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Struggling With Sciatica in Tucson AZ?

Sciatica at Tanque Verde Chiropractic Clinic in Tucson, AZ

Pain that radiates from your back or buttocks all the way down the leg usually has a name: sciatica. Plenty of people look for a Tucson AZ chiropractor to get out from under it, and plenty never find a lasting answer. Left untreated, sciatica generally worsens, and the daily tasks it interferes with go from difficult to impossible. Here is what sciatica actually is, and how chiropractic adjustments work to correct it.

What to know about sciatica

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Sciatic Relief in Tucson AZ

Sciatica — also called sciatic neuralgia — produces pain in the lower back, down the back of the leg and into the foot. It makes sitting or standing for any length of time difficult and can bring weakness, tingling and numbness in the leg and foot with it. For many people it comes and goes across a lifetime, in episodes of varying severity. Left unchecked it usually gets worse, and the nerve itself can be permanently injured.

The reason the pain travels so far is that it comes from compression of the sciatic nerve, the longest nerve in the body. It originates in the lumbar spine, runs through the buttock and continues down the leg to the ankle and foot. When the vertebrae in the low back compress, the roots of that nerve get pinched and irritated — and that is what you feel all the way down the leg.

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Chiropractic Care for Sciatica

Chiropractors in Tucson AZ are trained to locate the source of sciatica and to work out the most suitable approach with the patient. After a thorough assessment of your particular case, gentle adjustments are used to let the body recover its natural alignment.

Some people respond very quickly, others need more time — it depends on the condition of the disc or joints being corrected. As a rule, the longer the problem has been there, the longer correction takes. The good news is that it usually takes far less time to correct the problem than it took to create it, and once the spine and discs improve, patients often report their general health improving alongside. If you have sciatic symptoms, call our team at Tanque Verde Chiropractic Clinic.

When to seek care for sciatica in Tucson AZ

Sciatic pain tends to escalate when it is ignored. Get evaluated if:

  • Pain runs from your lower back or buttock down the back of a leg
  • You have tingling, numbness or weakness in a leg or foot
  • Sitting or standing for any length of time has become difficult
  • The pain comes and goes in episodes, each one lasting longer than the last
  • It started after a lift, a fall, a car accident or during pregnancy
  • You have already been told you have a disc bulge or herniation

Call Tanque Verde Chiropractic Clinic at (520) 749-2929 before an episode becomes permanent nerve injury.

Common questions

Most commonly through disc injuries and bulges, where the disc presses against the nerve root. Those disc injuries come from poor posture, repetitive use and accidents. Sciatica is also common where there are subluxations — misalignments — caused by posture, pregnancy or trauma.

Many patients tell us they simply bent to pick up a piece of paper and were hit by extreme pain. In reality the spinal condition had usually been developing for some time before that moment triggered it.

It varies with the condition of the disc or joints involved. Some patients respond very quickly; others take longer. Generally the longer the problem has existed, the longer correction takes — though it typically takes less time to correct than it took to develop.

The episode may pass, but sciatica characteristically comes and goes over a lifetime because the underlying compression is still there. Left unchecked the pain generally worsens and the nerve can be permanently injured.

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