Sciatica Treatment in Marietta GA

Sciatica is a common condition that causes pain, numbness and weakness from the lower back to the buttocks and legs along the sciatic nerve. Typically only affecting a single side of the body, sciatic nerve pain can be debilitating. Left untreated, sciatica can worsen and effect quality of life, mobility and even the ability to walk.

 

Common Sciatica Pain Causes 

 

Sciatica and sciatic pain has many causes, some more serious than others. Sciatica is primarily caused by an irritation of the roots of the lower spine. Other causes include: 

 

• Muscle Spasms

• Spinal Stenosis - a narrowing of the spinal
  canal in the lower back 

• Degenerative disk disease

• Pregnancy 
  
  
  
  In all these conditions the main cause of sciatic pain is the compression or pressure on the scaitic nerve. The goal of chiropractic sciatica treatment is to reduce the pressure being placed on the nerve and therefor reduce the pain. 

 

Chiropractor for Sciatica in Marietta Ga

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 A lot of people who suffer from sciatica treat it with over the counter medications. But OTC medications only treat the pain, not the cause. Left untreated, sciatica can become worse and more chronic, leading to to disability in the worst cases. In the most severe of cases, people resort to prescription pain relievers to relieve the pain caused by an inflamed sciatic nerve. But, again, this merely masks the problem, and then the pain returns. 

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It does not have to be this way. Chiropractic care for sciatica is a holistic treatment for pain that gets at the underlying causes of the pain to reduce pressure on the sciatic nerve. A chiropractor in Marietta for sciatica pain can be complemented with physiotherapy modalities that help the body to heal the damage to muscles and tissue. 

The doctors and staff at Johnson Ferry Chiropractic East Cobb has extensive experience helping patients with sciatica to get back to their lives pain free without drugs. Contact us today to schedule an appointment.