Treatment For Sciatic Nerve Pain

Massage, acupressure, aerobic exercise, stretching, holistic remedies, and diet are all the essential elements involved in the treatment for sciatic nerve pain.

• Trigger Point Massage - If you can enlist the help of a partner to massage the right "trigger points" along your spine, you can relax the muscles surrounding the sciatic nerve and thus ease the pain. If a partner is not available, then a massage chair or a hand-held massager can also do the trick.
  
  
• Acupressure -Similar to the trigger point massage, except that instead of massaging, you are applying static pressure to specific points along the back to loosen up the tension in the muscles.
  
  
• Stretching - Is there ever a situation where stretching is not good for you? Stretching can work wonders to cure your sciatica, if done properly.
  
  
• Low-impact Aerobic Exercise - Walking and swimming are two very good examples of low-impact aerobic exercises that have therapeutic benefits to help cure sciatica pain.
  
  
• Diet - The proper diet is essential for proper tissue healing and regeneration.

Sciatica is the inflammation or irritation of the sciatic nerve, which is the largest nerve in the entire body, which originates in the lower back and runs all the way down the legs. This can cause severe stinging or shooting pain or cramping of the buttocks and legs. It can also make moving to and from a standing or sitting position unbearably painful.

The key to understanding sciatica is to recognize that is a problem that directly impacts your nerves. Sciatica is not to be confused with a "back problem", "muscle problem", "joint, ligament, or tendon problem", or a "skeletal problem". The problem occurs because the nerve itself is being pinched, compressed, irritated, or inflamed. The buttock and back problems are merely symptoms of this problem.

I used to suffer from this condition for several years. Over time, my condition degraded. It was getting increasingly difficult to keep up with my children, let alone to be able to perform simple activities that we all take for granted.

But everything changed for the better, I got my life back, and most importantly, my children got their mother back, once I learned how to get treatment for sciatic nerve pain.