Sciatica from a Lumbar Disc Herniation?

San Francisco Herniated Disc Doctor Comments:

We have been helping patients with sciatica in the SF Financial District for many years now at Executive Express Chiropractic.

Pain resulting from irritation to the sciatic nerve (the largest nerve in the body) is called sciatica. The primary  symptom of sciatica is pain in the leg. The pain can travel from the low back into the buttocks. The pain can travel all the way down the back of the leg (or side of the leg) or just part of the way...say to the knee. You can even have pain that travels down both legs. Sometimes there is numbness, tingling, and weakness along with the leg pain. And, there is usually associated low back pain...but it's not uncommon to have sciatica with no back pain.

The most common cause of sciatica is pressure on the lumbar nerve roots where the nerves exit (the low back) that form the sciatic nerve. And the most common cause of lumbar nerve root pressure is bulging or herniated discs. Disc degeneration, spinal arthritis, and spinal stenosis can also cause sciatica...as can piriformis syndrome or facet syndrome.

No matter what the cause...sciatica is literally a pain in the butt. It is not much fun at all. And sciatica can become chronic and disabling. And it can be a nightmare trying to find the right kind of treatment. Often times nothing seems to help. Some patients have tried everything from acupuncture, physical therapy, cortisone, pain meds...even chiropractic...nothing helps and they don't want back surgery. What can be done?

Well...there is a treatment that has been around for about 7-10 years or so...but has recently been refined to the point where it is highly effective for the nonsurgical treatment of lumbar disc herniations...it's call nonsurgical spinal decompression. The machine we use at our San Francisco Spinal Decompression Center is the DRX9000.

We chose this machine (after researching all of them) because it seemed to offer the greatest amount of patient comfort (they all offer similar outcomes). The DRX9000 is the Rolls Royce of spinal decompression machines...at least in my opinion.

Anyway, the DRX9000 is able to repair (without drugs and surgery) many bulging discs or herniated discs in the lumbar spine. It does this by re-positioning the injured disc, re-hydrating the disc, enlarging the disc space, elongating the spine, and pulling the herniated disc material off the lumbar nerve roots...which can be a blessing for your sciatica (see DRX9000 Special Report for treatment outcome studies).

However, the DRX is not a magic bullet.  It takes 20-26 one hour sessions, extensive home care and exercises...and does not work on every single person that does it. And...you have to qualify medically for spinal decompression...not everyone does. 

But here's the deal...The DRX9000 spinal decompression system is very safe and gentle. So even if the DRX fails to deliver results...which is the exception not the rule...you are still whole. Nothing has been removed from your body. Nothing has been fused. Nothing has been injected into you...it just didn't work and you can explore other treatment options. If you can handle this than the DRX9000 might just make sense for you.

If you live or work near downtown San Francisco...or have the ability to stay here for 6 weeks or so...than you can visit Executive Express Chiropractic(415-392-2225) to find out if you are a candidate for the DRX9000. You can also request an appointment online.

You can also find a DRX9000 near you at www.axiomworldwide.com.  

Comments

[Dr. Steven Shoshany]

Good stuff.
Have you seen Virtual Decompression? It is a great tool to understand how Sciatica causes pain and how spinal decompression can help.
Go to http://livingwellnewyork.com/custom_content/c_1082_spinal_disc_decompression.html
and scroll down to the bottom right under
Herniated disc NYC, Sciatica NYC
Enjoy!