What causes sciatica pain and how may acupuncture be used to assess prognosis?
If you have sciatica pain, you need to figure out what causes it. Then Boca acupuncturist can let you know if you need 3 or 6 or 12 acupuncture treatment seating. If you have scoliosis or spinal stenosis, you may need 10 to 12 treatments because these conditions are structural abnormalities, therefore, you need to have maintenance acupuncture treatment once or twice a month. If your sciatica pain is due to muscle spasm, your pain can be relived with 3 to 6 sessions of treatments. If your sciatica pain is related to herniated disc, you may need more than 12 sessions of treatment. If you have shooting pain all the time, your nerves are swollen and inflamed, you need to get acupuncture treatment to reduce the nerve swelling, otherwise you can develop drooping foot and neuropathy and lose sensation on your feet. You will tend to fall or have vertigo on account of the missing sensation. Boca acupuncturist can treat you with the insertion of ultra-thin acupuncture needles and educate you on how acupuncture coupled with certain stretching exercises relieves sciatica pain, on the basis of 60 plus years of clinical learning and teaching experiences from people who had sciatica pain themselves before.
Scientific research about acupuncture for sciatica pain
A well-conducted randomized controlled trial in six Chinese hospitals verified that acupuncture can effectively relive the sciatica pain so that patient can avoid surgery and keep their mobility even at the age of 90. The trial included 216 patients with chronic sciatica due to herniated discs. The participants were randomly assigned to receive four weeks of true or sham acupuncture. The findings were striking: The acupuncture group experienced a significant and durable reduction in leg pain and disability, with the pain-relief period lasting for up to a year. The scores of VAS for leg pain at week 4 decreased by 30.8 mm in the acupuncture group, which was greater than that in the sham group (14.9 mm). The Oswestry disability index (ODI) score decreased by 13.0 in the acupuncture group and only by 4.9 in the sham group independently. These findings demonstrate that, in comparison to a placebo, acupuncture treatment offers significant relief in sciatica pain cases.
How can you find the right acupuncturist in Boca and Boston?
You can search “acupuncture near me sciatica pain” to find the right acupuncturist in your area. Needle insertion procedure is not painful; but finding the right causes for sciatica pain can help you reduce it as soon as possible so that you can avoid the onset of neuropathy and nerve damage in the future.
References:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4631886/
https://www.health.harvard.edu/pain/can-acupuncture-ease-your-sciatica