factors make you more susceptible to sciatica pain, including:

Age
Obesity
Diabetes
Occupational hazards
Prolonged sitting

You can lower your risk of sciatica by maintaining a healthy weight, exercising regularly, maintaining correct posture while sitting, and performing strenuous tasks with care. Protecting yourself from developing sciatica means caring for your spine and overall health.

You can find relief from your sciatica and prevent its recurrence by trusting the comprehensive care offered at AIM’s sciatica pain treatment clinic. We’ll work with you to eliminate your sciatica pain and prevent it from returning.

To get started, call 770.416.9995 and schedule your free appointment today.

Diagnosing Sciatica

Since sciatica pain is typically a symptom of another condition, properly treating your nerve pain begins with a diagnosis at our sciatica pain clinic.

Your diagnosis will begin with your medical history and a discussion of your symptoms. Then, our sciatica pain specialists will ask you to walk and perform exercises to evaluate your spine and the strength of your calf muscles.

Finally, we may ask you to do a straight leg test to pinpoint the extent of the nerves affected and identify any problems with your spinal discs.

To correctly diagnose your sciatica pain and narrow down the root cause, we may have you undergo nerve conduction velocity (NCV) testing. NCV testing allows us to view how well your body sends electrical impulses through the sciatic nerve and how the muscle responds. Further diagnostic testing may include X-rays, MRIs, and CT scans.

If you want to relieve your sciatica pain, identifying the cause is critical. Our sciatica specialists employ comprehensive testing and a multidisciplinary approach to resolve your sciatica pain at its source.

Call our experienced clinic now at 770.416.9995 to schedule your free consultation.

Sciatica Pain Treatment

AIM takes a multidisciplinary approach to treating all conditions, including providing sciatica pain relief. Through this methodology, we can offer our patients the best options to achieve permanent sciatica pain relief.

Chiropractic Care

Chiropractic care offers a gentle, gradual approach to realigning your spine and alleviating pressure from your sciatic nerve. Our chiropractors apply precise spinal manipulations to restore a herniated disc to its correct position, open up your range of motion, and align shifted vertebrae.

Spinal decompression techniques and chiropractic spinal manipulations can ease muscle spasms, relieve nerve compression, and restore mobility.

Physical Therapy

Physical therapy can alleviate sciatica symptoms and prevent their recurrence. Through therapeutic stretches and exercises that build strength and restore mobility, physical therapy can reduce inflammation and restore strength and movement to your spine.

The practices used in physical therapy will avoid aggravating the discomfort caused by your sciatic nerve pain while releasing pressure from the muscles constricting to protect your pain point. In addition, you’ll discover ways to improve your posture and strengthen your core to support your spine, maintain alignment, and prevent future injuries.

Trigger Point Injections

Trigger points are knots that develop in an area of the muscle due to irritation or stress. When the trigger point develops in the piriformis or gluteus minimus muscles, it can aggravate the surrounding nerves, leading to sciatica pain.

Trigger point injections apply a customized cocktail of medication to release the knot of your trigger point, relaxing the muscle and allowing the body to heal the cause of the twisted muscle fibers naturally.

These injections may include a local anesthetic, a sarapin, saline, or botulinum toxin to alleviate the muscle’s contraction. As a result, many patients experience immediate relief and can begin further treatments to prevent the recurrence of the trigger point.

Platelet-Rich Plasma

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) uses the blood’s platelets to foster healing. For example, when you sustain an injury, such as a scratch, platelets rush to the site to clot the area and release growth factors that promote healing.

PRP treatments start with separating white and red blood cells from platelets and plasma using a centrifuge. Then, we inject the PRP into the damaged tissue so that it can boost your healing response.

Stem Cell Therapy

Stem cells are the only cells in the body that can divide to create more stem cells or differentiate to form specialized cells. In addition, stem cells can repair or restore damaged cells, giving them the potential to treat many diseases and medical conditions.

During stem cell therapy, we will extract your stem cells and inject them into the injury site, where they can reduce inflammation and promote healing.

Lasting Relief from Sciatica Pain

You don’t need to continue suffering from sciatica’s debilitating pain. At AIM, we offer sciatica pain therapy to treat the root cause of your pain so you’re not constantly dealing with recurrences.

Discover the benefits of our holistic, multidisciplinary approach when you call our sciatica pain center.

For a free consultation with our experienced specialists, call us now at 770.416.9995.

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