Seeking Sciatica Pain Relief in Yorkville?

Do you feel tingling sensations or "electric" pains in your buttocks or legs? Do your feet or toes feel numb for no known reason? Does one of your legs feel weaker than the other? If the answer to any of these questions is “Yes,” then you may be suffering from sciatica. But the good news is that you can nip that suffering in the bud, instead of dealing with recurring bouts of it year after year, by exploring your natural pain management options right here at Advanced Physical Medicine of Yorkville.

What is sciatica, and how does somebody get it? Sciatica is not a disease; it is a collection of symptoms related to an injured, pinched or inflamed sciatic nerve. You have a sciatic nerve for each leg, and this massive nerve branches into an entire network of smaller nerves serving the buttock, leg, ankle, and foot. The sciatic nerve is connected to the spinal cord via several nerve roots near the bottom of the spinal column.

These nerve roots just out from between vertebrae and vertebral discs -- so when something happens to the alignment of those structures, the nerve roots often end up getting pinched. A herniated disc, for instance, can easily press against a lumbar nerve root. This results in classic sciatica, including shooting leg pains, lower back pain, loss of sensation in the foot, and poor muscle response leading to atrophy and weakness in the affected leg.

Chiropractic Care Can Beat Sciatica

Before you assume that you need corrective surgery to relieve your sciatic nerve pain, you should know that conservative options such as chiropractic care can often resolve the problem. Our Yorkville chiropractor can pinpoint the nerve impingement and make spinal adjustments to relieve it for natural pain management. We can also prescribe massage therapy to loosen tight, painful muscles, and physical therapy to help you develop stronger spinal support. Contact us for natural sciatica pain relief in Yorkville!

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