STRUGGLING WITH BACK PAIN OR SCIATICA? STAND TALLER WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY
treatments early on in the diagnosis, their patients have shown significant improvement and lowered treatment costs. In this study, patients saved an average of $2736.36 for their low back pain treatment simply by being referred to a physical therapist in the beginning. If you are suffering with back pain or sciatica, consult with your doctor about physical therapy treatments, or contact our office to learn more about how you could benefit. At Fritz Physical Therapy we aim for speedy and effective recoveries at low costs. Don’t live with back pain any longer – stand taller with physical therapy. Tips for sciatica relief There are some tips you can follow to relieve your sciatica pain on your own. These can be done before com- ing in for treatments, or in tandem with your physical therapy treat- ments: • Performing gentle stretching ex- ercises. • Avoiding prolonged sitting. Make sure to get up every 30 minutes and change positions frequently. • Putting a pillow behind your knees when sleeping on your back or be- tween your knees when sleeping on your side. • Using your legs to bend down when picking up objects off the floor, rather than using your back. • Alternating ice and heat on the buttock to reduce inflammation.
It is made up of several nerves that exit your lower back from the lumbar and sacral levels (L4-S3), transmitting sen- sation and muscle control. Common culprits of sciatica development include weakness in the gluteal muscles or tight- ness in the piriformis muscle, as they can compress and irritate the sciatic nerve. Common sciatica symptoms: The sciatica symptoms reported from patients tend to vary. Some may experi- ence a deep ache in the buttocks, while others experience a severe pain radi- ating down one of their legs. It is also possible to feel a tingling or numbness in the back of the leg, calf, or foot. If left too long without proper treatment, irritation can become more severe and affect the strength of your leg muscles. Common sciatica treatment: The safest, easiest, and most effective mode of sciatica treatment is through physical therapy. Physical therapy ex- amines the root cause of pressure on the nerve and works to quickly allevi- ate that pressure. Our licensed physical therapists will analyze the movements of the muscles surrounding the sciatic nerve, in addition to the back and hip joints. They will design an individual- ized treatment plan based on the spe- cific needs of each patient, in order to strengthen the affected muscles, im- prove joint flexibility, and prevent prob- lems from occurring again in the future. A study found in the medical journal SPINE proves both the physical and monetary benefits to treating back pain and sciatica with physical thera- py. It demonstrates that when doctors refer their patients for physical therapy How successful is physical therapy for back pain?
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