What is sciatica and how does it relate to the lower back, low back pain, and leg pain?<\/p>\n
The roots of the sciatic nerve exit the spine through several levels in the lower back. They then join in the buttock region, and travel down into the lower extremities. When pressure is applied to the sciatic nerve in the lower back area, it can generate pain. Other sensations can also travel down the nerve into one of the legs \u2014 a condition we commonly refer to as sciatica.<\/p>\n
In younger and middle-aged adults, the most common cause of sciatica is a herniated disk. These can occur in the lower back in one or more locations. Because of the structure of the sciatic nerve, the characteristics of the patient\u2019s symptoms can be helpful.<\/p>\n
\u2022 S1-2 Level (S1 nerve root<\/strong>): outer foot numb, difficulty walking on toes, weak Achilles tendon reflex In sciatica patients under 55 years of age, the two lowest disks in the lower back \u2014 the L4-5 and L5-S1 \u2014 are the culprit 95% of the time. The good news is that a systemic review of 49 published studies was promising for treatment. They found that spinal manipulative therapy, the primary form of care provided by doctors of chiropractic, is an effective non-surgical treatment option.<\/p>\n Sciatic pain is often initially sharp and severe. Most cases can by successfully managed non-surgically within three to six weeks. However, a referral to a specialist or a referral for advanced imaging (such as an MRI) may be necessary. This can help to identify additional pain sources if the patient\u2019s pain persists. Surgery is usually restricted to those who have neurological loss and\/or bowel or bladder control problems. The latter may become emergent in order to avoid permanency.<\/p>\n As with many musculoskeletal conditions, the sooner one seeks care in the course of the disease, the more likely (and the faster) they will achieve a successful treatment outcome.<\/p>\n *****<\/p>\n Our clinic, with a Toronto Chiropractor, to the best of our ability, strives to provide convenient, affordable, and mainstream Chiropractic care. We will not use any unnecessary long-term treatment plans and\/or therapies in helping you get the care and results you’re looking for.<\/p>\n Same day appointments are available for neck pain treatment, back pain treatment, and headache treatment, as well as other health related concerns, problems, accidents, and injuries. Walk-ins are welcome.<\/p>\n Toronto Neck and Back Pain Clinic Dr. David Koivuranta, Toronto Chiropractor, discusses nerve irritation to the sciatic nerve causing back pain and sciatica symptoms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,3,51,4,19,46,5,232,225,234,235,226,10,77,55,227,267,20,13],"class_list":["post-9275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-back-pain","tag-back-health","tag-back-pain","tag-back-pain-toronto","tag-back-pain-treatment","tag-back-treatment","tag-back-wellness","tag-backache","tag-chiropractor-davisville","tag-chiropractor-in-toronto","tag-chiropractor-midtown-toronto","tag-chiropractor-yonge-and-davisville","tag-davisville-chiropractor","tag-low-back-pain","tag-low-back-pain-toronto","tag-low-back-pain-treatment","tag-midtown-chiropractor","tag-midtown-toronto-chiropractor","tag-sciatica","tag-toronto-chiropractor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/torontoneckandbackpain.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/torontoneckandbackpain.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/torontoneckandbackpain.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torontoneckandbackpain.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torontoneckandbackpain.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/torontoneckandbackpain.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torontoneckandbackpain.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/torontoneckandbackpain.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torontoneckandbackpain.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torontoneckandbackpain.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 L5-S1 Disk (L5 nerve root<\/strong>): inner foot numb, weak big toe and heel walking, no reflex changes
\n\u2022 L4-5 Disk (L4 nerve root<\/strong>): shin numb, weak heel walking, patellar tendon reflex loss
\n\u2022 L3-4 Disk (L3 nerve root<\/strong>): medial knee numb, weak walking up steps, weak patellar tendon reflex
\n\u2022 L2-3 Disk (L2 nerve root<\/strong>): front of thigh pain\/numb, weak walking up steps, positive patellar reflex
\n\u2022 L1-2 Disk (L1 nerve root<\/strong>): groin pain\/numb, weak squat and steps, no deep tendon reflex
\n\u2022 T12-L1 Disk (T12 nerve root<\/strong>): buttock numb, weak lower abdominal muscles, possible spinal cord compression<\/p>\nChiropractic care can help to relieve local and radiating pain in patients with a herniated disk in the lower back.<\/h5>\n
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