Pain from Piriformis syndrome or lumbar spine disc herniation with sciatica?

Piriformis syndrome is a condition that can cause pain that is almost exactly like the pain you would feel from a lumbar spine disc herniation and sciatica. The good thing is that there are various tests that chiropractor in performing your office to determine if you are suffering from true Piriformis syndrome or pain from a lumbar spine disc herniation and sciatica pain. The testing involves just placing your leg and hip in various positions and seeing which positions caused pain and which positions do not cause pain.

Sadly a number of people are being treated for Piriformis syndrome when they actually have a lumbar spine disc herniation and sciatica nerve root pain; and vice versa.

I recently actually had a patient that came into my office suffering from excruciating pain and she told me that the other doctors that she had been treating with diagnosed her as suffering from Piriformis syndrome. In fact the patient was quite emphatic that his condition was Piriformis syndrome and just wanted to be treated and did not want to waste time on the initial case history and physical examination. He just wanted to be traded and that was it!

Well I informed him I could not accept them as a patient unless he allowed me to give him the best service and care are simple and to order to do so I needed to discuss this case history and perform a thorough physical examination. Reluctantly, he agreed and we proceeded. After the examination, I told the patient, that I was certain that he did not suffer from Piriformis syndrome but instead he suffered from a lumbar disc herniation that was causing sciatica pain which is basically a sharp stabbing or burning pain coming from the back and going down into the leg.

At this point he had been suffering from pain for so long he did not really care what the name of his pain was he just wanted to get it fixed. So he followed my recommendations and we started treatment that consisted of spinal traction decompression therapy, ultrasound and chiropractic pressure point therapy. To my patient's surprise he had significant pain relief after his first treatment session. After that it only took a few weeks to totally get rid of his pain.

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Believe it or not there were only four steps you to know order to get rid of your back pain. Each of the steps are essential and if for some reason miss one of them at best will only achieve temporary pain relief. The reason for this is that in order to get long lasting pain relief you actually need to get rid of not only the pain you are feeling but you actually have to get rid of what is actually causing the pain as well as.

It is a sad fact that current statistics show that only approximately 25% of people who suffer from pain right now will be totally pain-free one year from now. The majority of people are actually worse or just the same. The reason for this is

Most people think that if they take a pain relief medication that gets rid of their pain it means that their problem is fixed. But this is not true!! That medication only kills your pain by literally putting your sensory nerves to sleep. Pain medication does absolutely nothing to fix your problem. So most of the time as soon as you stop taking pain medication for pain will immediately come back.

So the following steps must be taken in order to achieve long-term pain relief.

The first step is to find the cause of your problem. Is your pain coming from a pinched nerve, a disc herniation or a twisted spine. In my 20 some years as a Philadelphia chiropractor it has been my experience that most problems always have an unbalanced spine or misaligned spine as part of the problem.

You see when your spine is misaligned it causes the various muscles and joints of your body to function less than perfectly and this causes a multitude of problems. Especially causes your muscles to fatigue easily and to go into spasm

The next step is to get rid of your pain. Now of course you could always take some type of pain medication to get rid of your back pain and sciatica pain but this can give you a false sense of security and you end up doing something like changing the tires on your car or working around the house or in the garden which are too much of a physical stress and strain on your injured body and suffice to say it causes more damage.

Now I am not against pain medication. But I do believe that along with the pain medication a person should be receiving pain relief therapies like acupressure, massage and pressure point chiropractic treatment. In fact I have actually treated many people and achieved fast pain relief just by performing chiropractic pressure point therapy, massage and acupressure; without the use of any pain medication.

Even though your pain may now be gone it does not mean that your problem is fixed. So here you actually have to get to the root of the problem we have to fix your injuries.

The next step consists of balancing the muscles of your body. This simply means that we have to relax all of the tight muscles of your body and we have to strengthen and tone the weak muscles of your body. In order to do this I will usually have my patients perform some type of exercise both in the office and in the comfort of their own home. There are also pressure pulling techniques that I use to relax the tight muscles of the body.

In my office we actually go a bit further to ensure that your muscles are healthy and able to function at peak capacity by improving the nerve and blood supply to them. You see if a muscle does not have proper nerve and blood supply it will usually get tired very quickly and this will eventually lead to muscle spasms and some type of back and sciatica pain.

The final step is to rebalance and realign your spine. This is done very gently with chiropractic pressure point therapy. This step is vital because all muscles attach to a joint in the body and the spine and pelvis are the foundation of your muscular system. Establishing balance in your pelvis is essential because the pelvis this is the foundation of your spine. So if we do not stabilize your pelvis the pain will eventually return.

So there you have it a comprehensive step-by-step protocol to get rid of your letter back and sciatica pain and how to stay pain-free.

Sciatica pain and low back pain relief is not impossible all you have to is determine the cause of your pain, decrease the intensity of your pain, balance the muscles of your body and finally balance and stabilize the joints of your spine and pelvis.

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Now before we get started I want to clear up any misconceptions on what low back pain exercises really are. Now when we talk about exercise we are not just talking about cardiovascular exercise, weight lifting or even stretching. Believe it or not any type of therapeutic activity that you can perform yourself at home is considered to be some type of low back pain exercise. So keeping in mind the many techniques that you can do what home to get rid of your pain and this would include trigger point therapy, acupressure and even spinal stabilization exercises.

All of these are activities that you can do on your own in the privacy of your own home in the hopes of alleviating your low back pain and sciatica pain. Realistically if you just perform stretching exercises all day long you will obtain some pain relief but it will only be temporary at best.

Back pain and sciatica pain more often than not, is caused by some type of muscle imbalance as well as spinal and joint misalignments. What I have found is that if you have not been in any type of traumatic event like a car accident, or a work-related accident or even a severe sports injury most back injuries come from a series of accumulated stresses or little injuries that have taken place over time. This could be from lifting, bending and twisting while using bad posture and this usually puts undue stress and strain on your body.

Therefore getting rid of your pain must include fixing all the different areas of injury and if you only stretch and exercise you will only be fixing a small part of the problem and injuries.

So the question remains what lower back pain relief exercises really work?

You say this question is actually the problem. I say this because the majority of people out there are just looking for the magic golden exercise that will get rid of all their pain just by performing at once.

Even now during numerous techniques such as acupressure therapy and trigger point therapy that can provide you with almost instantaneous pain relief, in order to achieve permanent long-term pain relief you usually have to incorporate various techniques at their appropriate time and sequence.

Take for example the muscles of your back hips and legs. They all help provide support balance and stabilization your low back. If any one of these muscles become fatigued or overly tight or spasm your back and spine will become unbalanced and misaligned causing you to feel some type of back pain. This can even eventually lead to spinal and muscular imbalances in your upper back and neck and you will soon be experiencing neck and upper back pain in addition to your low back pain.

Once you correct and fix the imbalanced muscles as well as the misaligned spinal structures your pain should normally go way. Sometimes just simple stretches are all that is needed to correct the muscular imbalances but if you do not catch the problem in time the just gets worse and more involved therapies for forward by a chiropractor or usually necessary. These therapies include trigger point therapy and acupressure therapy.

You see the majority of people think that it's perfectly normal to have some muscle stiffness and some backache and they leave it alone thinking that the pain will go away on its own. Luckily sometimes the pain does go away on its own. But the thing that you have to be careful is that these episodes of back pain occur much more frequently over the course of time it takes longer a longer for the pain to go away. So now we are faced with something that requires a bit more time and effort in order for you to be pain free.

Even though it might take a bit more time to get rid of your pain at this point the basics hold true -- in that a combination of treatments including correcting the imbalances of your spine and muscles and additional treatments like spinal traction decompression therapy - are usually what is needed to get rid of your pain.

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A GUIDE FOR LIVING IN 2011

 Health:

1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow ON trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured IN plants..
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy.
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games
7. Read more books than you did in 2010 .
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9. Sleep at least 7 hours.
10.Take a 10-30 minute walk daily.  And while you walk, smile.
 
Personality:

11. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts on things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do.  Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously.  No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake.
17. Envy is a waste of time.  You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past.  Don't remind your partner of his/her mistakes in the past, that will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.  Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn.  Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument.  Agree to disagree...
 
Society:

25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time with people over the age of 70, and under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick.  Your friends will.  Stay in touch.
 
Life:

32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful, or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, and show up.
37. The best is yet to come...
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy. 
 
Last but not the least:
 
40.    Consider forwarding this guide to those you care about.

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Sciatica is often times described by terrible pain in your low back that radiates into your buttock and then down into your leg. Sciatica nerve root pain is one of the most excruciating conditions that affects people not only in the United States but in every country around the world.

Getting rid of your sciatica pain is possible and sometimes it is not all that difficult to achieve pain relief. Sadly many people do not know what types of treatment are best for treating this pain and they may not know which type of medical care provider to see.

In this article I am going to give you a summary of steps that should be followed when you are suffering from sciatica pain.

First of all you need a proper diagnosis to determine what your problem is and what is causing your pain. Usually I would recommend that people consult their family Medical Doctor said that he may perform proper diagnostic studies such as x-rays, MRI studies and possibly even EMG and NCV studies. From there your doctor can recommend the proper type of care such as chiropractic treatment and spinal traction decompression therapy.

Until you get to your doctor usually it is recommended to self treat with either ice or heat. I do not recommend using an electric heating pad because there is the potential of getting burned. I would usually recommend using warm compresses. You can use the warm compresses for approximately 15 to 20 minutes but please be careful not to burn yourself. It is usually recommended that ice be applied for approximately 10 minutes. You can either use an ice bag or an ice pack or you could even use a plastic zip lock bag and just put some ice cubes in. Do not place the ice directly on your bare skin. You should place a towel over your back and then put an ice bag on top of the towel, so that the towel is between your body and the ice bag.

A good way of preventing ever getting sciatica is to keep your belly nice and tone and flat. You can do this by following a good nutritional diet. A good nutritional diet consist of lean proteins like meat, chicken and fish as well as lots of vegetables especially leafy green vegetables and cruciferous vegetables and nice fresh fruits.

Another thing is to pay close attention to what activities you might be performing that could possibly be causing or sciatica pain. Take into consideration if you were sitting in the same position all day long. Especially if you were sitting in a slumped over position. You could also be standing or walking in the slouched shoulder position and kind of bent forward leaning towards the ground. A good way to prevent sciatica pain is to make sure that your posture is good. Even when you're sleeping you do not want to sleep with your neck bent and jammed to one side. And please when you were talking on the phone use your hands to hold the phone or use an ear piece but never placed the phone between your head and shoulder and keep it there. Believe it or not this will cause an abnormal curve and torgue of your spine that could cause sciatica.

Also for the female population take off your high heeled shoes. Nothing is wrong with wearing a flat pair of sneakers or shoes. The high heels can actually cause a shortening and contraction of your lower leg muscles and this can cause muscular imbalances throughout the rest of your leg, pelvis and spine eventually leading to sciatica nerve root pain.

Finally always remember to lift with good and proper body mechanics. Also keeping good form in all types of physical activities goes a long way in preventing back and sciatica pain.

If you are suffering from back pain and sciatica pain call me for an initial consultation. In my office sciatica pain is treated each and every day.

I especially enjoyed treating people with difficult sciatica cases that have not gotten results with any other type of treatments. Because I get most of these patients pain free.

So if you suffer from excruciating sciatica pain and are looking for us as sciatica pain relief treatments.

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As defined in medical terminology, scoliosis is characterized as a complex rotational and lateral deformity and curvature of the human spine. This condition may either be classified as idiopathic, a secondary symptom, or congenital.

Causes for some forms of scoliosis are still undefined or unknown. This condition is more adamant among females. Some people often falsely associated scoliosis to bad posture, slouching, and awkward positioning of the body. This condition is also not caused by carrying heavy objects, and it also has nothing to do with a person’s lack of calcium in diet. 

Although, it is mostly the adults who experience extreme back pains due to scoliosis, the symptoms and signs for this condition generally worsen during the adolescent years. 

The symptoms for scoliosis vary. Persistent back pain does not necessarily confirm one to have scoliosis. Some of the most common signs of this condition are the following:

   1. Prominent shoulder blades
   2. Uneven level of shoulders and hips
   3. Uneven distance between body and arms
   4. Clothes do not fit or hang appropriately

The most popular relief treatments for scoliosis condition are surgery and bracing, and the most common treatment is by means of observation. Surgery is recommended to patients with curves that have high degree of progression. It is also a solution for those who experience pain regularly as well as for those who have curves that significantly affect their physiological functions. 

On the other hand, bracing is commonly advised among adolescents to further prevent progression of their spinal curves. Braces, however, do not always give the same result. There are instances when patients still undergo surgery even after they were braced. This scoliosis treatment also has several types, depending on the condition of the patient’s curve.

Aside from surgery, bracing, and observation, yoga or exercise is also known to be a great treatment for scoliosis. Performing yoga exercises helps in correcting and easing the pain brought by scoliosis for it thoroughly stretches the body. 

Although some experts claim that yoga and exercise have little effect to correct scoliosis, these actually help in avoiding further progression of the spinal curve. These can also reduce the angle of the spinal curvature. Patients with braces are also recommended to perform yoga or exercise, for these help them adapt more quickly to the brace. 

Recommended yoga exercises for patients with scoliosis

   1. Crocodile Twist scoliosis exercise

This yoga exercise is regarded as one of the most effective yoga exercise for patients with scoliosis.

   2. Passive back arch scoliosis exercise

This exercise is a good way to reduce the pain brought on by scoliosis and it is an effective alternative treatment for related body conditions.

   3. One leg up and one leg out scoliosis exercise

This exercise is reported to be very effective as it reduces tensions in the leg muscles. The seated twist version of this exercise is also a recommended exercise to treat thoracic twist condition. Apart from its simplicity, the seated twist exercise helps a lot in correcting the body alignment.

To get rid of pain fast call

Michael Kenny, D.C.
7439 Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19136

Philadelphia Chiropractor