🚶 Sciatica Treatment
Sciatica is a common type of pain affecting the sciatic nerve, the longest nerve in the human body, which extends from the lower back through the hips and buttocks and down each leg. The condition is typically characterized by pain, tingling, numbness, or weakness that radiates along this nerve pathway, most often caused by a herniated disc, bone spur on the spine, or spinal stenosis compressing a portion of the nerve root. Effective treatment aims to relieve this compression and mitigate the associated symptoms.
Initial management of sciatica is often conservative, focusing on physical therapy to strengthen the core muscles and improve posture, coupled with anti-inflammatory medications to reduce irritation. Epidural steroid injections are a common minimally invasive approach used to deliver powerful anti-inflammatory agents directly to the area surrounding the affected nerve root, offering significant short-term pain relief and a therapeutic window for effective physical rehabilitation.
For persistent or…