Sciatica and Back Pain Relief

Relieve Your Back Pain and Sciatica Symptoms with Physical Therapy

Suffering from Back Pain or Sciatica? Get Help with Physical Therapy

Do you wake up with pestering back pain during the morning? Do you feel pain in your back, buttocks,
or even your thighs? Have you had to watch what you’re doing, because you’re afraid that your back
could be thrown out?
Back pain is the most widely recorded pain nationally, according to the American Physical Therapy
Association, and in the past three months, one out of every four Americans has experienced back pain.
Although back pain and sciatica are sometimes confused, they are distinct from each other. The higher,
middle or lower back is unique to the back. Sciatica radiates pain down the buttock, thigh, and even
knee, and is more diffuse. Radiculopathy, which is a radiant numbness, tingling, burning, or extreme
pain in a particular part of the leg, can also be present. When it leaves the spine, this is also associated
with a herniated disc, or trapping of that area’s nerve.
Do not depend on drugs to mask the symptoms if you are looking for back pain relief or sciatica relief.
Your body is telling you that there is a more fundamental root cause that needs to be addressed. Be
mindful that the first treatment of choice should be physical therapy. It removes the need for
unnecessary painkillers, such as opioids, and can help you prevent potential invasive surgery.

How did my back pain or sciatica occur?

As a consequence of an injury, general back pain usually occurs. This can be attributed to frequent
straining movements, such as standing and washing dishes, bending down to pick up a toddler
numerous times during the day, or a more severe, unexpected shock, such as a motor vehicle accident.
Underlying conditions can also cause immense pain, such as herniated disks, and cause pain in the thigh,
shoulder, or foot with radiculopathy. A common problem that presents itself as we age is degenerative
disc disease, which may result in back pain. Those with this condition generally report dull, aching pain
in their lower back, and have trouble standing or walking for a long period of time.
The technical name of Sciatica is “lumbar radiculopathy.” In general, people who have this condition are
the ones that needed to perform prolonged sitting position, repetitive standing/bending. A variety of
injuries can lead to the development of sciatica, including arthritis, bone spurs, or any other injury that
affects the sciatic nerve. Most often, individuals lose their flexibility in the pelvis and hip, causing
tightening of the gluteus and hip muscles. This, in essence, modifies the spine’s mechanics and triggers
compression of the sciatic nerve as it passes through these tissues.

How can I tell the difference between back pain and
sciatica?

Back pain

“Back pain” can be caused by a variety of conditions. Linked to poor posture, a motor vehicle accident,
or a lifting injury, for instance, you can feel back pain. In addition to the precise location and your
previous medical history, the recovery plan that our San Jose, CA physical therapist sets up for you will
focus on how you acquired the back pain. Back pain may be defined as acute, which means that it is
short-term or chronic, this indicates that it is long-term (usually three months or longer).
Back pain may be defined as acute, which means that it is short-term or chronic, this indicates that it is
long-term (usually three months or longer).

Sciatica

Sciatica is a particular type of back pain that is stated to be extremely painful. However, luckily, it is also
very straightforward to diagnose. There is discomfort in individuals with sciatica along their sciatic
nerve, which is the largest nerve in the body.
Sciatic nerve arises from L4-S3 that runs through the lower back and then separates at the base of your
spine to spread farther down to your buttocks, thighs, and eventually to your foot’s bottom. The sciatic
nerve may become compressed or aggravated anywhere in your lower back, buttocks, legs, or feet,
which triggers a “shooting,” “stinging,” or “burning” sensation.

Relieve your back pain or sciatica today:

Back pain will come and go for most individuals. What many individuals do not know, though, is that the
underlying condition of poor joint movement, core weakness, and poor control of muscles can set them
up for a potential back injury, which can be substantially worse.
Through physical therapy, back pain and sciatica can be treatable or at. Our physical therapist in San
Jose, CA is develops a personalized care plan for you that depends on your condition. The earlier stages
of your physical therapy treatment focuses on rapid pain relief.
Our physical therapist will expand on improving your core muscle group with particular therapeutic
exercises and stretches as your pain decreases. The objective is to improve your strength and range of
motion to prevent your spine from being re-injured. Finally, we teach you ergonomics and ways to
ensure that you know how to take care of your spine and avoid future problems.
Our physical therapists can incorporate certain nerve gliding/flossing techniques into your care plan to
release the sciatic nerve if you are suffering from sciatica. This restores the nerve’s normal health and
decreases symptoms rapidly.

Request an appointment with one of our specialists at Pace Physical Therapy in San Jose, CA if you have
back pain or sciatica. We will help you get on the path to recovery as soon as possible, no matter how
intense the pain might be.