Sciatica, Stenosis and Scoliosis

A Chiropractic Pain Control Center

Sciatica Stenosis and Scoliosis

Sciatica Stenosis and Scoliosis are among the most common condition Chiropractors treat. They can all be present simultaneously or by themselves.
1.Sciatica or pain going down one or both legs has several etiologies all of which usually respond to chiropractic care. Chiropractic subluxation or misalignment's in the pelvis or spine can irritate the nerve roots exiting the spine.
2.Disc bulging or protrusions can impinge on the spinal nerves either in the spinal canal or at the foramen where the nerve exits the spine.
3.Degenerative discs can have 'protective spurring' that encroach upon the spine which is usually the cause of spinal stenosis or narrowing of the spinal canal or foramen
4.Spinal Stenosis, foraminal stenosis may give direct irritation to the nerves in either the spinal canal or in the foramen. This may be caused from spurring as mentioned, subluxation, bulging, herniation or from birth,hereditary.
5.Scoliosis is an abnormal curvature of the spine to the body right or left. These curves can be brought on by a short leg, trauma, muscular imbalance but are usually considered idiopathic or unknown cause most likely heredity. Abnormal curvatures create excessive stress to the spine which will eventually create any of the above mentioned issues.
6.Spasm of the buttock muscles, most often the piriformis which goes from the hip to the sacrum can give sciatic pain either by compression of the nerve directly or by noxious trigger points (knots in the muscle that are tender) which can give a myogenic pain referral that symptomatically goes to the leg like a 'nerve pain'. This is perhaps the most common form of sciatica which is also the easiest to resolve. We call it myofascial pain.
7.Weak or tight muscles may be the underlying or provocative cause creating any of the above. It may be either or both weak muscles (abdominals) or tight muscles (hamstrings, gluteals, erector spinae)

Stenosis, Scoliosis, weak and tight muscles can directly cause sciatic pain. Regardless of the etiology most respond well to one or more of the following treatments. The treatments are listed in order of my preference of use. Surgery is the last choice.


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